shopping gallery
A collection of stores around a central passageway forming a shopping destination.
A shopping gallery is a collection of stores, usually indoors, around a central passageway or court. It is relatively similar in scale and offerings to a strip mall, except that it is oriented to pedestrians rather than drivers (although it may have a designated parking area). Shopping galleries are distinguished from loose collections of indoor retail in that they form a clearly defined shopping destination, usually with an identifying name and character under a single management.
The shops form a clearly defined pedestrian shopping destination. A parking area can accompany it without changing that pedestrian orientation.
A strip mall is arranged around or beside parking. Loose indoor shops without a recognizable common destination do not establish a shopping gallery.
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marketplace
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outlet mall
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strip mall
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