To get a sense of what`s happening to shuttered drugstores as national chains streamline, take a look at one retail building in the affluent Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Georgia. Where pharmacists once dispensed pills and shoppers bought toothpaste, dog owners can now sip cocktails and nibble on appetizers as their pooches play in a fenced-in park adjacent to the restaurant.Off Leash, a combination eatery and dog park, is one example of how developers are thinking outside the box in reusing former drugstores — and the challenges that can be involved in conversions. Other uses for closed pharmacies include car washes, plasma clinics, gas stations and thrift stores.
As CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid close thousands of locations in the United States and Canada, developers will have plenty of opportunities to get creative in remaking drugstores, according to real estate professionals. The designs are already expanding to include a wider range of tenants beyond the dollar stores and urgent care clinics that are two of the most common new occupants...
RSK: Cool conversion ideas. If you have a concept I know of one for sale on Monona Drive in the Greater Madison area...
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