page_title: Shopping center
section_title: Strip mall (convenience center)
hierarchical_section_title: Shopping center / Types / General-purpose shopping centers / Strip mall (convenience center)
caption_attribution_description: English: Strip mall in w:Cornelius, Oregon, off TV Hwy.
context_page_description: A shopping center or shopping centre is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof.
  The first known collections of retailers under one roof are public markets, dating back to ancient times, and Middle Eastern covered markets, bazaars and souqs. In Paris, about 150 covered passages were built between the late 18th century and 1850, and a wealth of shopping arcades were built across Europe in the 19th century. In the United States, the widespread use of the automobile in the 1920s led to the first shopping centers of a few dozen shops that included parking for cars. Starting in 1946, larger, open air centers anchored by department stores were built, then enclosed shopping malls starting with Victor Gruen's Southdale Center near Minneapolis in 1956.
  A shopping mall is a type of shopping center, a North American term originally meaning a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s began to be used as a generic term for large shopping centers anchored by department stores, especially enclosed centers. Malls are currently in severe decline or have closed.
context_section_description: Strip malls (which despite the name, are not considered "malls" even in North America) are sometimes known as strip centers or convenience centers. They are less than 30,000 square feet (2,800 m²) of gross leasable space.
caption: A strip mall in Cornelius, Oregon
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