Rush County, Ind.,—a vibrant community in central Indiana—had an abandoned big box store and an even bigger dream. Their dream was to unite disparate community programs into one place that breaks down ...

How to reuse big-box-store infrastructure has become an issue for municipalities. As the country’s largest retailers either tumble or pull back from their brick-and-mortar strategies, there’s a belief ...

Most people are familiar with the damage Wal-Mart, Target and other "big-box" retailers have done to local economies. Across the country, these giant stores have gutted downtowns and decimated locally ...

During the 1980s and 1990s "big box" retail locations popped up all over the United States. In the past few years, however, a number of larger chains, including Sears, Kmart, Circuit City, and ...

Across the country, communities are turning abandoned big-box stores like Kmart and Wal-Mart into churches, schools and libraries. Julia Christensen, an artist and professor, visited many of these ...

Abandoned big-box spaces like former malls and department stores are prime real estate for developers to turn into creative office spaces or co-working offices. (EyeMark/Big Stock Photo) by ...

The Spam museum in Austin, MN was once a K-Mart. Like it or not, big-box stores, some of them anyhow, seem to be going the way of the typewriter and the LP record. Already, oodles of them have ...

Lucky's spokeswoman Krista Tovik said the Clearwater store is slated to open in the third quarter. The Brandon site doesn't have a set time table but is already under construction to make way for ...

Big-box retailers have come and gone. Despite an onslaught of closures and bankruptcies over the past decade, retail remains strong in Collier County, with low vacancy rates overall.

Abandoned big box stores are becoming hubs for high-tech businesses looking to grow in the Triangle. A vacant K-mart on Fayetteville Road in Garner has been abandoned for roughly a decade ...

Also, if you own an abandoned building or a vacant lot in Los Angeles, the city wants to talk to you about putting supportive housing there. And, an abandoned big box store in the heart of Hollywood ...

In the story of American retail, historians generally trace the birth of the big-box store back to 1962. That’s the year that three enduring names entered the retail landscape: Walmart, Target ...