> This seems to be missed on this thread what they are often just a placeholder until local market conditions change

In Woodlawn, on Security Blvd., when Best Buy closed up shop in 2016, there was talks about seeing what else could replace it. A storage facility moved in. It has been there ever since.

In Owings Mills, there used to be a Giant in Newtown. It closed and moved to where the Mall used to be - across from the (then new) Costco. The site has sat empty since with residents in that area asking for something like a Lidl (which I believe did recently open up in Reisterstown). Last I knew, a storage facility was slated to move in there as well, but was being blocked by residents.

In Cockeysville... well... we're in this thread aren't we?

I used to say this at work when someone proposed something temporary: "Temporary measures have a bad habit of becoming permanent fixtures around here."