Zombie malls and other retail centers getting extreme makeovers to keep up with the times
Retail was overbuilt through the 1990s, he said, but new development and vacancies are now at low points, helping to rebalance supply and demand.
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Retail was overbuilt through the 1990s, he said, but new development and vacancies are now at low points, helping to rebalance supply and demand.
Retail was overbuilt through the 1990s, he said, but new development and vacancies are now at low points, helping to rebalance supply and demand.
Denise Richardson took her kids to Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, Illinois, so often that at Christmas time, the Santa Claus there recognized them by name. She remembers when department stores moved out of Elgin, then a city of 64,000 people in the exurbs of Chicago, to the mall when it opened in 1980, and it was the place to be. But the mall closed last month, the victim of trends that have ...
CHICAGO — Denise Richardson took her kids to Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, Illinois, so often that at Christmas time, the Santa Claus there recognized them by name. She