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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Over the years the community has taken shape with the development of the fire station, Village shopping center, recreation center, schools and the library, which opened last year.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
They are located, fittingly, in a mixed development shopping center in Rancho Cordova, about a mile southwest of the project site.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Simon also has a track record of gobbling up other shopping center properties and outlet centers.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
One of its permanent stores will open in Wichita at the Towne East Square shopping center.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
They are located, fittingly, in a mixed development shopping center in Rancho Cordova, about a mile southwest of the project site.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Simon also has a track record of gobbling up other shopping center properties and outlet centers.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
One of its permanent stores will open in Wichita at the Towne East Square shopping center.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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