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Lifestyle center
Open-air shopping center / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lifestyle center (American English), or lifestyle centre (Commonwealth English), is an open-air shopping center which aims to create a "pedestrian-friendly, town-like atmosphere with sidewalks, landscaping, ambient lighting, and park benches.[1] Memphis developers Poag and McEwen are generally credited with developing the concept in the late 1980s.[1] Lifestyle centers emerged as a major retailing trend in the late 1990s. Sometimes labeled boutique malls or ersatz downtown, they are often located in affluent suburban areas.
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