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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On May 2020, a plane crashed into the Miramar Commons shopping center, killing an aviation student and injuring a flight instructor.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
The shopping center is home to businesses including Temple Coffee, Bel Air Market and Club Pilates, according to its website.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
The 6,445 square foot QuikTrip will have 10 gas pumps and will be south of the shopping center that now has a Crunch fitness and a new Taco eatery, TNT’s, which opened earlier this year, according to Olathe Planning Commission records.
—Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Tanger paid approximately $60 million in cash for The Town Center at Levis Commons, a 300,000-square-foot, open-air lifestyle shopping center spanning 35 acres.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
The shopping center is home to businesses including Temple Coffee, Bel Air Market and Club Pilates, according to its website.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
The 6,445 square foot QuikTrip will have 10 gas pumps and will be south of the shopping center that now has a Crunch fitness and a new Taco eatery, TNT’s, which opened earlier this year, according to Olathe Planning Commission records.
—Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Tanger paid approximately $60 million in cash for The Town Center at Levis Commons, a 300,000-square-foot, open-air lifestyle shopping center spanning 35 acres.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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