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In reply to the discussion: America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing? [View all]Deep State Witch
(10,529 posts)54. I think it would take a lot of work, but it's possible
I think that it would take a lot of modifications to make a mall into housing. Look at plumbing, for instance. You have large stores with maybe one set of restrooms per floor. Plus, you have maybe one or two sets of restrooms per floor in the open part. Each store may or may not have it's own toilet and sink. If you make those stores into separate housing units, each one of them is going to have to have a toilet, sink, and shower, plus the accompanying sewage. Plus a separate kitchen sink and drain. Unless you're doing dormitory-style living, which would kinda suck but be easier to modify an existing structure.
At some point, it might just be better to knock them down and build new housing.
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America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing? [View all]
Jilly_in_VA
Apr 11
OP
if our walmart were to pull up stakes , id love to see it as a homless shelter or put
AllaN01Bear
Apr 11
#59
Several old malls are considering that in my area. I'm just not sure they are looking at really affordable housing.
Silent Type
Apr 11
#7
Several decades ago I tried to get the city to convert a hospital into housing
MagickMuffin
Apr 11
#9
I have seen some articles about dead mall conversion into pickleball, tennis,
yellowdogintexas
Apr 11
#37
Turning abandoned malls into housing may seem like a good idea, but most are faced with big building code issues.
elocs
Apr 11
#58