The Village at Orange Mall to close at the end of January

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Published 2024-01-15
The Village at Orange Mall is scheduled to close on Jan. 31 after more than 50 years of operation. Shop owners, employees and customers react to the news — some with plans for relocation. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on Jan. 15, 2024.

All Comments (21)
  • @Cassie00111
    Shout out to the bath and body employee interviewed. She has helped me at this store.
  • @brucel.554
    After the pandemic, the whole world change adversely.
  • @IAmTheChan
    I guess it is going to be leveled down and build appt complex.
  • @BORN-to-Run
    I've been shopping at that Mall for almost 40 years!
    It use to be called "The Mall of Orange," then they sold it, and
    renamed it, "The Village of Orange."
    My kids grew-up going to that Mall. It used to be PACKED!

    What about WALMART that's connected to that Mall,
    it couldn't be shutting down too!
    What a shame; I feel like a part of me is dying.
  • @bombaybeach208
    I used to work at the Orange Mall back in the late 80's. Didn't even know the indoor area of the mall was still open.
  • @lauriefry5847
    I remember when it was built. Sears was there first with their automotive building out back (not attached)…we were so excited.
  • @allieF714
    It’s sad when things go and people are like wow haven’t been there in years it’s so sad. Well if we shopped there they would not go away but people shop online now. Sad if it turns into apartments. Strange so many people supposedly leaving Cali so why so many apartments?
  • @marz_mitzi
    they need to do something, rehab & re-use the mall for something else instead of just closing. it's such a waste
  • @n_snafu
    I used to go there all the time as a kid. sad.
  • @PREDATOR07
    After all that was the intentions with the pandemic right?
  • @brucewestoby
    There is a Walmart, restaurants, Sprouts, other stores facing the parking lot on rhe outside of the mall. Hope rhe whole area is not lost to cell block apartment development!
  • @nabi5864
    I actually been seeing most malls being sold to home developers as they turn it into overpriced cookie cutter homes or apartments
  • @FloridaJit434
    The mall used to have so many great stores like Borders, Gamestop, and Carls Jr. to name a few. RIP Orange Mall
  • @crystaln6988
    Malls have been a thing of my past for years. It was fun in the 80s, but gangs and high prices ruined that.
  • @knuclear200x
    What a coincidence, I was just there last week.
  • @Leeannemud2018
    Finally! Lately this place has been a ghost town. It was better years ago when they had more restaurants like Todai!
  • @dattack1970
    The mall just need to remove the roof and make it an outdoor mall like The Block.