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Pointed to as a detailed example of converting a dying mall into housing.
Kirsten Dirksen visits the Providence Arcade, the oldest US indoor mall, which was converted into 225-square-foot micro-lofts classified as a rooming house.
“Here's a detailed examination of one mall that converted to apartments” (HN, 2020)
Here's a detailed examination of one mall that converted to apartments - [this video] Interesting mostly for how they weighed the marketing and economic aspects of it: "commercial renters think in terms of $/sq foot and individuals think of monthly costs"
Detailed look at converting a mall into apartments
While it wouldn't be what springs to mind when you think of a mall, this video shows an interesting repurposing of a mall to become residential space: [this video]
Interesting repurposing of a mall into residential space
I've been curious as to what will happen the structures themselves. Two interesting projects: Mall to Micro-apartments [this video] Rackspace took over a dead mall for office space [link]
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