Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro-lofts

Kirsten Dirksen tours the oldest enclosed mall in the US in Providence, converted into micro-lofts of about 225 square feet with retail kept on the ground floor. Developers and residents explain how the old building and new apartments fit together.

HN people use it as a concrete example of how dead malls can be repurposed as small apartments, and for how the economics were weighed.

“Here's a detailed examination of one mall that converted to apartments”