Posts: 14,145
Threads: 424
Joined: Aug 2012
Spending hours looking for things up and down aisles is being replaced by browsing a site and getting it at your front door
Can't happen soon enough. I'm really tired of the obsolete "everyone drive to the store" model and everything that comes with it.
We are probably seeing malls turn into dinosaurs that couldn't adapt.
They would make awesome warehouses for Amazon and others, with plenty of room for a nice front counter and showroom for browsing/picking up large items etc.
Posts: 2,151
Threads: 73
Joined: Mar 2007
"dinosaurs that couldn't adapt"
It's already happening and an accelerating trend. Some are being torn down and some converted to other use such as junion colleges. There's even a website tracking it:
http://www.deadmalls.com/
Hawaii usually catches on to such things late, but I have noticed that Prince Kuhio seems to take longer and longer to fill significant empty spaces when they turn over. If Sports Authority does close, it may be hard to find a replacement tenant.
Posts: 1,522
Threads: 13
Joined: Apr 2014
Maybe Lowes would be a good anchor store.
Community begins with Aloha
Posts: 156
Threads: 33
Joined: Dec 2014
You should go into the Kauai Sports Authority. It makes Hilo look busy. It has the same amount of customers (zero) but less employees so it looks closed when it's open. My wife and I always figured it was some mob money laundering scheme and they lost money on purpose.
Posts: 1,858
Threads: 46
Joined: Apr 2015
quote:
Originally posted by Gus
You should go into the Kauai Sports Authority. It makes Hilo look busy. It has the same amount of customers (zero) but less employees so it looks closed when it's open. My wife and I always figured it was some mob money laundering scheme and they lost money on purpose.
Bwah ha ha!
Posts: 1,513
Threads: 18
Joined: Oct 2014
quote:
Originally posted by Gus
You should go into the Kauai Sports Authority. It makes Hilo look busy. It has the same amount of customers (zero) but less employees so it looks closed when it's open. My wife and I always figured it was some mob money laundering scheme and they lost money on purpose.
For decades the entire mall was a write off for an off island insurance company. The rent was too high except for other businesses needing a write off. Dog eat dog business mentality at it's finest.
Posts: 14,145
Threads: 424
Joined: Aug 2012
For decades the entire mall was a write off
Confirms my suspicion that our "local economy" is largely fictitious...
