<story><title>Dead Malls</title><url>http://deadmalls.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>codingdave</author><text>I still think a dead mall would be a great startup incubator - each small group gets its own office, tons of shared space to interact with each other, food court for local restaurants to cater to everyone, some big anchor spaces for the larger companies (or even a local data center), and even some built-in back offices for the property managers.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fortran77</author><text>A good use of a dead mall is a Community College. A little ugly, perhaps, but workable. You have parking and large rooms already built out.</text></comment>
<story><title>Dead Malls</title><url>http://deadmalls.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>codingdave</author><text>I still think a dead mall would be a great startup incubator - each small group gets its own office, tons of shared space to interact with each other, food court for local restaurants to cater to everyone, some big anchor spaces for the larger companies (or even a local data center), and even some built-in back offices for the property managers.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_bxg1</author><text>One in my city got acquired by the local community college and stores were turned into classrooms</text></comment>