Malls must change to survive

Mary MacDonald

10/13/2017

MALLS AROUND THE COUNTRY are utilizing former retail spaces as mixed-use developments including office spaces and restaurants. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ARIANA LINDQUIST — MALLS HAVE BEGUN shifting former retail spaces into mixed-use developments by opening up mall real estate to office spaces and restaurants. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ARIANA LINDQUIST

After almost 30 years, Emerald Square in North Attleboro is becoming something other than an enclosed mall. A commercial real estate firm has started marketing its upper floor, all 75,000 square feet of it, as suburban office space. No one should be surprised to see this happening across the region. It’s well-underway in Rhode Island,

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