Posted Sep 5, 2019, 2:32 PM
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self-important urbanista
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Phoenix
Posts: 3,099
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Sadly, by the time that Downtown has the critical mass of residents to support more shopping, I think that retail as we know it will have declined to a point where it can't be revived in places where it has either vanished or never thrived.
Scottsdale Fashion Square will continue to do well at the upper end of the market, but Biltmore Fashion Park has been a lot less busy since the Apple Store left, and most other malls are struggling. As astonishing as it may be to international visitors, the message will probably remain that Downtown is simply not the place to shop.
During my brief involvement in the conversation, I asked if the visitor wanted to go to a museum since several good ones are near Downtown. We had a language gap, but I sensed that her reply was "no thanks" and her real interest was in shopping.
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