Retail Behemoths Litter Suburban Landscape

When huge discount stores fail, towns are left with acres of useless graffiti-strewn space and the prospect of spending millions in demolition costs.

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February 7, 2001, 9:30 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The suburban landscape is littered with these rotting carcasses - big, boxy, wide-aisled reminders of stores that once teemed with wild-eyed bargain hunters. The towns are saddled with the prospect of spending millions to demolish the buildings, letting them rot or tackling the nearly impossible task of peddling them to someone else."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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