2024-05-01T23:36:12-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/119304867/dead-malls-and-shopping-dinosaurs Nam Henderson 2015-01-27T00:38:00-05:00 >2015-01-27T17:34:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/97/97xic4h6x3q7il0q.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>&ldquo;Our business is more regional and high-end focused,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There are gradients of dead or dying or flat, but anything that&rsquo;s caught in the middle of the market is problematic."</p></em><br /><br /><p>Nelson D. Schwartz explores 'The Economics (and Nostalgia) of Dead Malls'. One response is articulated by Professor&nbsp;<a href="http://www.arch.gatech.edu/people/ellen-dunham-jones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ellen Dunham-Jones</a>&nbsp;who has proposed&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia?language=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Retrofitting Suburbia</a>&nbsp;- whereby dying malls are rehabilitated, dead "<em>big box</em>" stores re-inhabited and parking lots our transformed into thriving wetlands.</p><p>Previously <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/22843/the-lifestyle-center-cometh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/69132643/dead-malls-and-the-return-of-main-street" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/76593872/dead-malls-get-new-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3</a></p>