Re:The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
by toomuchtodo on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @02:27PM
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While those ex-Dominicks buildings are for lease ("rent/buy for a song"), I have yet to see anyone acquire them at their old Bartlett, Schaumburg, or Algonquin locations.
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Re:The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
by bunderbunder on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @03:28PM
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Head up to Milwaukee and you'll see plenty of old Kohl's supermarkets that have all been sitting vacant ever since the chain shut down over a decade ago.
Re:The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
by burger_moon on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @07:12PM
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The grocery stores were vacant for a few years but I can't think of any since I left Milwaukee last year that were still dormant. Office Max, Joanne Fabrics, those types of retail took over most of them that weren't leveled.
Re:The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
by will_work4tears on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @04:44PM
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Oh wow, did all of your Milwaukee's Kohl's shut down? We have them here (Puget Sound area) still, and when we left Missouri in 2008 they were still there doing fine.
Re:The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
by hnal943 on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @05:31PM
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Kohl's Grocery Stores (defunct) is different than the department store chain, which incidentally is headquartered in the Milwaukee suburbs.
Re:The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
by toomuchtodo on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @06:02PM
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And the only reason Kohl's the department store chain still has its HQ in Wisconsin is due to extremely generous tax breaks from Scott Walker.
Re:The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town
by bunderbunder on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @06:51PM
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Not entirely; they were both run by the same parent company.