I haven't been to a mall in years.
Neither have I. There are four malls/shopping centers in the Lansing area- Meridian Mall just about a mile and a half down Marsh Road from my school, Eastwood Towne Center (traffic on Lake Lansing Road, the road that runs along the southside of the mall, is ALWAYS a zoo), Frandor along US-127 (which divides Lansing/E. Lansing), and Lansing Mall out on the west side. I go by the Meridian Mall and Frandor every day, and I have been to the Lansing Mall a couple months ago, but I never went in. I go to Frandor several times a year though. There is TONS of retail around the Lansing area, WAY too much, IMO. It didn't used to be like that though.
As to the malls closing early, I haven't noticed since I hardly go to any.