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"Will contemporary brands allow their distinctive chain architecture to be used by independent businesses?" I can't think of any examples other than Used To Be A Pizza Hut, which I have to imagine you're a huge fan of.

What do you think the brands would do, pre-emptively destroy certain features of their buildings before sale? Seems incredibly wasteful, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't do it!

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McDonald's remove their mansards after leaving and replace them with more non-descript versions, but I think the bent mansards were always removable.

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Fascinating!

I agree with your final point. I often get the impression that new buildings are designed to be easily demolishable.

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