tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post4604316561737931461..comments2024-02-29T14:00:40.184-05:00Comments on Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): At Tall Oaks, a Blue Christmas (Sign)Restonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15519884797760354007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-60589541256658453372012-12-31T17:38:39.273-05:002012-12-31T17:38:39.273-05:00But not to worry -- Tall Oaks has yet to land so m...But not to worry -- Tall Oaks has yet to land so much as an honorable mention on a website that tracks dead and dying malls:<br /><br />http://www.deadmalls.com/features.html Peasant From Less Sought After South Restonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-34815992079449293642012-12-30T18:02:00.683-05:002012-12-30T18:02:00.683-05:00Hundreds of shopping malls will need to be demolis...<b>Hundreds of shopping malls will need to be demolished. Tall Oaks may be among the first to go!<br /><br />But do the Walking Dead still come if the mall is dead?</b><br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/hundreds-of-american-shopping-malls-must-be-demolished-2012-12?<br /><br />"Green Street Advisor, an analysis firm that tracks REITs, has forecast that 10 percent of the roughly 1,000 large malls in the U.S. will fail within the next 10 years and be converted into something with far less retail.... A report from Co-Star observes that there are more than 200 malls with over 250,000 square feet that have vacancy rates of 35 percent or higher, a "clear marker for shopping center distress." These malls are becoming ghost towns. They are not viable now and will only get less so as online continues to steal retail sales from brick-and-mortar stores. Continued bankruptcies among historic mall anchors will increase the pressure on these marginal malls, as will store closures from retailers working to optimize their business. Hundreds of malls will soon need to be repurposed or demolished. Strong malls will stay strong for a while, as retailers are willing to pay for traffic and customers from failed malls seek offline alternatives, but even they stand in the path of the shift of retail spending from offline to online."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-68854748805792493892012-12-24T19:06:48.164-05:002012-12-24T19:06:48.164-05:00Isn't a Yuletide spine-crackin' what every...Isn't a Yuletide spine-crackin' what every right-thinkin' Ratstownian's craving this year? When I spied those ludicrously festive signs, I wondered aloud what was so special about a mailbox...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-22404790171210328892012-12-21T19:18:10.099-05:002012-12-21T19:18:10.099-05:00I beat the crowds this year, and did all my Christ...I beat the crowds this year, and did all my Christmas shopping at Tall Oaks. Pizza and spine adjustments for everyone!Buffalonoreply@blogger.com