Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has pushed them to the edge

Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by pharmakom on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:59AM (#26923444)

Cities are cash strapped due to low density sprawl, of which malls are just one kind.

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Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by beambot on Saturday April 24, 2021 @05:46AM (#26923632)

So one person acquiesces to "no solution because it's a chicken and egg problem." Another says "let it rot into decaying blight."

Even if suboptimal, revitalizing the mall as a co-working space sounds like a less-bad solution to me. Still open to practical alternatives though. ;)

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Re:Mall department stores were struggling; the pandemic has ... by admax88q on Saturday April 24, 2021 @10:54AM (#26925288)

Cities are not cash strapped, they just claim to be when they don't want to pay for something. Most cities have tons of cash flow paying for roads, services like garbage/recycling, maintaining existing parks.

If they really cant find the money sell it to developers to make condos or single family homes.

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