Important!! Shopping Center information
Shopping Center Statistics.
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There are 46,990 shopping centers in the United States. The vast majority of shopping
centers (95%) are open-air centers.
California has the most shopping centers - 6,243
Wyoming has the least - 55
In 2003, there were 662 more shopping centers operating in the United States than in 2002.
There are 1,130 enclosed malls in the United States.
There are over 100 lifestyle centers currently operating in the United States.
There are approximately 230 factory outlets in the United States.
In 2003, shopping center-inclined sales accounted for $1.98 trillion in sales, 76 percent of
all non-automotive retail sales.
Shopping center-related employment totaled 17,605,100 jobs in 2003.
Shopping center-inclined sales generated $84.3 billion in states sales taxes in 2003.
Supermarkets are the most common anchor in open-air centers. The second most popular
anchor is a drug store for open-air centers below 200,000 square feet and a discount
department store for centers 200,000 square feet and larger.
Apparel and accessories stores account for nearly half of all non-anchor mall space.
Approximately, 40 million people a year visit the largest mall in the United States - the Mall
of America. (more visitors than Las Vegas)
Southdale Center in Edina, Minn., opened in 1956 as the first fully enclosed mall. It had a
two-level design and two competitive department stores as anchors..
Consumers spent approximately 76.4 minutes per mall visit and went to 1.3 mall stores per
visit, spending an average of $68.20 per mall visit.
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Source: International Council of Shopping Centers website,
icsc.org, May 2004
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