I just spent 2 hours at this mall...I would say that its better now than it was 6 months ago...I've never seen the mall so busy in so long, it seems like people are starting to come back to it...A lot of the "trashy" stores are gone and have been replaced, they closed of the part of the mall that was empty and now the whole wing up to Macy's on the other side is busy again with a lot of kids hanging out at the playground...
Unfortunately the pet store and Famous Footwear closed, but I had great customer service at the JCPenney and Macy's. It has a really nice Ecko store, but I would say to buy cheaper clothes go to the Burlington Coat Factory down the street and its the same stuff as Macy's. Red Mango is also nice to have at the mall. It would be nice if they could fill up the Dillards spot with something else, something on Macy's level, but having 3 department stores is OK. The mall was busy, the people at the kiosks didn't bother me, and it was cleaner than usual. Parking is also a lot easier at this mall than at the Galleria. The Sears is remodeling the basement to put in a larger mattress department and the Macy's is 3 levels. I thought the store mix this time around was good. The mall seems to be getting better and I hope it does. This was all on a Wednesday afternoon too. To all those people saying they might get robbed there, I didn't see any "dangerous" looking people at the mall and I felt plenty safe.
It does seem like they've added more clothing stores and there's not as many shoe stores as there used to be, its a nice mix now...