Not entirely. While the hey-day of the enclosed shopping mall was in the
1980s, many larger regional malls are still going strong today. At least
they are here in the U.S. mid-south.
Smaller local malls began declining in the late 90s and many of them
went by the wayside at the end of the first decade of this century. But
some have survived as combination strip centers & enclosed shopping arcades.
The key seems to be whether they can re-invent themselves as mixed use
residential, business, service & shopping centers accessible to both
pedestrians and automobiles ... essentially mini-urban areas.
On 4/3/2014 1:16 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
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
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