What types of retail shopping centers and malls are in the DMM/ShoppingCenters.com database?

Directory of Major Malls / ShoppingCenters.com retail shopping center and mall locations are classified into 7 categories:

Community Center – approx. 75,000 – 499,999 sq. ft. in size

Regional Center – 500,000-999,999 sq. ft. in size

Super-Regional Center – over 1 million sq. ft. in size

Power Center – usually open-air in design and with 3 or more big-boxes

Value Retail / Outlet – Tenants are predominantly outlets, discount, off-price retailers

Entertainment – Focus on themed entertainment and restaurants, theaters, attractions, with more limited retail

Lifestyle / Specialty / Mixed-Use – usually open-air & anchor-less with an upscale mix of tenants. May also include mixed-use combination of retail, office, residential, hospitality, event venue and others. Retail GLA square footage may be as low as 50k though property has been deemed “Significant Retail” by DMM and included in the dataset.

More details on shopping center classifications here.

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