The dead or mostly dead malls around where I live don't seem very attractive for housing or mixed residential/retail. They'd still be very car-centric, aren't in especially upscale areas, and I'm not sure how much you'd actually want to preserve.
The closest I'm specifically aware of in the US in Santana Row in the South Bay but that's not really residential (maybe there's some but I'm only aware of the hotels)--and, while there are a fair number of restaurant options--you don't really have groceries or other retail that people would want on a day to day basis AFAIK.
The closest I'm specifically aware of in the US in Santana Row in the South Bay but that's not really residential (maybe there's some but I'm only aware of the hotels)--and, while there are a fair number of restaurant options--you don't really have groceries or other retail that people would want on a day to day basis AFAIK.