6 before-and-after transformations of dead shopping malls that were given new lives

Seph Lawless

Lincoln Mall, an abandoned shopping center in Chicago, Illinois.

With the rise of online shopping and changing consumer preferences, American malls have increasingly fallen out of fashion.

Hundreds of malls have shut down in the past few decades, and about 15% of malls could disappear in the next 10 years, according to a recent report.

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More than 3,500 mall stores are also projected to close in the first half of 2017, including anchor tenants like Sears and Macy's - which most malls financially depend on to survive. 

Many dead malls still lie abandoned today. But some are luckier - they find developers willing to renovate them into buildings with new uses, like apartment complexes, medical facilities, and even churches.

Take a look at some of those transformations below.