Does the future of shopping malls depend on top galleries and extraordinary restaurants?

What does the future hold for the shopping mall? ‘U.S. mall-vacancy rate hit its highest level in seven years,’ according to a Forbes report published several months ago. It’s a statistic that belies a period of strong economic growth. Take a clos
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