I hear they make this desolate place into an outdoors mall?
What store would be willing to move there and attract people, when Brick and Mortar store chains go out left and right?
There are plenty of fast food restaurants already in the area, clothing stores or department stores like Macy's, JC Penny's, Sears, Kmart, Radio Shack are not making it and being closed, book stores are closing.
Who are they kidding, the only one who will make money off that reconstruction will be the developers or construction ccompany. Who will end up holding the bag? The Town?
Now, indoors did not work, so they make it outdoors and put the winter weather into the mix. Pretty bad dream.
I keep reading articles about that new outtdoor mall, however, not one name came up as a possible tennant. You just don't make it with a $Store or pawn shop. Somebody either does not know the area or have a plan to extract some money from the city and then leave.
They should build an ice or roller skating rink or paintball, everything else has already failed. And we are not talking about an area of rich people supporting any upscale store, for the majority just a dying class of middle income people who are mostly struggling these days making it on ever shrinking wages, where well paying jobs have been disappearing fast. read more