A Santa Monica product designer is putting hard numbers to what locals have long known in their bones: nearly three in 10 storefronts on the Third Street Promenade sit empty.
The designer built an interactive map tracking occupancy along the corridor, and the numbers aren’t pretty — 28.5% of storefronts are vacant, a bleak snapshot of a once-buzzing beachside shopping strip that has been hollowing out for years. He did not respond to The Post’s requests for an interview.
The outdoor Santa Monica Mall, two blocks from the beach, used to be bustling with shoppers, but online shopping and homelessness in the city changed all that.
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