Are the mall heydays over?
Apr 30, 2020
3 minutes
By Glenda Williams
once the hub of social life, South Africa’s malls have become virtual ghost centres during the Covid-19 lockdown.
SA is oversupplied with shopping centres, ranking third behind the US and Canada for shopping centre exposure by GDP. During the lockdown only around 15% of shopping centre space was able to trade.
It’s not going to be easy to breathe life back into these former gathering places. We are likely to operate differently
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