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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Hargis also closed Beast and Bounty, his California cuisine restaurant in the Ice Blocks shopping center, at the end of last year.
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Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
That’s on top of millions more since the city bought the shopping center in 2014.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
Strong consumer spending suggested construction of more shopping centers was likely.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
The outage halted operations at Puerto Rico's rapid transit system, forced the closure of shopping centers—including the Caribbean's largest mall—and triggered widespread reliance on generators.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
That’s on top of millions more since the city bought the shopping center in 2014.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
Strong consumer spending suggested construction of more shopping centers was likely.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
The outage halted operations at Puerto Rico's rapid transit system, forced the closure of shopping centers—including the Caribbean's largest mall—and triggered widespread reliance on generators.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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