However, in the 1980s and 1990s, with the rise of hypermarts and changes in popular consumption patterns, the tide of people that once enlivened the Ximen Market was on its way out. Despite the designation of Red House as a historic site and redevelopment efforts, there was a long period of stagnation.
不過自 1980 年代起，大型超市興起，改變了民眾的消費習慣，西門市場的人潮買氣持續下滑，直至一蹶不振。即使歷經紅樓編列古蹟、重新開發後，亦曾經歷好長一段時日的蕭條景況。