Redeveloping Suburban Strip Malls

"Abandoned shopping malls are sufficiently common across the country that they have earned their own label in development circles: "greyfields," named in part after the common hue of asphalt. A growing movement is underway to reuse "greyfields" more creatively, much as cities converted abandoned mills and factories into shops and condominiums. The idea is not to replace one bankrupt big-box retailer with a new one, but rather to build mixed-use projects that evoke the feel of a village center or an urban downtown."