The shopping mall as we know it became popular in the United States in the 1950s as a suburban lifestyle took hold and interstate highways were built. For the first time, shoppers were able to travel ...

Strip malls, of all things, appear to be trending up. After decades of decline brought on by the rise of large box stores, e-commerce, and the pandemic, the humble and sometimes derided neighborhood ...

The owner of Illinois’ largest mall has put up nearly $90 million in new equity to pay off its massive mortgage on the property, fallout from owning a shopping center whose value has dropped by about ...

As you may have heard, shopping malls have not been doing so well. E-commerce went into overdrive early in the pandemic. More recently, another more abstract threat has emerged in the form of the ...

The more than $500 million effort to turn Monmouth Mall inside out – and into Monmouth Square – is progressing, with Kushner revealing several new commercial tenants joining the property. Totaling ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. District at the Garden in West Palm Beach, Fla. is an ...

The list of large companies that have gone bankrupt or closed numerous stores in 2025 has been long, and includes craft chain Joann, Party City, Kohl’s, Big Lots, Claire’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and ...

Most people hit the beach over Labor Day weekend, but plenty opted for downtown stores and shopping malls instead. After an already successful August, shopping malls across the country saw a ...

Shopping malls, long thought to be in a death spiral, are poised for reinvention around the Baltimore area. But they’re not all expected to make it. The region’s larger enclosed malls face headwinds ...

A lack of supply and an uptick in in-person neighborhood shopping has increased their value. One commercial real estate investor called the opportunity a "retail renaissance." Strip malls, of all ...