call in the troops to ... shop? staff the empty stores? bring in customers at gunpoint?
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
call in the troops to ... shop? staff the empty stores? bring in customers at gunpoint?
Having leased over 100 restaurants, helped build dozens of multiplex cinemas, supermarkets, fashion boutiques, etc. - the issue is not crime. It’s that there R very few viable concepts left. Records stores were heaven. Electronic & book stores in every neighborhood. Today it’s fucking Amazon.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Having leased over 100 restaurants, helped build dozens of multiplex cinemas, supermarkets, fashion boutiques, etc. - the issue is not crime. It’s that there R very few viable concepts left. Records stores were heaven. Electronic & book stores in every neighborhood. Today it’s fucking Amazon.
Besides following so, so many furniture stores.
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Besides following so, so many furniture stores.
There's been a lot of pearl-clutching about public grocery stores!
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
Public Grocery: Let's Talk Logistics!
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There's been a lot of pearl-clutching about public grocery stores!
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.
Hi-Fi Rush's Soundtrack Delisted From All Major Streaming Platforms Without Warning (OST still on Steam) www.thegamer.com/hi-fi-rush-s...
also worth noting that the game was removed from PC stores (stores that sell Steam codes) last month. Not sure anyone else noticed at the time
also worth noting that the game was removed from PC stores (stores that sell Steam codes) last month. Not sure anyone else noticed at the time
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hi-Fi Rush's Soundtrack Delisted From All Major Streaming Platforms Without Warning (OST still on Steam) www.thegamer.com/hi-fi-rush-s...
also worth noting that the game was removed from PC stores (stores that sell Steam codes) last month. Not sure anyone else noticed at the time
also worth noting that the game was removed from PC stores (stores that sell Steam codes) last month. Not sure anyone else noticed at the time
The Year is 2025. Vape stores are now battlefields.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Year is 2025. Vape stores are now battlefields.
finally, independent games stores might have room for games again
Funko has warned it might not survive another year.
The company is $250M in debt and might not survive without an acquisition or new funding.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
The company is $250M in debt and might not survive without an acquisition or new funding.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
finally, independent games stores might have room for games again
New York AG James said she's received complaints of stores in her state refusing EBT cards and has already sent out several cease and desist letters. Stores are not allowed to refuse SNAP benefits. If this happens to you, call the AG's hotline to report at 1-800-771-7755.
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New York AG James said she's received complaints of stores in her state refusing EBT cards and has already sent out several cease and desist letters. Stores are not allowed to refuse SNAP benefits. If this happens to you, call the AG's hotline to report at 1-800-771-7755.
I should not be left unattended in grocery stores when traveling
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I should not be left unattended in grocery stores when traveling
"they're making corner stores a culture war issue"
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"they're making corner stores a culture war issue"
Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of its restaurants in an effort to 'boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing'
Wendy's To Close Hundreds Of U.S. Stores
The latest round of closures comes on top of the 240 U.S. Wendy's locations that shuttered in 2024.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of its restaurants in an effort to 'boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing'
I live in a very small town and I know what keeps small town grocery stores open:
SNAP.
SNAP.
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I live in a very small town and I know what keeps small town grocery stores open:
SNAP.
SNAP.
It’s hard to believe threatening to move the scuzziest grocery stores on the planet didn’t scare voters
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s hard to believe threatening to move the scuzziest grocery stores on the planet didn’t scare voters
two stores (1886 & 1892), upper view, second street, ida grove, iowa, 1987
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
two stores (1886 & 1892), upper view, second street, ida grove, iowa, 1987
Black church members are at grocery stores in my area paying for people’s groceries up to a certain dollar amount.
a man is singing into a microphone while another man is playing a keyboard on stage .
Alt: a man is singing into a microphone while another man is playing a keyboard on stage .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Black church members are at grocery stores in my area paying for people’s groceries up to a certain dollar amount.
ICE Has Created a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Heart of Chicago
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
ICE Has Created a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Heart of Chicago
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ICE Has Created a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Heart of Chicago
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
Please listen to the podcast Stores on all platforms!
It should be acceptable to interrupt the other person in a conversation if what you have to say is more interesting
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Please listen to the podcast Stores on all platforms!
These companies already pulled ICE tracking apps in the US. I don't have high hopes if the Trump admin demands it, they won't also pull LGBTQ apps from their app stores.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
These companies already pulled ICE tracking apps in the US. I don't have high hopes if the Trump admin demands it, they won't also pull LGBTQ apps from their app stores.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Commercial real estate is really struggling so let’s airhole tens of thousands more retail stores for InBev
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Commercial real estate is really struggling so let’s airhole tens of thousands more retail stores for InBev
You can stop at five or six stores or just one
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You can stop at five or six stores or just one
it's like a big, empty store that sells leases on small, empty stores
what's a mall
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
it's like a big, empty store that sells leases on small, empty stores
in Toronto we aren’t allowed to build corner stores in neighbourhoods and we’re trying to change that so our mayor has to explain why corner stores are a good thing to NIMBYs like they’re children
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
in Toronto we aren’t allowed to build corner stores in neighbourhoods and we’re trying to change that so our mayor has to explain why corner stores are a good thing to NIMBYs like they’re children
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Mayor Chow posted a video about corner stores!
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Mayor Chow posted a video about corner stores!