What does ghostbox mean?
Ghostbox means (informal) An abandoned mall or big-box store..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) An abandoned mall or big-box store..
Someday in the not-too-distant future, it will become another of the country's numerous "ghostboxes" that are too expensive to tear down but not lucrative enough to actually use.
Oculus was Westfield's $1.4bn bet that New York, a city known for its love of the street, could also have a successful mall. And judging from the crowds, it counters the narrative that the mall is "dead", like those thousands of empty suburban malls dotting the American landscape, "ghostboxes" decaying on cracked asphalt parking lots.
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Ghostbox means (informal) An abandoned mall or big-box store..
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Someday in the not-too-distant future, it will become another of the country's numerous "ghostboxes" that are too expensive to tear down but not lucrative enough to actually use.
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