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Here's a detailed examination of one mall that converted to apartments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL2l-bcuUQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL2l-bcuUQ
by michaelbuckbee 6y ago
Here's a detailed examination of one mall that converted to apartments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL2l-bcuUQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL2l-bcuUQ
Interesting mostly for how they weighed the marketing and economic aspects of it: "commercial renters think in terms of $/sq foot and individuals think of monthly costs"
- btmorex 6y agoSo, instead of ugly commercial monstrosities we're going to get rows of tiny, dark apartments in a weird building that doesn't really use space efficiently. And this is a best case conversion: historic building in an urban area. Imagine how awful a suburban mall would be.
- maxsilver 6y agoThis is creative, and for "malls" built into tall midrises with strong materials like the one in the video shown, it makes sense. However, most malls look something more like this - https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/scenery-shopping-mall-260nw-394308586.jpg https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/scenery-shopping-... or https://live.staticflickr.com/4500/23555440258_4bdf03a818_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/4500/23555440258_4bdf03a818_b.... I wonder what the plan would be for adapting a "regular" mall to residential use.