The way things are going, who’s willing to bet we’ll still have shopping malls next year? Or as many of them? This pandemic is hitting retailers very hard, and real people are suffering. But instead of watching them struggle, we could think of ways to reinvent how we live and shop by combining affordable housing with retail in those existing but under-utilized spaces. Read More
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Pellerin: Post-pandemic, there are creative ways to save shopping malls
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