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 collapse led to a stretch of Grays Ferry Avenue and shopping center being closed for days after the tragedy, but the streets have since reopened.
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Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
What, exactly, that would look like — and what parts of the five-decade-old, 85-acre shopping center would be included in the district — is less clear.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
There’s no late-night scene, no massive shopping centers (though there is a Target).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
But shoppers and retail tenants at the massive indoor shopping mall on the Southwest Side got a seven-day reprieve after Judge Leonard Murray did not grant a request from city officials to quickly shutter the mostly vacant indoor shopping center due to safety concerns.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
What, exactly, that would look like — and what parts of the five-decade-old, 85-acre shopping center would be included in the district — is less clear.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
There’s no late-night scene, no massive shopping centers (though there is a Target).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
But shoppers and retail tenants at the massive indoor shopping mall on the Southwest Side got a seven-day reprieve after Judge Leonard Murray did not grant a request from city officials to quickly shutter the mostly vacant indoor shopping center due to safety concerns.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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