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#KMart

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Olly

Coles, Woolworths, Costco and Kmart have all backed an application to scrap overtime and penalty rates.

Peter Dutton has consistently voted to get rid of Sunday and public holidays penalty rates.

The opposition are trying to sneak this in through the back door while we’re all distracted.

A Liberal/National party government is NO FRIEND to the average Australian worker. Don’t let them fool you, speak up, post about this, join your union!
#union #auspol #coles #woolworths #kmart #costco

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DoomsdaysCW

More of this, please...! Though we need more AFFORDABLE HOUSING, not just "Market Rate".

Old #ShoppingPlazas could see new life as #housing in #Maine

With #VacantStorefronts becoming a common sight, municipalities are exploring redevelopment to meet growing housing needs.

Caroline LeCour
November 7, 2024

AUGUSTA, Maine — "On the hunt to create more housing stock in Maine, more municipalities are eyeing vacant retail #ShoppingMalls as the solution.

"After the former #KMart at the #AugustaPlaza closed its doors, many city leaders eyed the location for its potential.

"'The redevelopment of the K-Mart plaza has been a priority for the city and city council for over four years now,' Augusta Director of Economic Development Keith Luke said.

"Now, a new proposal is looking to re-develop the space into a hotel, retail space, and 60 market-rate apartments. Its something Luke says is needed in the city.

"'These are bringing quality market rate units to the city because we have a need in central Maine for housing at every level,' he said, 'It's hard not to envision it will be tremendously successful.'

"A similar proposal was approved in #KitteryMaine earlier this year, to re-develop the location of former outlet stores, partially into more than 100 apartments.

"To encourage this interest coming from municipalities, Republican Representative Richard Campbell introduced legislation last year to equip towns and cities when looking to re-zone from commercial to residential; something that can at times pose a challenge.

"'Most of the local zoning, residential is not allowed in those commercial zones,' Campbell said. 'What this does is encourages the towns to consider residential in the commercial, especially in the big box, mall zones.'

"Augusta's city council members are set to take up contract zoning requests for the Augusta Plaza proposal next week. City leaders hope to start construction next spring."

Read more:
newscentermaine.com/article/ne

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#MoreHousingLessMalls#AffordableHousing#MaineHousing
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Flipboard Culture Desk

Kmart enjoyed its heyday in the 1990s, when there were more than 2,300 branches across the U.S. It filed for bankruptcy in 2002, unable to stave off competition from Walmart and Target, but has limped on ever since. Earlier this month, the last full-size Kmart in the contiguous U.S., located on Long Island, closed, leaving just five on American soil. For The Dial, reporter Jasmine Stole Weiss visited the Kmart in Guam, a little piece of America in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean.

flip.it/ETLWvX

The DialMeet You at Kmart — The DialOn Guam, the struggling retail giant is the place to be.
#Lifestyle#HumanGeography#History
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cs

I really don’t know why we have nostalgia for things like this. It’s clear that the companies really never had your interest in mind. Retailers just want your money. And yet here we are reminiscing about retail consumption years later.

[Attention] #Kmart shoppers bid a wistful farewell to the last outpost of a once-beloved ‘mainstay’ | CNN Business

cnn.com/2024/10/19/business/la

CNN · Kmart shoppers bid a wistful farewell to the last outpost of a once-beloved ‘mainstay’By Chris Isidore
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