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