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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King then collided with the passenger side of 2015 GMC Terrain, which was headed north on Missouri 291 and turning west into a shopping center at Elizabeth Street, Mulch said.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
In a nation that’s largely overstored, there’s little room left to build new shopping centers, so mall owners have been focusing on modernizing existing properties.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Bernstein envisions shopping center owners converting part of their retail and garage space to housing under the new guidelines.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
In addition to default notices, a group of commercial property owners at Blackhawk Plaza have filed a lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court that paints a picture of deteriorating conditions at the once-vibrant shopping center.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
In a nation that’s largely overstored, there’s little room left to build new shopping centers, so mall owners have been focusing on modernizing existing properties.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Bernstein envisions shopping center owners converting part of their retail and garage space to housing under the new guidelines.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
In addition to default notices, a group of commercial property owners at Blackhawk Plaza have filed a lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court that paints a picture of deteriorating conditions at the once-vibrant shopping center.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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