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Former big box stores across the Bay Area get new leases on life
Original: The new retail post-apocalypse: Across the Bay Area, former Walmart, Fry’s and other big box store sites are finding new life
Large vacant retail sites left behind by Walmart, Fry's and other big box chains across the San Francisco Bay Area are being redeveloped for new uses. The Mercury News reports on the wave of conversions, describing the shift as a retail post-apocalypse that is turning dead storefronts into something useful for local communities.
Why now: The decline of big box retail and the reuse of abandoned stores is a visible local story about the changing economy.
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- The new retail post-apocalypse: Across the Bay Area, former Walmart, Fry’s and other big box store sites are finding new life · The Mercury News
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