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The mall fights for survival
Is emphasizing the “experience” of going to the mall enough to save it from extinction? Perhaps that sounds like a ridiculous question. When I think of the “experience” of going to the mall, I think of parking lots with their own ZIP codes, surly teenagers, and pervasive homogeneity. A company named Glimcher Realty Trust is […]
Turning a dead big-box into something useful
July 6, 2012
A while back, I wrote about how so many cities and towns are finding it difficult to repurpose dead shopping malls and empty big-box stores. But some cities are starting to see those empty husks of a retail era gone by as an opportunity to improve city services. For example, McAllen, Texas has taken an […]
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July 20, 2012
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