In the early 2000s, a mall owner—we’ll call him David—watched his once-busy shopping center slowly die. A newer, flashier mall opened a few miles away, and within a year, foot traffic collapsed. Stores closed. Tenants left. The place felt hollow.
Author: Jim Donnelly
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