Richmond’s Hilltop Mall Won’t Be Getting a Shiny New Asian Food Court After All | Eater SF

"Once the crown jewel of Richmond’s burgeoning Hilltop District after opening in 1976, I’ve watched the long-beleaguered Hilltop Mall deteriorate from a nostalgic local hangout into a largely vacant property that’s been closed since the start of the coronavirus crisis; developers LBG Real Estate, which bought the 1.3 million-square-foot mall in 2017, have rebranded it as a potential 'East Bay Science and Technology Center' — essentially a life-sciences and biotech office park — and are now marketing the site for sale or lease after abandoning earlier plans for a glitzy Asian-centric 'Shops at Hilltop.' Years of decline left occupancy falling from about 50 percent to just 16 percent, the developers never undertook the promised capital improvements, and now only a single tenant, a Walmart, remains." - Luke Tsai