Daily Post stories that a shopping mall has caught hearth in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Customer companies indicators grasp over empty corridors, damaged glass litters the floors and the imprint of malls’ names are left on indicators the place letters used to hold. Once vibrant interiors are no longer comforting, however uncanny without crowds of shoppers. Following the Great Recession of the late 2000s, dozens of malls closed their doorways, strained by the American financial system and the shift in buyers’ shopping habits from in-store to online. In 2017, a report by Credit Suisse estimated that 1 / 4 of the 1,211 malls dotting the American panorama would also shut by 2022.

It’s a nationwide issue, and Lawless’ book reveals the effects in each part of the nation, from Los Angeles to Birmingham, Alabama. Others have been demolished totally since Lawless documented them. The three malls that he grew … Read More