Tomorrow's malls may offer colonoscopies next to the food court

As e-commerce hits retailers, doctors are lining up to serve aging baby boomers


The Runway at Playa Vista in Los Angeles is adding a Whole Foods, a movie theater, and a 32,000-square-foot doctors' office, where the Cedars-Sinai Health System plans to house outpatient services, according to an article on the Bloomberg website.

While urgent-care centers have been strip-mall staples for decades, the chance to catch dinner, a movie, and a surgical procedure under the same roof is new — and coming soon to a mall near you, the article said.

Mall operators are looking for tenants that trade in entertainment and services to replace brick-and-mortar retailers.

The healthcare industry, meanwhile, is moving away from centralized campuses to bring services closer to patients at a time when two key demographics are entering prime years for consumption. 

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August 1, 2016


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