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 space is in the Overton Park Plaza shopping center along Interstate 20 and Hulen Road, next to Sprouts Farmers Market where there used to be a Picture People photography studio.
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Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Three people, including an 8-year-old girl, were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday afternoon at a shopping center in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Near the Altona station in Hamburg on March 31, an otherwise normal day on Grosse Bergstrasse — a main shopping center in the German city — quickly turned dire when a wolf appeared on the bustling street and attacked a woman, per the BBC and The Associated Press.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
The expansion marks Shuckin’ Shack’s first Charlotte outpost, a sprawling 2,718-square-foot restaurant set to join a mix of eateries and retailers at the busy shopping center.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
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Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Three people, including an 8-year-old girl, were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday afternoon at a shopping center in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Near the Altona station in Hamburg on March 31, an otherwise normal day on Grosse Bergstrasse — a main shopping center in the German city — quickly turned dire when a wolf appeared on the bustling street and attacked a woman, per the BBC and The Associated Press.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
The expansion marks Shuckin’ Shack’s first Charlotte outpost, a sprawling 2,718-square-foot restaurant set to join a mix of eateries and retailers at the busy shopping center.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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