I've seen some empty big-box locations around here (SE Wisconsin) repurposed to u-store-it complexes. Which speaks to two sides of another issue: balancing "stuff" (especially inherited stuff, with its emotional overhead) against the cost of additional living/storage space. Currently affordable apartments may be too small to squeeze in Grandma's heirloom china, much less the antique breakfront that Grandma kept it in; offsite storage units are an ugly compromise that limits both the value of keeping items, and the pain of divesting them.
This is great. Walmart is one of the worst about building a store, then deciding to build a brand new store down the road 15 years later and abandoning the “old” building that becomes an eyesore and symbol of blight. And hospital infrastructure seems particularly well-suited to the sprawling insides of an old Walmart.
I've seen some empty big-box locations around here (SE Wisconsin) repurposed to u-store-it complexes. Which speaks to two sides of another issue: balancing "stuff" (especially inherited stuff, with its emotional overhead) against the cost of additional living/storage space. Currently affordable apartments may be too small to squeeze in Grandma's heirloom china, much less the antique breakfront that Grandma kept it in; offsite storage units are an ugly compromise that limits both the value of keeping items, and the pain of divesting them.
This is great. Walmart is one of the worst about building a store, then deciding to build a brand new store down the road 15 years later and abandoning the “old” building that becomes an eyesore and symbol of blight. And hospital infrastructure seems particularly well-suited to the sprawling insides of an old Walmart.