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The four reasons why Amazon keeps turning old mall sites in Northeast Ohio into fulfillment centers

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With Amazon moving into Euclid and North Randall, the Wall Street Journal takes a look at why the online sales giant is investing so much money and energy on failed mall sites in Northeast Ohio. Yes, the same malls Amazon helped put out of business.

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It comes down to available space, population density, proximity to freeways and roads, and existing infrastructure, and it puts the Cleveland area on the cutting edge of a nationwide real estate trend, the Journal reports.