shopping center
noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood
called also shopping plaza
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Those shopping centers lease to premium restaurants and retailers like Tiffany & Co. and Prada at prices far higher than stores pay at traditional malls.
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
The once bustling shopping center in Milwaukee’s downtown was half empty by the end of the Great Recession and was later sold to developers, who began converting the space in the late 2010s.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Kobayashi stays overnight in Los Angeles and is seen the next day at the Taschen bookstore near the Grove shopping center.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Monday’s reports followed similarly positive reports over the weekend from store executives, shopping center officials and software firms tracking retail sales.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
The once bustling shopping center in Milwaukee’s downtown was half empty by the end of the Great Recession and was later sold to developers, who began converting the space in the late 2010s.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Kobayashi stays overnight in Los Angeles and is seen the next day at the Taschen bookstore near the Grove shopping center.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Monday’s reports followed similarly positive reports over the weekend from store executives, shopping center officials and software firms tracking retail sales.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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