Schottenstein's/Value City also left discount retail for real estate. The Value City Furniture stores have remained active though.
When I moved to Danville, VA in 2011, I was told there used to be a Value City here at the Danville Plaza shopping center on US-58 Business (Riverside Drive). The space is now Dan River Church. The only other tenant left there is the Salvation Army. The empty space to the right of it was a Harris Teeter until it closed in 2010.
Given that the Dan River is literally right behind the shopping center, it's no mystery why the place is dead.
