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Breaking news: People are stupid.

TV 20 reported that the Oaks Mall is in foreclosure. Comments section flips out. I'll get the first part of stupid out of the way - A lot of people seem to think they're going to put a distribution warehouse there. What? No logic to that location and they can't anyway, City zoning. All the distribution is north of town on 121. How do people not notice how cities are built. You don't have restaurants, businesses, warehouses, and apartments next door to each other. That's not why we're in this thread....

Yep, you guessed it. A lot of comments blaming Trump for killing the economy. It's all Trumps fault.

Trump made the owner get a million dollars in interest behind on a 25 year old loan that has only seen 1/3 of the amount paid off. Trump must have a DeLorean to go back into time and make all this happen in just 2 months. Let's also just ignore that malls have been dying across the country for a couple decades.
 
That's correct - oaks mall is the only problematic mall in the US. The rest are all fine like its 1990.

It always seemed bigger than necessary for the size of gainesville.
 
Evil gator said:
That's correct - oaks mall is the only problematic mall in the US. The rest are all fine like its 1990.

It always seemed bigger than necessary for the size of gainesville.
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True, but it stayed busy in the 90s. Malls excelled then because it targeted kids and teens. An arcade (two at one point), a movie theater, taco bell, Lisa's pizza, boardwalk fries, 2 toy stores, 2 record stores.

Now the evolution of video games made arcade machines dated, same for digital music. But I'd bet arcades would still do a business if they were open today solely for kids to hangout (and stay the fuck out of trouble). Now the Oaks has 2 Dillards where a basic shirt starts at $80-$100. And they're ugly as fuck. It's mostly old people clothing and that's not who hangs out at a damn mall. My kid is jealous after hearing some stories about the mall at her age.

If they're smart, they'll make it like Celebration Point is. Outdoor mall, central seating and activity areas. Mix in some coffee and dessert shops among the individual American Eagle, Hollister, etc. stores. But they have to put in some affordable stuff. Gainesville keeps opening these businesses that cater to the 1% type (not literally, but you get the point, they're pricy). Gainesville is not NYC no matter how bad they try. But Gainesville isn't particularly smart, so I'm betting the place ends up as more fucking apartments. Or a mix of apartments and retail.
 
I did see one claim that Shands wanted it. But....Shands has been remodeling, built new areas not long ago, and have a bunch of ER centers around town now. And the mall is right across the street from North Florida. Given that Shands is also a teaching hospital, it's location is good.
 
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