I went into Salisbury, the first time in 6 weeks, to go to the Asian Grocer to buy food ingredients unavailable in normal supermarkets.
Owned and run by a group of British Asians it is as normal. Social distancing? Sort of.

Going into town was a very strange experience, the town was almost empty, many, many closed ships. It seems that a number of clothes shops will never re-open, stock has been removed.
The only shops open were food and pharmacy outlets and a few small Indian and Chinese restaurants offering takeaways.
The main car park was virtually empty, parking charges suspended until future notice.

It is hard to imagine any form of return to the old busy normality. By the time this is over there will be few towns and cities that have a viable traditional retail purpose.
We will have learnt to do without most retail shops in towns and won't go back, other than for some limited specialities.
Food, DIY, garden and electronics are served by out of town "sheds".

So what will the landlords do with these unwanted buildings?

Peter,
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