The American shopping mall once represented the height of suburban culture and consumer paradise. These climate-controlled temples of retail drew families every weekend, teenagers after school, and ...

America is in the grip of a housing shortage, with a staggering 4.5 million homes needed to meet demand. Meanwhile, sprawling malls across the country are facing a bleak future, with nearly 34 million ...

Despite an increase in home construction in recent years, the U.S. has a chronic shortage of homes available. In fact, according to data compiled by Zillow, there was a growing shortage of 4.5 million ...

Last month, the National Retail Federation forecast 2014 holiday sales to increase a healthy 4.1 percent, higher than last year’s actual 3.1 percent seasonal increase. While retailers might be pleased ...

It wasn’t long ago that shopping malls were the epicenter of America’s towns, with teenagers flocking to hang out at the same place where their mothers could purchase a new blouse. But modern ...

Shopping malls, fixtures of the American suburb, may face the same fate drive-in-movie theaters did, decades ago. The wobbly economy has transformed jam-packed parking lots into empty acres of ...

Amazon, which has done as much as any company to bring about the demise of shopping malls in the United States, has now come full circle by buying up struggling malls and turning them into ...

Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at [email protected]. For ...

The downtown mall was long considered a thriving retail anchor, while the suburban-style one was an afterthought. They had a surprising role reversal. The downtown mall was long considered a thriving ...

Real estate in Greater Cincinnati is booming. Here at The Enquirer, we aim to bring you in-depth real estate coverage about the developments and neighborhood issues you care about the most. Going Up ...