Ding Dong! The Enclosed Mall Is Dead

With only three enclosed malls built since 2005, it seems safe to say we've seen the last of the shopping mall as we've known it.

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July 21, 2007, 9:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"The mall is a beloved and reviled American artifact, and if current trends continue that's exactly what it will be: An artifact."

"Many of the nation's 2,000 malls are dead or dying. Only three have been built since 2005. And no plans are on the drawing board for more.

Of course, suburban sprawl and its favored shopping patterns are, if anything, increasing as a decade of rampant real estate development ensures. So the icon of the next generation could well be a mall, it will just be an outdoor, pedestrian-friendly expanse that feels like a main street, but isn't."

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