What to do when the Mall is worn out

On a recent trip to Denver we went to meet a friend as he got off of work. We parked near his office and went in through a back entrance from the parking garage. After touring the office we went out the front and on to an intriguing street of shops, restaurants, offices and places to live. We browsed through books and played catch with the dog in a design oriented store store and left with a fun book of obscure postcards. We then went around the corner to gaze in the window of the shop that our Christmas presents came from. Across the street, were attractive rowhouses we then went to eat sushi in a lovely restaurant next to an open courtyard. On our way back to the care we grabbed a flyer from the info box of an innovative museum/theater called The Lab.

Apparently that part of Lakewood Colorado had been the home of a Mall. I really know nothing about it other than the mall is no longer there. Replaced by this New Urbanism style development called Belmar.
It was a walkable and attractive place to work, live, shop, eat or just to visit.