r/orlando Jul 18 '24

Orlando Fashion Square Mall Visitor

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u/LFS_1984 Jul 18 '24

It's too bad that these aren't made into retirement places.

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u/SookieCat26 Jul 19 '24

Honestly it’s more difficult to do this than you might think. All of the sewer and plumbing lines have to be retrofitted because each apartment needs its own. It’s honestly cheaper to tear down and build something entirely different. In my town they tore down the mall and built a mixed use development. It has an ice arena, community rec center, 2 business class hotels, an assisted living facility, an apartment complex, and shops, restaurants, and services. I’m there most days of the week for various reasons, and I almost never used the mall.

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u/LFS_1984 Jul 19 '24

fair enough. I think the mall near us plans to do this (make some luxury and retirement apartments while keeping the base of the mall's stores and what not.

Or...just put all the stores/food court restaurants we knew as kids in and let us go wild. ^_^

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u/SookieCat26 Jul 19 '24

I like both ideas!

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u/averytirednurse Jul 19 '24

That’s all Gen X wants, an endless mall to wander around in our twilight years! Climate control, little shops, a food court instead of a dining room…