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Hum. Potential opportunity: Turn dead malls into senior centers with housing for the elderly.
by cpursley 9y ago
Hum. Potential opportunity: Turn dead malls into senior centers with housing for the elderly.
- jhpankow 9y agoWho pays?
- ianai 9y agoClearly, the government. And that’s fitting considering government already provides social security. Outlays for wholesale housing would actually decrease social security spending through cost economies of scale.
- justboxing 9y agoNot trolling, I think this is really a great idea! Plenty of Malls are dying every year, fueled by the rise of FREE SHIPPING & Prime Amazon and the likes.
- taway_1212 9y agoI am not an architect, but are malls suitable for this? It seems to me that most of the space inside is too far from windows to get daylight. It would be more like storage for the elderly instead of housing.
- maxerickson 9y agoCould reuse the land though. I imagine that built for purpose would be cost competitive with remodeling and adapting aging buildings anyway.
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoMost malls (at least here in the south) have lots of windows in the roof along the walkways, so maybe that light could be light piped into the living quarters. Sure, it's not windows, but it's natural light to help keep their spirits up.