2015考研英语阅读拯救大型购物中心_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读拯救大型购物中心

　　不过要想从零开始建立一座办公楼至少得花上几年的时间，而且不管怎么说，用现成的购物中心是比较省钱的作法。现在已经没人想要购物中心了技术总监John Engates说到。如今只有Rackspace，和其余像它那样把空置商城看作是一张空白画布的公司对购物中心还有好感。2008年Rackspace 的新总部投入使用，还得了一项社会经济发展奖。如今，现场的员工有3000多人，计划到今年年底还要雇用几百人。

　　Plenty of enclosed malls are, of course, still thriving. And after several abstemious years,shoppers are perking up. In February, according to the Commerce Department, retail saleswere 1.1% higher than they had been in Januaryhigher than expected, and a welcome signof recovery.

　　当然，还是有为数众多的封闭式商场生意很好。经历了几年节制消费，购物者们又活跃了起来。根据美国商务部的数据，2月份的零售额同比1月份增加了1.1%比预期值高，是可喜的复苏迹象。

　　But many American malls had run into trouble before the recession started, and the countrysnascent recovery is not likely to revive them. Americas retail sector is probably overbuilt;in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the National Association of Realtors, its vacancyrate was 16.9%. Malls are vulnerable to systemic shocks; if an anchor stores closes, or ifvacancies linger, other vendors quickly suffer. And many of the malls that were built in theheyday of the genre are starting to look shopsoiled. The new fashion is for mixed-usedevelopments, or the outdoor malls that are designed to look like a friendly downtownshopping district. In some cities, people are returning to actual downtown shopping districts,as new urbanists always dreamed they would.