The American shopping mall once represented the height of suburban culture and consumer paradise. These climate-controlled temples of retail drew families every weekend, teenagers after school, and ...

Dead malls”—that is, shopping malls that have entered an irreversible state of deterioration and shopper indifference or ...

America is in the grip of a housing shortage, with a staggering 4.5 million homes needed to meet demand. Meanwhile, sprawling malls across the country are facing a bleak future, with nearly 34 million ...

Black massage chairs beside a plant in an empty mall, with two levels of closed stores in the background - melissamn/Shutterstock When the Southdale Center opened in Edina, Minnesota, in 1956, it ...

Shopping malls, fixtures of the American suburb, may face the same fate drive-in-movie theaters did, decades ago. The wobbly economy has transformed jam-packed parking lots into empty acres of ...

A developer wants to repurpose Concord Mall into a town center. The plans reflect a growing trend of turning malls into mixed ...