Boxer has not released a definite plan for the site, though, and there is no word on when it will reopen.
Many of them spent Wednesday morning and afternoon packing up their businesses.
Tenants have to be out of the building by 7 p.m. Wednesday.
“We've really listened to the community,” Segal said. “There are a huge number of people who live literally within walking distance of the mall, and the ownership of the mall in the past has not reacted to what those people want.”
Boxer said the company may try the same concept at Eastland, turning the entire mall site into a multicultural “shopping experience.”
Houston-based Boxer Property recently bought the inner part of the mall, between the empty anchor stores, for $2 million.
That part of the property was in foreclosure.
Andrew Segal, the president of Boxer, said his group used ethnic themes to revitalize sites in Fort Worth and Houston, and also at Plaza Fiesta, which is located near Carowinds.
After 35 years, Eastland Mall is closing its doors.
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