Investing Analysis-Will Start-ups Save the Mall?

Current Investing Analysis What’s up With the Shopping Malls?

I’ve been worried about the mall for a while now. Starting with the recession, housing bust, and mortgage meltdown in 2008-2009, the store vacancies in the local malls are growing. Even today, with a more prosperous economy, there are still vacancy pockets in the large and strip malls. And if shopping malls falter, so will investors.

With the preponderance of available shopping venues, is the supply of bricks and mortar outlets out...