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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:14 PM Original message |
Mega Malls in trouble: No surprise to me. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. From what I read on Bllomberg, it's not the malls as much as terrible financial management |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes. The malls around here that were owned by a company that filed bankruptcy |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. It's a combination of both. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Whoopee! More ghost malls! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Affordable apartments for families with pets??????? |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Exactly what I was thinking! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Soup kitchens and housing for the homeless |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't think I've been inside a mall in the last two years. They all seem to have the exact same |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. stores such as that require organic growth.. |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. I guess this is a good place to plug Dead Malls.com |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Mall blight |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. If your avatar is a real Yeller Dog, |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thomas Friedman's wife is the heir to a mall dynasty |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The cabbie told me to invest in them. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have seen a few |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dead Malls is an interesting site. |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Someone should send this to Michael Steele. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Actually, Faneuil Hall Marketplace revitalized a dying area of downtown in Boston |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I was there last week, and it's perfect for the area. But most suburbs |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. They own both Ala Moana Center AND Ward Centers |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. I hardly ever go into a mall |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. internets ftw |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. The biggest Mega Mall and newest here in West Michigan filed today, let me find the link. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Most of the merchandise sold in malls is superfluous bullshit. |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Your are right about the rents in malls being criminally high. They |
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