This is happening in some areas and it's a trend I hope will continue. For example, my hometown mall was dead (~3-4 open shops out of ~50 available) for the bet

This is happening in some areas and it's a trend I hope will continue. For example, my hometown mall was dead (~3-4 open shops out of ~50 available) for the better part of the last decade but management has recently started renting out most of space to local colleges and other non-commercial entities.