Mall visits rebounded in March 2025, with indoor malls showing the strongest year-over-year growth at 1.8 percent, followed by narrowing year-over-year visit gaps for open-air and outlet centers, according to Placer.ai.
Despite the March rebound, overall mall visits in first quarter 2025 remain below pre-pandemic levels from first quarter 2019, with shorter visit durations across all formats, indicating a lingering impact of COVID-19.
Traffic to indoor malls grew 1.8 percent year-over-year, while open-air shopping centers and outlet malls saw their year-over-year visit gaps narrow to 1.1 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively.
To read the full report, click here.
