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Merrill Lynch reports that the number of shopping centers in India will grow from 40 today to 250 by 2010, more than quadrupling the country's shopping mall square footage (June 2005).

Beginning July 15, teens under 18 will have to be accompanied by a parent or adult when they visit the Crossgates Mall in Albany, New York on Friday or Saturday evening. The mall has noticed that stores sales increase when there are fewer teenagers around (June 2005).

Watertown, New York's Northland Plaza is for sale. Seventy percent of the shopping center is vacant (June 2005).

"Harry, isn't this old dead mall DIVINE? Let's live here." (June 2005)

The new owners of Wayzota, Minnesota's Wayzota Bay shopping center, a 1960s downtown enclosed shopping mall, plan to spend $100 million to convert it to a mixed-use community with retail, housing, and a B&B (June 2005).

In a spectacular lesson in why downtowns are better for civic life than shopping malls, a shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey has blocked a Veterans of Foreign Wars post from selling poppies at the mall over the Memorial Day weekend. VFW posts have been selling poppies to raise money for soldiers at home and overseas since 1922, inspired by the World War I-era poem, "In Flanders Field the poppies grow | between the crosses, row on row" (May 2005).

Building Design & Construction reports that, while commercial retail construction will increase about 12 percent in 2006, the era of big malls is over.

The North Hills Mall (in North Richland Hills, Texas) will auction off all its fixtures - food court tables, movie theatre screens, garment racks, everything - on Friday, May 13th. There's a complete list available online (May 2005).

The owners of Nashville's struggling Bellevue Center shopping mall have announced plans to revitalize the mall. They're also planning to sell 12 acres of the site for a new 210,000 square foot Wal-Mart (June 2005).

Simon Property Group, a mall development and management company, is considering integrating housing into all of its projects (June 2005).

Palo Alto, California's Alma Plaza Shopping Center may become a housing complex rather than remain a retail center. It's been struggling for more than 10 years (June 2005).

Nashua NH's Pheasant Lane Mall now prohibits teenagers under 16 from entering the mall on weekend nights without a parent or adult (June 2005).

Atlanta's Galleria Mall will be converted to a mixed-use, neo-Main Street with "cafes, boutiques and village-style building facades with benches, wide sidewalks, streetlights, landscaping and street furniture such as water fountains, and public art fronting on Cobb Parkway". The commission overseeing the project hopes the new development will spin off $1.5 million in revenue annually to help support the Cobb Energy Center for the Performing Arts, now under construction. The mall currently has a 42 percent vacancy rate, with most of its leases month-to-month. (3/31/2005)

The vacant North Hills Mall, near Fort Worth, will be demolished and replaced by a mixed-use complex that will include an amphitheatre, shops, medical offices, and a creek. The city will pay $3 million for site improvements and will abate taxes for ten years. (3/31/2005)

The owner of Wichita's Twin Lakes Mall is selling off half of the mall (181,000 square feet), suggesting it might be used as a school, church or community center. (3/27/2005)

Trotwood, Ohio's Salem Mall is being redeveloped as a lifestyle center. (3/25/2005)

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	Merrill Lynch reports that the number of shopping centers in India will grow from 40 today to 250 by 2010, more than quadrupling the country's shopping mall square footage (June 2005). Beginning July 15, teens under 18 will have to be accompanied by a parent or adult when they visit the Crossgates Mall in Albany, New York on Friday or Saturday evening. The mall has noticed that stores sales increase when there are fewer teenagers around (June 2005). Watertown, New York's Northland Plaza is for sale. Seventy percent of the shopping center is vacant (June 2005). "Harry, isn't this old dead mall DIVINE? Let's live here." (June 2005) The new owners of Wayzota, Minnesota's Wayzota Bay shopping center, a 1960s downtown enclosed shopping mall, plan to spend $100 million to convert it to a mixed-use community with retail, housing, and a B&B (June 2005). In a spectacular lesson in why downtowns are better for civic life than shopping malls, a shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey has blocked a Veterans of Foreign Wars post from selling poppies at the mall over the Memorial Day weekend. VFW posts have been selling poppies to raise money for soldiers at home and overseas since 1922, inspired by the World War I-era poem, "In Flanders Field the poppies grow \| between the crosses, row on row" (May 2005). Building Design & Construction reports that, while commercial retail construction will increase about 12 percent in 2006, the era of big malls is over. The North Hills Mall (in North Richland Hills, Texas) will auction off all its fixtures - food court tables, movie theatre screens, garment racks, everything - on Friday, May 13th. There's a complete list available online (May 2005). The owners of Nashville's struggling Bellevue Center shopping mall have announced plans to revitalize the mall. They're also planning to sell 12 acres of the site for a new 210,000 square foot Wal-Mart (June 2005). Simon Property Group, a mall development and management company, is considering integrating housing into all of its projects (June 2005). Palo Alto, California's Alma Plaza Shopping Center may become a housing complex rather than remain a retail center. It's been struggling for more than 10 years (June 2005). Nashua NH's Pheasant Lane Mall now prohibits teenagers under 16 from entering the mall on weekend nights without a parent or adult (June 2005). Atlanta's Galleria Mall will be converted to a mixed-use, neo-Main Street with "cafes, boutiques and village-style building facades with benches, wide sidewalks, streetlights, landscaping and street furniture such as water fountains, and public art fronting on Cobb Parkway". The commission overseeing the project hopes the new development will spin off $1.5 million in revenue annually to help support the Cobb Energy Center for the Performing Arts, now under construction. The mall currently has a 42 percent vacancy rate, with most of its leases month-to-month. (3/31/2005) The vacant North Hills Mall, near Fort Worth, will be demolished and replaced by a mixed-use complex that will include an amphitheatre, shops, medical offices, and a creek. The city will pay $3 million for site improvements and will abate taxes for ten years. (3/31/2005) The owner of Wichita's Twin Lakes Mall is selling off half of the mall (181,000 square feet), suggesting it might be used as a school, church or community center. (3/27/2005) Trotwood, Ohio's Salem Mall is being redeveloped as a lifestyle center. (3/25/2005)
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