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I was just watching Repo Man on Netflix on demand tonight and one of the early scenes has Otto tagging and stacking cans of generic cling peaches in a 'pik n' pay.' At the very end of the credits there is a special thanks to Ralphs Supermarkets which is what I'll assume they filmed it in. There are ...

Down in the SE, its a pretty similar tenant mix. Lots of gyms, dollar / discount stores and the like and, discount clothing stores like Citi Trends and Tuesday Morning, but those usually only take about 15K of square feet and split up the space. One thing I've been seeing on the planning side of thi...

Not surprising in the least. Besides the economy, the older plug style circuit city stores can be difficult remodels, especially on the facade if someone wants to get rid of the plug, which of course, usually means it costs more to change. Plus the plug does something on many of the older stores, it...

Though this should mostly be in the Retail Watchers side of things, I though I'd put my 2 cents in on my theory as to why the older stores are not being reused and refurbed as much. Working in architecture and formerly on grocery stores I see firsthand all of the crazy mechanical plumbing and electr...

I just noticed that a former Richway in Sandy Springs, GA at Johnson Ferry Road and Roswell Road is now sitting vacant after Target moved to newer digs a couple miles south in the last year or so. The other former Richway I'm familiar with is in the Smyrna/Marietta, GA area on Hwy 41 and is still a ...

Good to know, thanks for your help. I doubt it will look like this for much longer since its the last area of this center to receive any kind of update. The new tenant will probably do away with the whole facade and put up some foam stucco monstrosity since it'll probably turn into some sort of depa...

My work mostly consists of documenting existing retail spaces for new tenants to move into and every once in a while I get an interesting space to draw up that I can't figure out what it was. Maybe its because most of my work has been centered around the SE and Upper Midwest until recently, but the ...

Speaking of lunch counters and basements on a recent as built survey I had to do for work I got a hold of a great old set of drawings of a Shopping Center in Columbus, GA near Fort Benning originally anchored by a Colonial and a Woolworths. The old blueprints were actually in decent shape, and were ...

I was just down in East Atlanta Village last night and on my way back home I noticed that Kroger/Payless structure while I was waiting at the light at Glenwood and Moreland. Its up for sale right now, looks completely abandoned and is covered in graffiti. The lights flanking the Masonic temple doors...

Going slightly off-topic...after looking at this old Fotomat, flip the picture to the left and take a virtual walk just a bit up 15th and check out the goofy McDonald's. The intersection there is actually a giant bridge over a number of railroad tracks. The McDonalds there is like that since the br...

Does anyone know much about Harco Drugs in Alabama? I'm working on a renovation to a mid 1980's strip center in Daphne, AL (just across the bay from Mobile) where we are planning on tearing down an old Delchamps and Harco Drugs to put in a new grocer (that have long had other tenants in their place)...

I'm fairly certain that Publix completely tore out the existing structure and built new. If you look at the birds eye view shots on live.com from the west you can see the inline retail store added between the old retail and new Publix. The short little parapet wall sticking up above the roof of the ...

There's still an old booth sitting in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis right near the University of Minnesota on 15th Ave near 4th Street or at least there was 2 years ago last I was there and its been captured by google street view. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=dinkytown+mn&...

I think they came close to bankruptcy in the mid 90s. They closed a bunch of stores in the Atlanta area around '94. Last time I was out that way, there was an open, freestanding LJS on Roswell Rd at Frey's Gin in Marietta, GA. That one has been repurposed as a ma and pa chicken and shrimp place for...

I do know of one location that is still essentially the original restaurant structure with only minor revisions. They've even got the original signage out front (with a new name though) Its in Racine, WI on Highway 11 / Durand Avenue and its called "The Farm" Most of the menu is pretty muc...