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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The shopping center also hosts a monthly African Marketplace that spotlights small Black businesses and vendors, and a youth entrepreneurs summit.
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Xavier Mascareñas, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Other tenants at the Northland shopping center include Bo Lings, American Eagle Outfitters, Sephora, Barnes & Noble and more.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
In a decision that had been delayed a couple of times, the council voted 4-3 to allow a developer to replace the shuttered Regal Cinema at the southwest end of the shopping center, between Festival Drive and Roosevelt Road, with a 447-unit residential community.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
Acquario Pizza took over a nondescript strip shopping center space.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2026
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Xavier Mascareñas, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Other tenants at the Northland shopping center include Bo Lings, American Eagle Outfitters, Sephora, Barnes & Noble and more.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
In a decision that had been delayed a couple of times, the council voted 4-3 to allow a developer to replace the shuttered Regal Cinema at the southwest end of the shopping center, between Festival Drive and Roosevelt Road, with a 447-unit residential community.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
Acquario Pizza took over a nondescript strip shopping center space.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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