DMM Data in Research Studies and Whitepapers

Directory of Major Malls | ShoppingCenters.com has contributed data and co-authored articles, research studies and white papers with various media outlets, research groups and analytic organizations throughout the years.

Below are links to some of these whitepapers, articles and resources:

• How Directory of Major Malls used Near and B I Spatial to Achieve More Precise Shopper Insights (April 21, 2022)
• Los Angeles Business Journal: Largest Retail Centers Ranked by Gross Leasable Area (July 20, 2020)
• San Fernando Valley Business Journal: Largest Retail Centers Ranked by Gross Leasable Area (July 6, 2020)
• Does Apple Anchor a Shopping Mall? The Effect of the Technology Stores on the Formation of Market Structure (Chung, Seo, Song – Harvard Business School / 2019)
• NPR Marketplace: “Meet me at the mall, it’s goin’ down” (September 23, 2019) Our President, Tama Shor, shared some insight on topics including go-kart racing tracks being added to shopping malls.
• Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal: Maryland’s & Virginia’s Top Power Center List (Volume 31, Issue 2 / Jan. 25, 2019 – Feb. 7, 2019)
• Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal: New Jersey’s Top Power Center List (Volume 30, Issue 24 / Dec. 28, 2018 – Jan. 10, 2019)
• San Fernando Valley Business Journal: Largest Retail Centers Ranked by Gross Leasable Area (July 9, 2018)
• The Wall Street Journal: The Slow death of the American Mall (December 21, 2017), An analysis of changes in retail chain store occupancy 1995 to present day. WSJ used Directory of Major Malls/ShoppingCenters.com vast archive of major shopping center and mall data for this in-depth study.
• The Wall Street Journal: For Some Struggling Malls, Churches Offer Second Life (October 10, 2017)
• Orlando Business Journal: “Inside the list: Find out more about Central Florida’s retail centers” (April 1, 2016), DMM sourced in partnership with ESRI for article content
• [Whitepaper] The Evolution of the Shopping Center Landscape (July 2015), Co-authored by Directory of Major Malls and Pitney Bowes, providing in-depth analysis of Shopping Center Landscape
• ESRI StoryMap: Phoenix, AZ — Growth of the Major Shopping Center and Mall Market Through Time (January 7, 2015)
• BMS Health Services Research:  “On Call at the Mall: a mixed methods study of U.S. Medical Malls” (November 9, 2013)
• ESRI: Upcoming Specialty Retail Projects – The Future Revealed  (April 1, 2013)
• ESRI: 50 largest US Shopping Centers (December 14, 2012)
• Mirror Lifestyle: DMM sourced in partnership with ESRI for article content: The 15 Most Fashionable Cities in the Country
• Nielsen – Brick by Brick: The State of the Shopping Center (May 2013)
• Specialty Retail Report DMM supplies list of the top shopping centers in the U.S and Canada sorted by GLA – A good start for specialty retail professionals! – Winter 2012  pages (104 – 107)
• DTZ / Cassidy Turley: (December 2013) 2014 Forecast Report for Retail
• Westfair Business Publications: Major Shopping Centers in New York’s Northern Suburbs and Fairfield County  (2012)
• “If You Build It, Will They Come? Anchor-Store Quality and Competition in Shopping Malls” (2009), Job Market Paper (Working paper) by Ravi Shanmugam, Haas School of Business, University of California – Berkeley

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