SOUTHGATE enjoyed its status as the only mall in the Quad Cities for only 10 years. It began a slow decline after the completion of Florence's REGENCY SQUARE, in 1978. SOUTHGATE was given a modest renovation in 1989. Some of the exterior embellishments installed then are still visible, such as this porte cochere at the Main Entrance.

Photo from Wikipedia / "Windyshadow32"

Here we see interior decor from the 1989 redo. Apparently, the mall became lost in a time warp, of sorts.

Photo from http://mallmanac.blogspot.com

Our second SOUTHGATE site plan dates to 2010. By this time, the mall is officially promoted as a CENTER. Anyway, WalMart, who defected from the old Woolco space in 1995, now inhabits a shadow anchor store in the mall's northwestern periphery. In the mall proper (shown in black), only ten store spaces are leased (and these have only exterior entries).