Chicago's downtown storefronts sit empty as retail is reimagined | ABC7 Chicago
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- Chicago's Michigan Avenue and other shopping districts are filled with empty storefronts as landlords and city reimagine the retail industry. Full story: abc7chicago.com/chicago-shopp...
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Multiple uses of the word “reimagine”. No use of the word “riots”. No business owner wants to see their merchandise just walk out the door.
That's only one reason. If you paid attention to the video, some of this was already happening before the pandemic, which spurred the looting. Rent and taxes are expensive in that area. And retail is moving away from brick and mortar to online.
Chicago is a disaster zone under the insane Democrat Governor Lightfoot
How did that obnoxious self hating deplorable ever get elscted? People get what they deserve.
@@marymurphy937 they had to vote for her, she checked all the intersectional boxes. No rich white liberal would have dared to vote for anyone else, or they'd lose their job and be smeared on social media as a racist.
THATS BECAUSE MICHIGAN AVENUE IS BUSTLING AND CROWDED AGAIN. No excuses other than Amazon is kicking their a**
Basically most of the Malls and shopping center anywhere in America are dead. If u do go to one hardly anyone is there. And the ones that do have people, they only go for people watching, not to shop
Why would anyone in his or her right mind would open a store front business in Chicago. ?
Stop the shoplifting. No conviction .. 1000$ theft
No convictions
Shut up!
@@baileybutterfly320 lightfoot and Foxx gonna ruin chicago.
Chicago is a crime ridden 'free for all zone' i.e it is a criminal's paradise,.thanks to the insane Governor Lightfoot. If you have no problem with drive by shootings, consequence free shoplifting and looting, then Chicago is the place for you. Good luck.
I can't believe that almost a four-minute story had NOT ONE mention of the TRUTH.....WHY NO MENTION OF all the recent Burning or continuing Looting? this is why me and tons of others don't watch your channel because all you do a cater to the few
The truth is Michigan Avenue is very crowded and bustling again and big box stores are dieing because people shop on their phones all across America. Michigan Avenue is more bustling tha New York's fifth Avenue these days. Plenty of shoppers. Btw the looters were last year they since returned to their hometown of San Francisco
@@justdrive5327 No, try again. it's not just big box stores. The truth??? You cant handle the truth!!! The truth is the RIOTING AND LOOTING (that still continues) put the final death nail in these stores.
@@MinistryofPeace 99.9 percent of don't get shot, killed or carjacked. 600 out of 3 million of us is? I've lived here for 30 years and never been shot, carjacked or killed. I have better chances of becoming extremely rich (4,000 multi millionaires) or die from a heart attack (5,350 heart disease deaths) in this city. Btw looters from last year returned back to San Francisco so no more looting. Alot of pedestrian traffic on that street but most people shop on their phones now. For black Friday Michigan Avenue gets REALLY crowded. Like sardines but on a sidewalk
@@justdrive5327 No one is asking YOU how you managed to not be a crime victim. The story is about the empty store fronts, and part of the reason they are gone is the looting and rioting not just the lockdowns.
Crime and poor political policies!!!
Because of mayor incompetence, high crime, Blm extremists looting, and high taxes, rent costs are incredibly high. Lower rent, lower taxes, more businesses will come instead of going to tax-free pro-business states.
This is why many people are moving to Florida from Chicago for lower taxes, better weather and for a better quality of life.
You are 1000% right my guy and on top of that everyone's online shopping
You are 1000% right my guy and on top of that everyone's online shopping
Burn, Loot and Murder has nothing to do with it. Take your pick, South Detroit or Gary West.
Impeach Lightfoot and fox now if you want to save this great City
Nobody in the right mind should move to the MAG mile. The city does not support you
They're never coming back.
You can replace the word rioters with (Blatant Thugs Crime Activity) because our Mayor who is obviously in the early stages of Dementia has sent a clear message to all criminals that regardless of the crime you commit you won’t be pursued by a Police vehicle, and you certainly won’t be pursued on foot.
Watch the videos of these thugs blatantly breaking the windows on these Michigan Ave stores and grabbing high-end merchandise with no consequences.
That’s the real reason why the stores are vacant.
And it doesn’t help when Media outlets like Channel 2 continues to avoid stating the real reason Chicago is quickly turning into Detroit!!
You are exactly right! Even this video is essentially blaming the business closures on the pandemic. No real mention of the out of control crime. Who would want to shop in many parts of Chicago when there’s a real chance your safety is in danger?! And who would want to work for these businesses wherein your safety is in danger as well?!
With the high crimes and looting I said along time ago that this was going to happen on Michigan Avenue downtown Chicago in done
The real definition of re- imagined is something got destroyed through Democrat policies and now has to be salvaged.
I'm sure businesses to will be jumping at the opportunity... Jk... I'm a business owner and I wouldn't touch CHI with a ten foot pole.
Wouldn't open a store in chitcago if you paid me to.
thank blm
Those stores won’t return until the city gets crime under control. Between smash and grabs, and car jackings, and shootings.. it just seems like a bad idea to open in Chicago when 20-30 miles away you have much safer burbs where you could open your store.
Great Reset… you all ready?
@Addison Clark Find true inner peace within yourself & you’ll be good. 💕
It's not a lack of shoppers. It's the ones that don't pay for goods.
I went to a Chinese restaurant tonight and had a “true blak encounter.” So everyone was waiting for their orders to go……no dine-in because of COVID. It was very busy but everyone was fine. Then 5 blaks cam in ……all early 20s…….and ordered 25 chicken wings each!!!!! That’s 125 chicken wings. When they were told it would be an hour wait for 125 chicken wings they went crazy. Swearing screaming they tore the place up and then demanded their food for free before running out without paying. It was crazy!!!! It was like being back in high school again. What is wrong with these people????
An armed populace could have dealt with them how they deserve.
Psychopathy is common amongst those types
@Be Wise Foh BW always go into restaurants complaining and starting ish. Always something wrong with their order, always asking for extra ish, always something with y'all. Always want something free.
@Be Wise They probably complained because you are lazy and never do your job right
Hahaahaahahahaha! What a joke Lightfoot is. She/it will go down in history as one of the worst mayors ever
They reamagined their business in another city
Where did this word re-imagen come from? No one asked the public’s opinion about reimagining anything. Maybe we don’t want to reimagine and like it the way it was two years ago.
They’re already referring to pre-covid as The Before Times
Ok let me say the word that they failed to say CRIME!
Maybe because these stores were located in one of the top 10 worst states for lockdowns AND looting. Could that be it??
Reimagined. LOL You mean barred, alarmed, bullet proofed.
Maybe they should have retail stores way ABOVE the office spaces. They could still have their advertising and virtual displays on the street level office windows. But retailers should be at least 3 floors ABOVE the street level. Shops that are already Below street level, like on Wacker Drive, or in the subways, should only have offices on the ground level. No more ground level retail. There should be an extremely small amount of merchandise in the stores. And No real jewelry. Just cheap imitations for the customers to try on. Products that customers selected inside the stores could be purchased online from the fulfillment centers located off site. Clothes and shoes for example, could be tried on from the limited supply at the stores. Then customers can have their purchases delivered or pick them up at the stores or other safe place. This way, retailers can limit their loss, while customers can still try on and touch the merchandise. It’s not a perfect solution. But it may help to alleviate some of the problem. 🤔💭
They moved to Texas and Florida.
If the city lifted the residency law only the Rich and the dependent will be left.
I lost all interest in brick and mortar shopping once the flash mobs started up. Gamble with my safety to go to a shopping mall, or just shop on Amazon.... Yep, not a hard choice. If chicago wants some sort of revitalization of downtown areas, they need to do something about the crime, but with the trains dropping people off from high crime areas within walking distance of downtown shopping.... Well I dont expect crime to become a non-issue anytime soon. (Move far away from Chicago. That is what I did and the only thing I miss is the roast beef sandwiches and pizzas).
You can make those foods in the safety of your own home, not that you should have to.
They're robbing Amazon delivery drivers and stealing packages, sooooooooooooo ordering online doesn't work either.
Black is beautiful
@@truthisoutthere6721 Value is subjective. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Downtown Chicago will look like some Neighborhoods on the South and West sides of Chicago all boarded-up.
bet the artist reimagines all the windows with iron bars
If the Mayor and prosecutor don't get crime under control, retail will keep leaving. They don't want to take action to stop and punish criminals now. They just point fingers at everyone but themselves. Shameful what they are doing to this city. And guess who has to make up for retail lost revenue....residents. property taxes will just keep moving up which will keep driving residents out of Chicago. It is terrible they way they are destroying our city.
YOU ARE NOT ASKING WHY CRIME IS NOT A FACTOR…….
Sometimes you get what you wish for.
well done lightfoot
Yeah imagine this place wasn’t a dump
I would never open a store. Why deal with the potential legal liability and insurance problem if it’s going to get looted. Pass.
(The following was first posted under a video news by Young Turks, on the topic of Exploitation of Workers):
This summer, this Hispanic US Army veteran, 60 years of age, worked for a lady who overworked me, and then just DIDN'T PAY ME. Discount Liquors, in Algonquin Illinois. The owner is Kavita Patel. Owes me estimated $700. Without bennies, no overtime, and constantly criticizing. And my neighbors say it's my fault for working for an Indian- owned business. I can't afford to take her to court. I am not wanting to believe that; I just want pay for my hard work.
The McDonald's across the highway fired a neighbor of mine who was receiving tips because some of the regulars recognize she is barely making ends meet. A new manager accused her summarily of taking from the till. Think about it - the worker was separating the tip money, not stealing. Now she's in a panic that she's losing her apartment, can't pay the light bill, can't afford to fix her vehicle, can't afford insurance, can't afford treatment for the cancer that was just diagnosis. McDonald's on US 62, East Algonquin Road, same suburb. Other neighbors of mine, in their twenties, are sofa surfing. This is considered a "nice, safe, upscale" suburb.
He said experiential? Go to a show or movie if you want entertained!
If you can't control the crime what makes you think the business are going to stay. Hello!!!!
Specialized entertainment experiences for Cannabis users. Retail is dead.
People shop online way more these days. Also, the rent for these buildings in downtown Chicago is way too high. To me, it just makes more sense to have a retail business online vs. paying those high rent prices.
You simple fool.
Vote blue, get red. Red in businesses' budgets, red blood in the streets.
I someone moved in selling Weed or Guns then they’d be a billionaire over night!
Diversity be goodly
Dont worry the brave chicago police will protect us all.....yeah right.
‘ Myriad of opportunities”😂😂🤣🤣
Maybe BLM or the parol office can move in!
Common sight in democrat run cities. Hard to imagine why they wanted to achieve this outcome.
CRIME💯