Recent articles I have seen about large malls leasing to folks like exercise facilities and similar facilities just to draw customers to otherwise empty areas of the mall. Many empty retail buildings locally in Reno that have been empty for years from closed department stores to places such as ex Borders books to a ex Good Guys Electronics locally. Due to so much available retail space Borders might be able to renew leases for a lot less at the end of current leases. This in a rapidly growing city where I live, Reno, NV. I hate to think of all the empty retail space in cities that are not growing.
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