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...repurposing doesn't stop there. Across the country, property owners and managers are trying out new uses for empty stores. Spaces that used to house Radio Shacks and Linens 'N Things now serve as libraries, auction houses, TV studios, even block-long billboards to advertise other stores and brands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Vacancy' Blight: Finding New Uses for Empty Stores | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

...owns nearly 700 retail properties across the country. He and his 15-person team are charged with finding non-traditional uses for available spaces at a time when some 9% of the firm's units sit idle. Among the temporary uses they've landed on: health clinic, campaign office, auction house, county library, swap meet and soundstage for a car-commercial shoot. "It doesn't make up for the rents those retailers were paying, but it definitely provides revenue that we wouldn't otherwise have," says Feldman. "Even if it's just for a day or a week, it goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Vacancy' Blight: Finding New Uses for Empty Stores | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

When Zennstrom, 43, heard earlier this year that eBay wanted to divest itself of Skype, which had not created the kind of synergies the online auction house had hoped for, he approached eBay proposing to buy back the webphone company at a substantial discount. The Swede also made overtures to private-equity players in an effort to structure a deal. However, both eBay and private equity gave Zennstrom the brush. (Read "eBay Bids for Revitalization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skype Founders' Revenge Against eBay | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

PowerPlay: Serena outbids Bluck during their bickering at the auction...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Recap: Lost in "The Lost Boy" | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

...MISS: Montblanc's Sept. 17 auction of signed celebrity portraits?from Susan Sarandon to Sienna Miller?in Los Angeles for the brand's "Signature for Good" campaign. All proceeds will benefit UNICEF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calendar | 9/13/2009 | See Source »

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