Kathy Haan on MSNOpinion

Dead shopping malls are coming back and their new purpose is even more concerning

Dead malls are returning as housing and logistics hubs, raising urgent questions about access, affordability, and who really ...
Yahoo

‘Dead malls’: The internet can’t look away

(NewsNation) — The indoor, vacancy-ridden shopping center immortalized in the 1978 horror flick “Dawn of the Dead” may soon be put out of its misery, but at least the site would avoid joining ...
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How dying malls could help solve America’s housing crisis

A growing number of Americans could soon be living in shopping malls, as builders look to reinvent dying retail spaces to fix the nation’s housing shortage. The math is simple: there are not enough ...
Lehigh Valley Live

These N.J. malls are basically dead, shoppers say. Can they avoid Phillipsburg Mall’s fate?

It’s the height of the holiday season, when malls across the country should be buzzing with rushed shoppers ready to check items off their holiday lists. But inside two of New Jersey’s largest indoor ...

From Vacant Storefronts to New Homes: How Canada’s Dying Malls Are Becoming the Answer to the Housing Crisis

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 15, 2026 / Across Canada, a quiet transformation is reshaping the commercial real ...