Shopping malls have been considered as American as apple pie for baby boomers, millennials and everyone in between.

But with half of the 1,500 malls built since the 1950s predicted to close within the next 10 years, it begs the question of what to do with all the abandoned space. According to Taylor Johnson client MACK Developers, a division of MACK Companies, creativity is key to converting these losses into opportunities. Read the full release to learn more about how mixed-use developments, tailored to the area’s specific needs, will build a community within a community, and foster commerce.