Ford City Mall has deep ties to the industrial sector. The shopping center's structure is part of what was once a 6 million-square-foot factory for B-29 bomber airplanes during World War II.

Ford City Mall, losing its hold on shoppers, could see an industrial evolution A $150 million proposal from Chicago-based Bridge Industrial calls for switching the site to warehouses or light ...

At Ford City, Bridge Industrial wants to buy and redevelop the ragged and largely vacant mall into a campus that would contain 913,000 square feet of buildings, 923 parking spaces and 92 loading ...