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| | shopping center. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | The modern shopping center differs from its antecedentsbazaars and marketplacesin that the shops are usually amalgamated into one encompassing structure. |
 | | By 1956, when the first enclosed mall opened in Edina, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis, about 2,000 shopping centers had been built. |
 | | Of the more than 44,000 shopping centers in North America, about 1,500 are categorized as regional malls, which contain at least two department stores or anchor stores; and, depending on population density, attract consumers from within a 20-mi (32 km) radius. |
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