The busiest shopping season yes, worst weather. But why would I drive to a mall packed with people in crap weather that takes an hour to drive 10 miles when I could just have that shirt I want delivered to my house in 48 hours for free?
I get it, there are still people out there who like to peruse stores and walk around. No issue there. But now that I can get anything I want delivered to my door and hassle free returns for items I don't want, where is my incentive to go to a mall?
To your second point, I agree to an extent about Hall Road. It is packed with commercial and every other day there seems to be a Meijer/Target/Home Depot parking lot that has new strip malls going up in them. But to say real estate on Hall Road is cheap is flat out false. There have been a ton of businesses/bars/restaurants that moved a mile south/north of Hall citing the insane rent they pay being on that road.
Personally, I F***ing hate Hall Road. They should have just continued the freeway all the way from Mound to I-94 below grade with a 2 lane local service drive on each side.
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