Due to low rents, a mall in Portland has attracted independent shops, like a record store and a comic book shop. I’d love an indie shopping mall in Melbourne with bookshops where staff know books, record stores, and magazine shops, maybe even a decent bakery or butcher. It’s what many redevelopments of industrial complexes into shopping areas promise—some genuinely, most just for PR—but never quite pull off. What you get, at most, is shops selling overpriced label-less designer ware to the youth, feel-good shops selling trinkets and self-help books, and a burrito place that looks like it’s local, but in reality, it’s part of a nationwide chain.