The pandemic is changing how shopping malls are built, in perhaps the most disruptive retail environment in modern times.
Developers have replaced the vacant big units with a mix of retail, dining, entertainment, fitness, co-working and healthcare options. They have also added apartments, hotels and offices to the properties - often to make better use of vacant parking lots and create built-in traffic generators - and they are beginning to create distribution and self-storage hubs at malls as more people purchase their goods online.
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