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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Singapore's circular airport shopping center, with its indoor waterfall in the mall, is legendary.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Investigators say the crew distinguished itself by going to various shopping centers and hitting virtually every store there in one fell swoop.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Data has long shown that malls are declining in prevalence, with almost 25 percent of America's largest shopping centers expected to close by 2027, according to research from real estate services firm Green Street Advisors.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The city owns a parcel of land on Howe Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard across the street from The Boulevard shopping center, developed by Petrovich.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Investigators say the crew distinguished itself by going to various shopping centers and hitting virtually every store there in one fell swoop.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Data has long shown that malls are declining in prevalence, with almost 25 percent of America's largest shopping centers expected to close by 2027, according to research from real estate services firm Green Street Advisors.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The city owns a parcel of land on Howe Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard across the street from The Boulevard shopping center, developed by Petrovich.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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