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A Macy’s Goes From Mall Mainstay to Homeless Shelter (Alexandria, VA.)
NYT ^ | 6-13-18 | Michael Corkery

Posted on 06/16/2018 6:03:13 AM PDT by dynachrome

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I am surprised that a Sears is still open at this mall.
1 posted on 06/16/2018 6:03:13 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Allow only 45 days or so to give them a chance then they have to leave.


2 posted on 06/16/2018 6:04:55 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Problem was not Trump collusion, but an FBI-Intelligence conspiracy with Obama.)
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To: dynachrome

Coming to a neighborhood near you....


3 posted on 06/16/2018 6:07:40 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (Regressive Swamp Dwellers)
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To: dynachrome

Give them a home and then they won’t be “homeless”! Problem solved! /s


4 posted on 06/16/2018 6:17:09 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: dynachrome

my girl lives very close to this area in a nice apartment complex. and Yeah, the Sears is still open.


5 posted on 06/16/2018 6:20:44 AM PDT by ronniesgal ( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
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To: dynachrome

Malls are all dinosaurs stumbling around looking for a place to die.


6 posted on 06/16/2018 6:26:32 AM PDT by hardspunned
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No store will be open at that mall before long.

You fill up a local spot at a mall with homeless people, and I won’t be anywhere near any of the remaining stores.

IF I worked at that mall, I would be finding a new job.


7 posted on 06/16/2018 6:28:51 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: hardspunned

Not all, but many.


8 posted on 06/16/2018 6:29:18 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Yup. I was up at a mall/ business complex near where I live and a high end furniture sore was going out of business. I in that area the only things open were a starbux, a hair place and a financial office. I looked at the furniture place. It had office desk chairs for $600 dollars, marked down from $1500. Nice stuff, but way over priced.


9 posted on 06/16/2018 6:31:25 AM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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FWIW Brick and mortar did more in sales last quarter then online for the first time in a long time.


10 posted on 06/16/2018 6:37:15 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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There is stuff I prefer to look at and handle in person before buying. Or stuff I need today from Home Depot or auto parts stores.


11 posted on 06/16/2018 6:40:52 AM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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Same here. All that’s left are a Sears and a Penney’s. The other 3 anchors are long gone.

At this point, I think Sears is trying to hold out until they can sell the land under the store as part of a re-development plan (there’s been a couple of $billion in new construction within a mile of the dead mall in the last few years - it’s a great site for a billion dollar or so development).


12 posted on 06/16/2018 6:54:30 AM PDT by PAR35
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Malls are all dinosaurs stumbling around looking for a place to die.

Not a Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, from the impact of the internet.

SUICIDE by unwanted ‘shoppers’.
Ask the American Indians about unwanted guests


13 posted on 06/16/2018 6:58:57 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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Remember when Macy’s betrayed then candidate Trump?

I’m sure a lot of factors or involved in why the store closed, but that betrayal was certainly a big part of it.


14 posted on 06/16/2018 7:02:15 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: dynachrome

sore = store

I guess spelchek is no help there!


15 posted on 06/16/2018 7:11:24 AM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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Gee. What could go wrong with putting a homeless shelter in a mall?


16 posted on 06/16/2018 7:12:48 AM PDT by independentmind (Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.)
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Filming for Wonder Woman 2 was reportedly occurring at that same mall a month ago.
17 posted on 06/16/2018 7:24:57 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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Macy’s also betrayed my wife. She had been a faithful employee for years before we were married and they welcomed her back to work holidays for years after. Sometime about 2005, they decided women in their 50s distracted from their image to be a new hipster store and wouldn’t have her back.


18 posted on 06/16/2018 7:26:48 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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No store will be open at that mall before long.

Sears is the only store open. It was one of the original anchor stores when the mall opened in the 60s as an open-air mall.

I remember going to that mall in 1984 when my wife was stationed in DC and I was still in Michigan. I would drive down to see her as much as possible and we would shop the Sears store and the building with the smaller stores.

When we were stationed in DC in 1992 we were really surprised to see Landmark was a huge enclosed mall. It didn't last very long.

19 posted on 06/16/2018 7:26:49 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: dynachrome

The Mall Walking Mommas are gonna be upset.


20 posted on 06/16/2018 7:30:06 AM PDT by moovova
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