Yeah, I mentioned the main problems in another comment. Plumbing has to be updated, and windows are often non-opening. The footprint itself might be so large the center doesn’t have adequate access to windows anyway. Am I missing anything?
There’s other possible commercial applications too, though, and then whatever spaces the restaurants or clothing stores have moved out of might be simpler to convert to housing.
Keep in mind that’s not a bad thing. Owners of the properties lose, people who might use the properties for other things (a much larger group) win.
A related note It’s extremely difficult to transform office spaces into apartments.
Yeah, I mentioned the main problems in another comment. Plumbing has to be updated, and windows are often non-opening. The footprint itself might be so large the center doesn’t have adequate access to windows anyway. Am I missing anything?
There’s other possible commercial applications too, though, and then whatever spaces the restaurants or clothing stores have moved out of might be simpler to convert to housing.