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Empty Retail

Should Online Shopping Change How We Use Ground-Level Space?

Urbanist Jane Jacobs' support for mixed use development has long been seen as the best urban design strategy, but this vision assumed that the retail space under housing could be rented. What if that is no longer the case?

February 19, 2017 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

Amazon Drive Thru

Seattle: Amazon's Testing Ground for Retail Experiments

Amazon Go stores started in the ground floor of an Amazon office building. The company is trying other retail experiments, like a drive-up grocery store, in Seattle, where executives can watch the experiments up close.

February 17, 2017 - The New York Times

Whole Foods

Whole Foods to Undergo Unprecedented Downsizing

A symbol of urbanist affluence is getting its first reality check. 2017 has not been kind to brock and mortar retailers.

February 13, 2017 - Bloomberg

Department Store

Hundreds of Stores to Close After Another Weak Holiday Season for Chain Retailers

Sears, Macy's, and The Limited are among chain apparel stores closing locations all around the United States.

January 27, 2017 - The Chicago Tribune

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