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Pennsylvania

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,989 posts) Wed May 26, 2021, 11:15 AM May 2021

A New Crop in Pennsylvania: Warehouses

NYT Business Retweeted

The astonishing growth of e-commerce has created a warehouse boom in and around Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, one that is changing the region's landscape. On A1 of today's
@nytimes
,
@mcorkery5
took a close look at what's happening

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A New Crop in Pennsylvania: Warehouses (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 OP

I have read that Diamond_Dog May 2021 #1

Wish they'd do more of that, plenty of empty big box stores around Amishman Jun 2021 #4

;-{) Goonch May 2021 #2

Someone Will Be Imploding These Things modrepub May 2021 #3

Diamond_Dog

(35,432 posts)

1. I have read that

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 26, 2021, 11:24 AM

May 2021

Old shopping malls are being re-purposed as warehouses.

Amishman

(5,843 posts)

4. Wish they'd do more of that, plenty of empty big box stores around

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 1, 2021, 12:43 PM

Jun 2021

No need to build new structures when there is something suitable already available.

Goonch

(3,837 posts)

2. ;-{)

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 26, 2021, 11:27 AM

May 2021

modrepub

(3,651 posts)

3. Someone Will Be Imploding These Things

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 26, 2021, 11:37 AM

May 2021

at some point in the future. Doubt local zoning boards are thinking about what happens to these concrete monsters once they've served their purpose.

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