He was among the first to offer fountains and feature prestigious anchor stores like Neiman Marcus. The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey is among the most profitable shopping facilities in the nation. He’s very proud of the terrazzo tiles at Short Hills.

The first enclosed mall was Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, which opened its doors in 1956. A shopping mall is a constructing or group of buildings that accommodates shops. The shops are linked by walkways so that buyers can easily walk between the shops. Malls can be in-built an enclosed or open-air format.

Currently, the largest mall on the planet is the New South China Mall in Dongguan, China with a gross ground space of 892,000 m2 (9,600,000 sq ft). The world’s second-largest shopping mall is the Golden Resources Mall in Beijing, China with a gross flooring space of 680,000 m2 (7,300,000 sq ft). SM Megamall … Read More

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