[who_would_fardels_bear]

The problem with malls is that they are hard to convert, especially now with the vacancy rate in office space.

If a city tries to convert a mall, or the property it's on, to housing then the NIMBY's come out of the woodwork complaining about increased traffic.

In our area the only reuse allowed is to turn tax-generating property into tax-eating parks.

But I think that fad will soon go away when the homeless turn beautiful parks into horrifying campsites.

[catnipman]

“The problem with malls is that they are hard to convert”

indeed ... basically, they’re just ginormous shells with minimal plumbing and HVAC systems with minimal zones