I think the story is partially the decline of retail in general, malls are in big trouble, as people realize they get little joy from driving 30 mins to get a p

I think the story is partially the decline of retail in general, malls are in big trouble, as people realize they get little joy from driving 30 mins to get a pretzel and a new pair of shoes. Some people are using the term food-ification of everything, coffeeshops popping up everywhere (target, etc), and the last man standing is the grocery store which is generally a pleasant experience and you might bump into your neighbors there (unlike the empty suburban sidewalks of our car infrastructure) so I think the acquisition makes since in an urbanism / decline of retail context as well as the other contexts presented