I have a lot of sympathy for the 30,000 Circuit City employees who are about to lose their jobs; now I wonder just who might buy a two-story building that's ~20,000sf, windowless, and takes up a half-block. What might that buyer do with it?
The reason this comes up is that the local store is right at the bottom of my hill. It replaced a one-story supermarket about 10 years ago, and I've always felt it was an architectural monstrosity.
Posted by Linkmeister at January 16, 2009 02:13 PM | TrackBackthe ripple effect is that newer buildings aren't gonna be built since a business can move into the vacant Curcuit City site, and that affects the building industry, the trade I'm in.
Posted by: RONW at January 17, 2009 07:23 PMBut that's my question, Ron. What kind of business would be interested in that building? Certainly not another big box store when there's a Best Buy not a 1/4 mile away, a Sam's Club only a mile or so away, and even a Toys R Us just around the corner.
Somebody could subdivide it and turn it into office space, maybe, but with no windows that would be a hard sell too. At least that way your industry would get some work, though.
Posted by: Linkmeister at January 17, 2009 07:34 PM