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How to Avoid Being Malled

Malls were dumb bets, but not for the reasons you probably think

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Will Gardner
May 17, 2024
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Imagine for a moment that a developer came to our town to pitch a new shopping mall, sited on Stroad 6. With a little help from the town on zoning and some additional investment in infrastructure to accommodate traffic from the highway, we’d have a shiny, new shopping destination. NIMBYs need not worry— the new mall wouldn’t disturb any existi…

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