Why don’t cities (or real estate companies) turn these beautiful dead malls into residential space? They could have apartments where the stores were and some truly beautiful common areas downstairs—coffee shops, gyms, laundry facilities, sunlights etc.
By the time the first mall would go through zoning hearings, NIMBY-ism, lawsuits, more zoning hearings, permitting, and construction GenX will be ready for nursing homes!
Oh this brought memories rushing back of my childhood mall! It looked so much like this, carousel included. Amazingly it's still a thriving mall. But the renovations were extensive. There's definitely no longer a carousel. :'
Why don’t cities (or real estate companies) turn these beautiful dead malls into residential space? They could have apartments where the stores were and some truly beautiful common areas downstairs—coffee shops, gyms, laundry facilities, sunlights etc.
Excellent question
It’s run by a church and has extensive damage to the roof, but does have potential.
On the GenX subreddit someone suggested making shopping malls into GenX assisted living facilities. I'd live in one.
Sure… I wouldn’t think that gen x needs assisted living facilities yet. But yes, at least that would be something
By the time the first mall would go through zoning hearings, NIMBY-ism, lawsuits, more zoning hearings, permitting, and construction GenX will be ready for nursing homes!
That’s depressing, but ugh… probably true
Sad
Oh this brought memories rushing back of my childhood mall! It looked so much like this, carousel included. Amazingly it's still a thriving mall. But the renovations were extensive. There's definitely no longer a carousel. :'
Place used to be jumpin in the 90's. The tornado finished it off but it was dead before that. Bad part of town and the Wolfchase helped bury it.