[Alberta's Child]

There was a story on the business page of one of the mainstream media websites a few years ago about the demise of shopping malls in general. At the time of that article, this "American Dream" mall was the only traditional shopping center under development in the entire country. That pretty much tells you the whole story. I predict that it will be a financial disaster for a whole host of reasons -- but mainly because it's a complete mismatch between what has been built and what the market actually wants.

I understand they're actually CHARGING MONEY for customers to park there. What kind of clientele do they think is going to patronize a place like this?

[catnipman]

“$24 to park for eight hours”

[mowowie]

I imagine the parking charge is designed to keep out a lot of the riff raff.
Same here with the beaches in MA...i have ZERO problem paying the parking rate.