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These Cities Have Too Many Stores, and They’re Still Building

Cleveland, Memphis, and Chicago lead the way among metro areas where retail development has outpaced growth in demand.

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Why We May Be Seeing the End of Brick-and-Mortar Retail

What were they thinking in Cleveland?

Real estate developers built more than 21 million square feet of new store space in the Northeast Ohio metropolitan area from 2000 through the first three months of this year, increasing its retail footprint by 21 percent.