The new facility was expected to generate significant traffic for the line when it opened in late 2008.
It could never generate much pedestrian traffic on its own.
The traffic generated by the complex is a great concern.
His only reservation, he said, is that the complex might generate heavy traffic.
"The fear is an expanded airport will generate commercial traffic," he added.
"They said it would generate traffic and I wouldn't have to go any lower," he said.
Eastern shut down late on Friday after running short of cash and being unable to generate enough traffic to cover its costs.
In November, it sued, saying the complex would generate too much pollution and traffic.
The generally accepted estimate of the traffic generated by the mall is 24,000 cars on an average day.
They trade links with the site to generate traffic.
