Mall Remodeling: On the Road Again

JLC · SEPTEMBER 1989 Mall Remodeling: On the Road Again Mall rehab can be profitable work, but the schedule’s not for everyone Mall managers want stores to remodel every five to six years. The contractor doing the job has to screen the job site and stay invisible. by Ken Rippelmeyer Seven months a year I spend 12 hours a day in a shopping mall. I am an itinerant mall remodeler, and I scrape the insides out of small chain stores, then rework the space to make it match the new store image. Coping with the road, with the intensity of the job, and adjusting to the empty weeks between jobs is one sort of challenge. Another is the