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A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term mall originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, it began to be used as a generic term for the large enclosed shopping centers that were becoming increasingly commonplace.
This is a list of shopping malls in the United States and its territories that have at least 2,000,000 total square feet (190,000 m 2) of retail space (gross leasable area). The list is based on the latest self-reported figures from the mall management websites, which are also reported on each mall's individual wiki page. #
The enclosed shopping mall did not appear until the mid-1950s. One of the earliest examples was the Valley Fair Shopping Center in Appleton, Wisconsin, [54] which opened in March 1955. Valley Fair featured a number of modern features including central heating and cooling, a large outdoor parking area, semi-detached anchor stores, and restaurants.
Mall of America – Bloomington (1992–present) Maplewood Mall – Maplewood (1974–present) Midtown Square Mall – St. Cloud (1982–present) Miller Hill Mall – Duluth (1973–present) Minneapolis City Center – Minneapolis (1983–present) Northtown Mall – Blaine (1972–present) Paul Bunyan Mall – Bemidji (1977–present)
It's the largest shopping mall on Long Island, and the second-largest in the state of New York. In addition to shoppers, the photo also captures a Baker's Shoes store. Newsday LLC - Getty Images
A strip mall, strip center, strip plaza or simply plaza is a type of shopping center common in North America and Australia where the stores are arranged in a row, with a footpath in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front.
Retail experts have long sounded the alarm on malls in the US. But malls are not going extinct, they are merely adapting to a new environment. In fact, many have reported robust occupancy levels ...
When the Mall of America first opened in August of 1992, it was called "The Mall That Ate Minnesota," by the New York Times. The "78-acre full-sensory smorgasbord of consumerism," as Neal Karlen ...