Case in point: here, Alamogordo. When my wife moved here after getting her PhD, there were 4-5 grocery stores. Then Walmart opened a regular-sized store. All was well.
Then Walmrt opened a superstore, and then there was just Walmart and a regional chain store.
Fortunately Albertsons sent a scout team through the area 4-5 years ago and their conclusion was "Why did we leave this town?" They built a new store, and a year or so after they opened (they were bringing in trucks three times a day to keep it filled for the first few months and poached all their cashiers from WM), Walmart opened a neighborhood grocery store in the NE part of town.
Retail is weird.
Our mall could be used as a zombie apocalypse mall, especially after Kmart closed. It had JC Penneys and a bunch of small stores and more closed store fronts than open. Since then, it was bought by an operator that transformed the mall in Gallup and took it to 100% occupancy, so there's hope. They've renovated the space that Kmart was in and a Melrose and Harbor Freight opened up and soon a Ross will open, so they're doing good.
Retail is weird.
My favorite example is a Home Depot opened. Useful things, Home Depots. Then literally next door a Lowe's Home Improvement opened. And I mean literally.(Google Maps)
Alamogordo now has three Subways, up from two when I moved here 14 years ago. The third used to be a Quiznos, but closed. A second McDonalds is under construction and will open in a couple of months. We now have two Taco Bells. We were supposed to get a second Starbucks, the first opened in the Albertsons, but the building was screwed-up: the foundation cracked and it was built across the property line of the Ford dealership next door. I've heard that when the law suits settle that it might be a Duncan Donuts.
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Date: 2019-07-15 02:21 pm (UTC)Then Walmrt opened a superstore, and then there was just Walmart and a regional chain store.
Fortunately Albertsons sent a scout team through the area 4-5 years ago and their conclusion was "Why did we leave this town?" They built a new store, and a year or so after they opened (they were bringing in trucks three times a day to keep it filled for the first few months and poached all their cashiers from WM), Walmart opened a neighborhood grocery store in the NE part of town.
Retail is weird.
Our mall could be used as a zombie apocalypse mall, especially after Kmart closed. It had JC Penneys and a bunch of small stores and more closed store fronts than open. Since then, it was bought by an operator that transformed the mall in Gallup and took it to 100% occupancy, so there's hope. They've renovated the space that Kmart was in and a Melrose and Harbor Freight opened up and soon a Ross will open, so they're doing good.
Retail is weird.
My favorite example is a Home Depot opened. Useful things, Home Depots. Then literally next door a Lowe's Home Improvement opened. And I mean literally.(Google Maps)
Alamogordo now has three Subways, up from two when I moved here 14 years ago. The third used to be a Quiznos, but closed. A second McDonalds is under construction and will open in a couple of months. We now have two Taco Bells. We were supposed to get a second Starbucks, the first opened in the Albertsons, but the building was screwed-up: the foundation cracked and it was built across the property line of the Ford dealership next door. I've heard that when the law suits settle that it might be a Duncan Donuts.