Re: Smaller Grocery Stores...???

Dave Smith wrote:
Pennyaline wrote:
The only downside to the loss of the megamarts is that there will be even more massive empty box stores darkening commercial areas nationwide.

Not a problem. They can be torn down.

Actually, they probably can't be. Communities don't want empty lots, particularly not in the center of shopping areas. These buildings are multi-purpose spaces and theoretically adaptable and suitable for any business to use... if they can afford to rent that amount of space. The buildings generally wont be torn down unless a new use is approved for the ground it is sitting on.

For example (and an example of an unusual victory amid recent Wal-Mart v. The Little Guy wars): In these parts, a newly built K-Mart has closed up shop and left a very large seven-year-old building empty. The building is too big and too expensive for other businesses to use. Wal-Mart saw the empty space and appealed to the town to let them open a new store there. The town agreed, and Wal-Mart filled a building plan and applied for a permit to demolish the existing building. The town said no, that demolition would not be approved and that Wal-Mart must use the existing building as it is almost identical in size and amenities to the proposed new construction, and in comparison to other Wal-Marts in the region the layout of the existing structure and amount of parking already available is sufficient for Wal-Mart's needs. The town also specified that if no new business intended to use the existing structure or could not overwhelmingly prove need for new use of the area, the old building would continue to stand empty.
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