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Originally Posted by crr0004
I think Madison Square Mall appeals to the type of people that are less willing to spend large amounts of money at the stores. The stores there are not attractive to those who can afford to spend money and therefore they will go to other malls such as Bridge Street or Parkway Place. The only stores keeping Madison Square's head above water are Belk and Dillard's, and they are lucky Bridge Street didn't end up getting a Macy's or something similar for one of their anchors.
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I'm not convinced the people of Huntsville are really willing to spend large amounts of money at the type of stores in BridgeStreet especially with the way the economy is now. Some of my relatives came up for the weekend and stopped at BridgeStreet and they noticed how empty a lot of the stores were. And I've been there at least a dozen times and I always notice many of the stores empty even during peak shopping hours. A lot of the traffic there seems to be people waiting to get a table at one of the restaurants or waiting for a movie but are they actually buying anything? I'm interested to see how many of the stores are meeting or even coming close to their sales goal and remember the economy in Huntsville is still pretty good right now so the economic downturn can't be blamed entirely for BridgeStreet not meeting its expectations.
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