Re:Abandoned stores, empty homes: why San Francisco's boom l...
by ghaff on Thursday January 09, 2020 @11:25AM
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>there is simply more retail-zoned space than is necessary in the delivery age
Although higher-end malls in growing cities are mostly doing pretty well, there's certainly no reason to think that urban retail in general should be immune from at least some of the same forces that help create the "dead mall" phenomenon.
I was walking through Cambridge yesterday for the first time in a while. In addition to a non-trivial number of empty storefronts my sense was that there was at least a bit of a shift away from retail and towards trendy-looking restaurants.
Although higher-end malls in growing cities are mostly doing pretty well, there's certainly no reason to think that urban retail in general should be immune from at least some of the same forces that help create the "dead mall" phenomenon.
I was walking through Cambridge yesterday for the first time in a while. In addition to a non-trivial number of empty storefronts my sense was that there was at least a bit of a shift away from retail and towards trendy-looking restaurants.