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"For me, in the general case empty big box stores in suburbia aren't worth much mental energy or expenditure of public resources." If no one is taking over, I'
by st3v3r 10y ago
"For me, in the general case empty big box stores in suburbia aren't worth much mental energy or expenditure of public resources."
If no one is taking over, I'd say it's definitely worth the public resources at least to tear it down.
- rhino369 10y agoThey can probably be converted into new uses. Business parks, chopped up into smaller retail spaces, a mini mall, other big space requirement locations. One near my hometown converted into a bowling alley and batting cage place.
- brudgers 10y agoUnless an empty big box is an attractive nuisance, I have difficulty seeing tearing one down as in the public interest. Given the legal costs that doing so would entail; how much time could elapse between public expenditure on demolition and perfection of the resulting liens; and the reduction in property tax base removal of improvements creates, there doesn't seem to be a strong economic case. For most communities, an empty suburban building is not a priority issue.
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