moostraks
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Next possible shoe to drop.
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/11/04/the-great-commercial-real-estate-crash-mark-your-calendars/
My son said since Linens and Things went belly up, property management people have been calling BBBY offering much cheaper rates and longer leases just to get the store to take their over their store spaces.
Seems totally logical. These companies are going belly up. When I was in Atlanta they had been acting like rats on steroids with commercial ventures. Someone is going to eat it when these leases aren't paid and who do they think is going to be paying the bill when so many businesses are shuttering up?
We moved to Ohio to a downtown area. We live in a business district in a large century home and it is relatively quiet because the businesses are all shuttered up and noone is replacing them. It is oddly more peaceful here than when we lived in the suburbs of Atlanta or had the home in the boonies of Alabama. We have tons of street traffic since we live on a thoroughfare so the crime is less than if we were not on such a busy street. It is weird though. I just can't fathom what it would take to change things at this point here...