Redeveloping Suburban Strip Malls

Planners in Massachusetts look toward mixed-use projects to revitalize casualties of "big box blight."

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July 16, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"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."

Thanks to Bruce Hughes

FULL STORY: Recycling the 'throwaway' strip mall

Sunday, July 15, 2001 in The Boston Globe

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