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50. Look at the Tons

Sat May 24, 2025, 11:20 AM

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of massive commercial buildings that have sat empty since Covid. They are all over the place here in Denver's tech center.
It is overwhelmingly expensive to try and convert them to apartments.
Two skyscrapers in downtown Denver that were officially spaces just sold for four million....(seriously)!!!!! A few years ago they were appraised at hundreds of Millions of dollars........

And why not......why should a corporation pay a TON of money for brick and mortar location, when people can work from home?????

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There is a large mostly abandoned shopping center near where I live. [View all] Takket May 23 OP

They paved paradise put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell Ping Tung May 23 #1

COVID homegirl May 23 #5

Tesla/Musk..... magicarpet May 23 #2

There are dead malls all over the place and one is near me Warpy May 23 #3

I saw a video where they were converting some mall spaces to apartments. forgotmylogin May 23 #17

I am very impressed -- sounds like a lot of thought went into its conversion. nt Hekate May 23 #22

How cool! ShazzieB May 23 #28

That sounds FANTASTIC!!! What a way to reimagine that space! calimary Saturday #35

Thanks for sharing Auggie Saturday #53

Personally, I think the rise of online shopping had a great deal to do with the demise of malls. CTyankee May 23 #20

I have to disagree Warpy May 23 #30

Sears and Roebuck was mail order in a vastly different time. The Internet offers dazzling choices that the Sears catalog CTyankee May 23 #32

Malls didn't last because they lost their big anchor stores Warpy May 23 #34

I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place. CTyankee Saturday #37

"I wonder why those big anchor stores left the malls in the first place." BumRushDaShow Saturday #45

Montgomery Ward Clouds Passing Saturday #49

Well Macy's was in the Wanamaker building until near the end of March of this year and that was that BumRushDaShow Saturday #52

I remember the sparkly enchanting Christmas tree in the grand entry. Clouds Passing Sunday #55

They still had that BumRushDaShow Sunday #56

Many US cities had local department stores Retrograde Monday #60

I enjoy the touchy feely of shopping in a store. You can't get that at an Amazon. Clouds Passing Tuesday #61

Greed. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Saturday #38

Indoor shopping malls were never sustainable IbogaProject May 23 #23

I don't know if malls would have survived regardless mdbl Saturday #39

I worked in one briefly in 1986 IbogaProject Saturday #43

Ditto Cosmocat Saturday #44

Look at the Tons DENVERPOPS Saturday #50

Amazon didn't help. They made it too easy to buy online. OMGWTF Saturday #51

Interesting to see what abandoned shopping malls are converted to IronLionZion May 23 #4

Retail Is History! - At Deadmalls.com hatrack May 23 #6

that is an interesting link NJCher May 23 #14

Caldor, good lord... róisín_dubh Saturday #36

I lived at the Caldor's that had opened near me in the the '90s BumRushDaShow Saturday #54

One that I used to patronize Jilly_in_VA May 23 #8

in southern California, dead malls are rebuilt as malls... with apartments complexes attached. Demovictory9 Sunday #57

howdi AllaN01Bear May 23 #11

Catholic churches? RicROC Saturday #48

And those spaces are relatively affordable IronLionZion Monday #59

as a teen i had to be bribed to do the mall. everything is the same. pansypoo53219 May 23 #7

Probably thought it looked better for their inventory ToxMarz May 23 #9

in my area, indoor malls are dying, but outdoor malls are thriving.... getagrip_already May 23 #10

sell them for scrap value. AllaN01Bear May 23 #12

When Musk talks about Tesla corporate performance... CaptainTruth May 23 #13

I live in a heavily Democratic district, and yet... cab67 May 23 #15

Our mall will soon be a casino. twodogsbarking May 23 #16

no Elon stickers everywhere NJCher May 23 #18

See, and I think those cars should be placed in the parking lot, out in the open ... aggiesal May 23 #19

This is a great idea, but there are complications. Shipwack May 23 #26

It can be done, look at this link posted in this same thread ... aggiesal May 23 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author NJCher May 23 #21

clever criminals will strip the batteries out of the cars soon. give it time. nt Javaman May 23 #24

Safer there than outside where idiots will attempt to vandalize them MichMan May 23 #25

The OP says that the cars are in the lot. niyad Saturday #40

Correct, it does MichMan Saturday #41

Musk foolishly threw his lot in with Trump PJMcK May 23 #27

I was expecting it to have become a homeless camp... ananda May 23 #31

Tesla's stock price is up on the news D_Master81 May 23 #33

I love... GiqueCee Saturday #42

Photos we need PHOTOS! justaprogressive Saturday #46

I've often wondered if all these abandoned malls could be converted to public housing. travelingthrulife Saturday #47

Before the one I used to patronize was razed Jilly_in_VA Sunday #58