I’ve lived 20 years in Plano and have gone to Willow through the years. It started out as a high end mall with St. John’s, Lord & Taylor, Saks etc. and admittedly they were not going to survive if they didn’t bring in more economically accessible stores. In the past 3 years my husband and I have frequented the restaurants on property, but since the closing of the Apple Store and then covid we never really went into the mall staying mostly in the anchor properties. We actually went into the mall to take a spin this past week and I was shocked. The vacancy rate was around 45% on the second floor and 30% on the first floor. Notably gone were national store chains: NY & Co, Anthropologie, Bose, Ann Taylor, Forever 21, Banana Republic, Talbot’s, Teavana, Starbucks to name only a few. What’s there now are lower end mom and pop stores that close for long lunches, way to many art galleries (usually don’t occupy malls unless they’re getting cheap rent), cheap clothes, a DJ and Karaoke supply store and a 3D printing venue (the latter two usually can’t afford mall rent), and a smattering of furniture stores that again are atypical for a mall that used to bill itself as a fashion mall. There was even a lash application school. Also there were at least 3 shops with city signage indicating they were evicted, but hadn’t yet cleared out their merchandise. It was a sorry sight to see, downright depressing. This used to be my favorite mall to shop at along with Watters Creek and I favored it over Galleria and Stonebriar. I really don’t see how the new owners are going to turn this around. The current tenant list isn’t going to promote a good future image if this continues to degrade. I can hardly believe that Brooks Brothers, Vineyard Vines, Brighton and L’Occitane are still there. I likely won’t shop there again unless there’s a turnaround. When I go to a mall it’s usually for a fashion purchase otherwise I just go to specialty stand alone stores for furniture, housewares, decor, cookware etc.