Document Type
Article
Subject Headings
Urban planning, Social research, Social life & customs, Social conditions & trends, Operations research, Marketing, Lifestyles, Culture
Keywords
business development; business growth; community interests; malls; plazas; shopping malls; shops; urban development; urban growth; urban malls; urban planning
Article Date
9-7-1992
Abstract
"The recent opening of the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., has probably received more publicity than any other shopping center in the nation. This behemoth of shopping malls is certainly something to experience, but the real question is whether this $650 million investment has a future."
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester, "Gigantic Malls Bring Downtown to Suburbia" (1992). Smolski Texts. Paper 247.
http://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_text/247
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Comments
Mall of American opens with high hopes and skeptics.