Are mall Dojos more common these days? Given the vacancies.

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• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  With the cost of rent in malls I would say they will not likely make a comeback.

  Industrial rent is far cheaper.

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  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s really depressing how malls were built for unsustainable 80s-style commerce and the holding companies basically squeeze them dry instead of trying to reinvigorate them

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve seen some attempts, either by leaning hard into entertainment or building high density residential.

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• betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Additionally, with the rise in abandoned malls and decline in mall cop patrols, are we heading toward a double-whammy in the form of booming mall rat and mall ninja populations?

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  • T156@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not until someone fills the mall turtle niche.

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    • AscendantSquid@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Be the change you want to see in the world.

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• astraeus@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had never even thought about this but it is more common than not to find dojos and dance studios in the industrial sections of cities.

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• andyburke@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Malls are cool. Dojos are cool. What's the problem?

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  • Mamertine@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Malls are cool again?

    It’s that some ironic retro coolness?

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    • FloMo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m out of the loop personally but it wouldn’t surprise me given how many things we’ve seen make unexpected comebacks.

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    • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Malls have never been out of style at least in Asia’s megacities. The malls in US are just terrible that’s why they died out.

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• T156@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Follow up stupid question, but what’s a mall dojo?

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  • isles@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Guessing, but just what it sounds like - a martial arts training gym. Generally, they are low revenue businesses, relegated to subleasing from other athletic gyms (like gynmastics facilities), out of community recreation centers, or in industrial warehouse areas. Sometimes you’ll find them in strip malls, as well.

    Theoretically, vacancies put pressure on mall owners to lower rents, perhaps to an affordable level for these dojos. Lowering rent also makes the mall less valuable than a vacancy. And owners don’t like lowering value if they can afford it, because they can leverage existing values.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A Dojo is where you learn Karate. A mall dojo is a dojo in a mall.

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