COVID, online sales force changes to malls

Shopping centers through Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley were, for the most part, beginning to show stress lines prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the forced closures of many stores that were deemed nonessential by public health agencies exacerbated problems.

The result might be adaptation at a more rapid rate than would otherwise be the case, even after retail activity resumes in a more-normal fashion post-pandemic.

Experts suggest that traditional indoor malls may have seen their better days. The wave of redevelopments toward outdoor or lifestyle malls that began in earnest…