Prontera Mall South

Prontera Mall South (Silverish: Centro Comercial Prontera Osóth) was the name of a now-abandoned shopping center located in the southern suburbs of Prontera. It is located at 2913 S. Highlander Road, about 2.3 miles south of the Prontera Mall.

History
The mall opened in 1963 as Prontera Shoppingland to compete with the already existing Prontera Mall located off Silverioroute 5. The mall's original anchor stores were DOSHA and Fifth and Broadway. DOSHA was located on the northern end while Fifth and Broadway was located on the southern end. The mall was built to serve as a low-cost alternative to the upscale Prontera Mall. In 1975, the then-owners of the Prontera Mall, Chuck-Domey Limited, purchased the mall for SP 30 million. They turned the mall into an expansion of the Prontera Mall, with F&B moving to the Prontera Mall in 1977 and DOSHA moving in 1979.

Sale Supermarket moves in & transition to discount mall
In 1981, Sale Supermarket opened its fourth location at Prontera Mall South, in the center of the mall. As a result, the mall's prestige began to decline, with most of the high-end and middle-class stores closing in favor of low-end, low-quality discount stores. The 1991 earthquake damaged the former Fifth & Broadway store, and it was eventually demolished. In 1993, Sales Avenue (a local dollar store chain) moved into the former two-story DOSHA building. However, the 2000 earthquake damaged Sales Avenue and it was forced to share the same space as Sale Supermarket. Sales Avenue was eventually rebuilt, but it was made part of the main mall.

Decline & closure
In 2011, the mall was still open, and there were 98 stores operating with 14 vacant stores. The only anchor tenant was Sale Supermarket. Then, in February 2014, Prontera Mall South's worst nightmare had come true: the Prontera Mall announced it would build a multi-billion silveriopoint expansion. As a result, many stores started closing at the mall in favor of the new retail space at the Prontera Mall's expansion. Once the expansion opened, Prontera Mall South's time was up. On June 18, 2017, Prontera Mall LLC announced that the Prontera Mall South would close at the end of the year, giving the last few stores (including Sale Supermarket) six months to relocate or close down. On December 27, 2017, the mall was closed, ending the 53-year long life of Prontera Mall South.

Abandonment
Strangely though, even though the mall closed, the mall's structure is still standing. The mall was supposed to be demolished to make room for apartments, but the plan fell through and as of 2019, there are no current plans for the site. As a result, the land value for the area surrounding the abandoned mall has significantly declined, and has seen an increase in crime as well as urban decay. Urban explorers have recorded videos of the abandoned mall and shared them online, and their videos have been seen millions of times on social media. The city government has condemned the building and has bought back the land, and Prontera Police have an active presence on the premises in response to a vlogger getting mugged while filming in the mall.