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Originally Posted by Apache
Malls would take more money to convert to a distribution center than building one from the ground up. Distribution centers need a large loading dock and malls do not have that. Especially those that had movie theaters in them.
Apache
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Amazon begs to differ.
Here's the link again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k53IDbtP-58
BTW, the malls I'm familiar with all have loading docks: they need ways to move merchandise in and garbage out. Usually hidden near the garbage dumpsters but very accessible. Also, the preferred location criteria for malls are the same as for distribution centers, right up to public transportation accessibility. |
It's the large locations near populated areas that Amazon needs, not the old malls. Malls would be pathetic for use as a warehouse (if not impossible). In both examples shown in the video, Amazon bought the malls for the location and property and has either torn the malls down (or are going to tear them down) to build new warehouses.
Edit, unedited. Another point the video makes is that the malls already have the infrastructure (sewers, electricity, etc., in place) so that allows Amazon to build faster.
(I've attached screen grabs from the video showing the proposed Amazon building and then the back of it when finished. You can see all the truck docks.)
EDIT: I know it's off-topic, but the mall Amazon bought and replaced was called the Euclid Square Mall. By 2001 it was basically dead, but three stores and 24 mall churches hung on until (I think, 2016) when the city condemned the property.
Kind of a pathetic story about it ...
https://www.cleveland.com/globalvill...w_home_to.html