Editorial composite of a bright mall interior beside separate panels of urban apartment buildings and server racks.

A vacant shopping mall is not automatically a failed building. A new study of one Italian mall finds that its next use could range from healthcare and housing to a data centre, but the best answer depends on the structure, local demand and the cost of changing it.

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