Why Did Walmart Just Buy a Shopping Mall? NYT | Top Stories By: Lauren Coleman-Lochner 7 October 2025 at 02:04 Walmart hasn’t said much about its plans for Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania. But its partner has told some store owners that the mall will be demolished for a mixed-use development. © Aaron Blum for The New York TimesWalmart recently bought an operating mall, which has 120 tenants, in Pennsylvania for $34 million.