Lifestyle center

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The Shops at Friendly Center , a lifestyle center in Greensboro, North Carolina

A lifestyle center (American English), or lifestyle centre (Commonwealth English), is an open-air shopping center which aims to create a "pedestrian-friendly, town-like atmosphere with sidewalks, landscaping, ambient lighting, and park benches". [1] Memphis developers Poag and McEwen are generally credited with developing the concept in the late 1980s. [1] Lifestyle centers emerged as a major retailing trend in the late 1990s. Sometimes labeled boutique malls or an ersatz downtown, they are often located in affluent suburban areas.

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History

The proliferation of lifestyle centers in the United States accelerated in the 2000s, growing in number from 30 in 2002 to 120 at the end of 2004. [2] They lie on the upscale end of commercial development, with discount-based outlet malls on the low end.

Design

Lifestyle centers typically require less land and may generate higher revenue margins, generating close to $500 per square foot, compared to an average of $330 per square foot for a traditional mall, according to the president of Poag and McEwen. [2] Other advantages lifestyle centers have over traditional enclosed malls are savings on heating and cooling and quicker access for customers. [1]

Lifestyle centers typically look like strip shopping centers turned inside out,[ clarification needed ] with their formal storefronts facing each other across a landscaped pedestrian walkway or a low volume two-lane road. Those with a more extensive street grid and more multifunctional (offices, hotels, residential, retail and entertainment) and dense development, often with a designated function to act as the community's center, may be dubbed an ersatz downtown. [3] One of the earliest proponents of lifestyle centers was RED Development, which built centers primarily in the Midwest and Southwest United States. [3]

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