Empty Big Boxes: Communities Rethink The Strip Mall

Retail closings can hurt communities. Some are looking at new uses for the empty "big-box."

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March 13, 2002, 7:00 AM PST

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

"Often located as one of the anchors in a strip mall or an older shopping center, the wave of empty big-box storefronts from defunct or bankrupt discount retailers like Montgomery Ward, Caldor, Ames Department Stores, Bradlees and Service Merchandise can bring about the rapid decline of a once vibrant shopping center."

Thanks to Nandita Godbole

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