The US economy seems just fine...

[jwb]

Tearing down a 20 year old retail building to build one twice the size...

[arce1988]

sure

[arce1988]

[Natural Man]

did you hear about chinese ghost towns?

[dr.chimps]

Pretty sure you don't have to cross that to hit me up at SFO.     

[Gonuclear]

Tearing down a 20 year old retail building to build one twice the size...

You sure about that?   This looks more like Detroit City Hall.

[mogulgangi]

Tearing down a 20 year old retail building to build one twice the size...

Ru being serious here...private equity firms or hedge funds are buying that...not normal people...they raise pools of money from pension funds and multi billion dollar financial firms...they raise billions..that has tonight to do with Main Street dick

[Primemuscle]

My son posted on Facebook that in Germany where he lives, they think the shutdown means the U.S. is bankrupt.

[Pray_4_War]

My son posted on Facebook that in Germany where he lives, they think the shutdown means the U.S. is bankrupt.

Not yet, but any time now.

[jwb]

This mall gets 42 million shopper visits a year with sales productivity above $1,400 per square foot.

[MikMaq]

My son posted on Facebook that in Germany where he lives, they think the shutdown means the U.S. is bankrupt.

If anything it means the government is ready to begin a massive trimming of its fat to get things rolling. Most likely many things now owned by government like highways will be privatised to get things back in gear. Be ready for an america that is just more american.