A local Mall has been a ghost town for years and has lost even more productive stores over the last 4 years. There’s a Pennys on one end and a Sears on the other with a lot of vacant slots in between - even Chik-Filet closed up last year. It looks like Wal-Mart is going to take up a big chunk of it with a new super store and it might breathe some life into the remaining merchants by getting some folks (other than those who use it as a walking track) into the facility. I know one guy who had a coffee/pastry shop and had to move out because they wanted too much for rent (trying to soak remaining businesses to make up for all the empty places). He moved back in recently because the other location is suffering the same economic woes and the Mall lowered its rates to try to keep what merchants it has. He’s about to fold for lack of business. I was in the Mall last week (getting over Flu and wanted a climate-controlled place to walk in) and even at 2 PM it was a ghost town.
“even Chik-Filet closed up last year”
A LOt of us would like to know the story. Did they ultimately side with the Meat Packers, or did they stay wedded to their values.
I don’t know...so I wait to see the outcome.