What Empty Buildings/Store Fronts Do You Have Where You Are Located?

[Hawkee]

When I lived in the city Mom and I would always see empty store buildings and we would guess what store would open next in them but the city ten miles away would always lose stores and restaurants and always gained new places in their former buildings. Take for instance in the shopping center where my mom shops the original Kmart store was a popular store there but once a new Kmart was built the old Kmart store closed and the building remained empty for years until Albertson's moved in to that building and what's surprising about it is that when the original Kmart was opened Albertson's was already in that shopping center in a different building and when Albertson's moved the building that used to be Albertson's became Big Lots now and another grocery store is in the old Kmart building today. Another store that did this in my town is Walmart and when The Home Depot moved to a new shopping center the new Walmart took over the old Home Depot building and the other Walmart was closed for remodeling but reopened a month later with an expanded store and a Subway inside the store too and when the new Walmart opened it stole some of Target's customers. But I think when new stores and restaurants begin to open up in towns the previous stores begin to lose their novelty and go out of business soon like Arby's did in my town and when I had two Arby's it was my hangout and my mom and I would get sandwiches all the time but now we have no Arby's anymore and is now Subway but I think more stores would gain more popularity if they would be open a lot more to attract a bigger audience of shoppers
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[MrCleveland]

In Ohio City near me, there's an abandoned Hollywood Video. It was gonna be a McDonald's but the neighborhood put the kibosh on that...if you want a fast-food place in an area like that, be more creative. Have it look like an old storefront!

I wish that becomes a laundromat or a new Fire Department building.

[AMackII]

In St Louis, here the only empty buildings that i can think of...

- The Arby's at the Cross Keys Shopping area have been empty since this past January

- The Bridgeton At Home Store have been closed since this Past February

- Jamestown Mall has been closed entirely for 4-5 years

- Mobil at Florissant Valley Shopping Center have been close since early last month or a little before that

[MISST3]

Fortunately, we don't have any empty buildings,where I live, and if a business closes, another is waiting to open.

[JamesG]

There's a couple around my area. There's an abandoned building that's gone through multiple names over the years.

It used to be a Carvel when I was a kid and it became a Nathan's during the late 1990s - early 2000s. It became a deli called Bagel Barn around 2004 and closed around 2010 after they had a suspicious fire.

It looks awful and I wish someone would tear it down and start over.















We also had a McDonald's that closed around 2015 and no one has taken it over yet.

[Bonniegirl]

Several Payless shoe stores are closing down near me!

[MA]

In Seabrook NH (not even close to where I live at all, but refuse to go into specifics as what town I live in), there's still an old empty Ames that's been there for years and has never even been torn down at all.

[Ohio8]

Originally Posted by Ohio8

Glanzman/S. Byrne: Fleeger's Ace Hardware and a bar. A Frisch's Big Boy closed a few years ago, and an empty lot fills the space where it once stood.

A CVS drugstore was built where the Big Boy used to be. It opened in November of last year.

[treky]

across the street from us there's an abandoned car dealership. Every once in a while there's talk of building a WAWA there but nothing ever happens.

[MA]

And in my town that I live in, there’s now an empty Shaw’s supermarket.

[JamesG]

I'm surprised I didn't think of this one earlier... and this is pretty rare for my area as most closed stores are usually snatched right up.

This is A to Z Video that was a mom-and-pop video store that closed around 1995. What's odd is that I don't recall ever seeing a "For Sale/Rent" sign at all on the property. I remember that the closing was sudden when it happened w/ no announcement or anything. People in the neighborhood found the shutters closed and it's been like that for over 20 years now.

I wonder if the store's old VHS movies and Nintendo games are still inside.

[AMackII]

It’s been quite awhile since Outback Steakhouse here in Florissant have been empty & i cant remember what date they closed it.

Ponderosa in Bridgeton have been empty since November 30th, 2015.

Sports Authority in Bridgeton & KMart in Bridgeton have been emptier respectively anytime since inbetween January 2016 & May 2017

[Coffeecup]

Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

In Seabrook NH (not even close to where I live at all, but refuse to go into specifics as what town I live in), there's still an old empty Ames that's been there for years and has never even been torn down at all.

I know the area for I live in Massachusetts. In my area we had a Sears Hometown store which sold lawnmowers, snow blowers, tools, big kitchen applicances, and the man paid rent of $5,000 a month. The place didn't sell that much. How many times a week can you by a snowblower. Anyway the owner raised the rent to $7,000 a month. Then a year so later up the rent went to $10,000. Store closed about 2 years ago and remains empty. Who can afford $10,000 a month rent. The store owners would rather have an empty building than charge a lower rent. Around here commercial buildings are all heading toward condos. Sad

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by JamesG

There's an abandoned building that's gone through multiple names over the years.

It used to be a Carvel when I was a kid and it became a Nathan's during the late 1990s - early 2000s. It became a deli called Bagel Barn around 2004 and closed around 2010 after they had a suspicious fire.

It looks awful and I wish someone would tear it down and start over.







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This building was finally demolished during this past week. I don't know what's happening with the spot.

[MA]

Originally Posted by Coffeecup

I know the area for I live in Massachusetts. In my area we had a Sears Hometown store which sold lawnmowers, snow blowers, tools, big kitchen applicances, and the man paid rent of $5,000 a month. The place didn't sell that much. How many times a week can you by a snowblower. Anyway the owner raised the rent to $7,000 a month. Then a year so later up the rent went to $10,000. Store closed about 2 years ago and remains empty. Who can afford $10,000 a month rent. The store owners would rather have an empty building than charge a lower rent. Around here commercial buildings are all heading toward condos. Sad

It is sad, yes.