Max HenryFounder & Executive Director, Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC) · Founder & Executive Director at Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC)

Transforming Shopping Malls for Last-Mile Delivery: A Game-Changing Solution

26 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker proposes repurposing existing retail stores as intra‑city, last‑mile delivery hubs instead of building dedicated micro‑warehouses, arguing that this model could address the growing demand for rapid urban deliveries. The discussion then shifts to the challenges of converting underperforming shopping malls for this purpose, highlighting concerns about whether mall layouts are suitable, land‑zoning restrictions, and potential government resistance to reclassifying commercial retail space as industrial use.

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First of all is at the current solution, some of the retailers are thinking that why don't they utilize their existing stores instead of like they need to open a smaller warehouse just for the intra-city delivery. So I think this is one model that echo to everyone's mention about the last mile delivery. And second is when we're thinking about those so-called poorly managed or underperformed shopping malls, we also need to think about whether the mall itself is designed fit for such kind of use, the land zoning issue, because the government probably not happy that you turn some kind of like shopping center as a commercial use into industrial use.