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If malls continue to shut down and decay over the next twenty years, someone should turn them into retirement communities for GenX and Millennials. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Imagine apartments built into what used to be department stores, (Oh, you're JC Penny 203? I'm at Sears 106). Get those old arcades up and running. Set up meal stations at the food court. Once people actually live there, stores will start to move back in.

If I'm unable to finish my life in my own home, that doesn't sound like a terrible option.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

As far as I understand, the malls that are succeeding are the ones focused on the community itself.

High end retailers have always had an important part in the mall, since inspecting luxury goods in person is preferable to trusting the online process, but they don't keep malls full.

There were already too many malls for the American population, then online shopping showed up, but what still gets people to go to malls are the social aspects.

People assume malls as cultural hubs are dying because the excess malls have been dying off for over a decade and the popularity of Amazon or whatever, but the hundreds that are still standing are very popular, especially since covid, like apparently over 90% occupancy.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2023/08/28/future-of-shopping-malls-in-america/70649848007/

Consequently, malls are focusing on those social aspects rather than any sort of retail specifically. They're coming around to the realization that the experience of going to the mall is much more important than the products sold.

https://passby.com/blog/the-future-of-shopping-malls-retail/