shopping plazas

Outdoor store clusters

Shopping plazas is the plural of shopping plaza, a retail complex typically arranged as a strip or cluster of stores sharing a parking lot.

Unlike enclosed malls, shopping plazas are open-air, with storefronts facing the lot: The shopping plaza has a grocery store, a nail salon, and a Chinese restaurant.

Common in suburban America.

Related

clearance sale · shopping carts · restrooms · anchor stores · parking lots · entrance · store hours · strip malls · open air · boutique shops · shoppers · mall walkers · arcade · promenade · directory · escalators · retail therapy · grand opening

Opposites
commercial space type

shopping plazasgalleria

Covered shopping passage

shopping malls · department stores · big-box stores

land use and development

shopping plazaswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

undeveloped land · nature preserves · open fields · forests · farmland

economic function

shopping plazasfactories

Industrial production facilities

manufacturing plants · industrial parks · warehouses · workshops · farms

Family

shop, plaza

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G