Alan, Traditional enclosed malls in the USA have been dead for the last 30 years. As the enclosed malls have reached 30-40 years in age, owners have looked to re-purpose them with a different mix of tenants. The bricks & mortar retail environment is a mess here. E-shopping has replaced a lot of it and is killing profit margins. WalMart still builds 100,000+ square foot stores, but few others do. The real estate market was for strip malls (stores in a line with parking in front) or 'Power' malls - strip malls with a 100,000 sq ft anchor store & parking. No more enclosed malls for us. You seem to be headed the other direction. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Many still do except they now use hunting rifles. There is a bit of bow > hunting too (compound & cross). Game farming is big business starting at > about R8000 for an Impala going up to about R20000 for an Eland. A friend of > mine recently "bought" a trophy Kudu for R12000 but only wounded it. After 2 > days they couldn't find it so his money was lost! The San (Bushmen) are > mostly restricted the semi-desert regions of the Northern Cape, Botswana & > Namibia but they don't really live & hunt in the traditional way any more > (except for the tourists). They have all but lost their exceptional tracking > skills too. Much like the native Americans (Red Indians?) I suppose. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Bob W > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 4:38 PM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: GESO: Mall Development > > I thought you did your shopping this way: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o > > B > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan C >> Sent: 03 April 2014 13:17 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: GESO: Mall Development >> >> I tried something different today - a sort of cross between architectural > > & >> >> street. A couple on Mall Development Companies have been going around >> the country building new malls & also converting/upgrading older store >> blocks into malls. This is an upgrade. A new row of stores is being built > > to the >> >> south of the existing row & the whole thing roofed over to form a mall. We >> already have a mini-mall but this will be massive by comparison. Wallmart >> who trade here as Game will be moving in & will probably lead to the > > demise >> >> of many existing small enterprises. This is a brave essay considering the >> economy is very depressed at the moment & one wonders where all the >> customers will come from. On the positive side, the local construction & >> engineering firms at least have contracts for a year or so. Shopping has >> become a nightmare with the temporary acute shortage of parking. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/sets/72157643350932674/ >> >> All with the K7 & DA 18-55 WR on a warm (30C) sunny day. >> >> Alan C >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
