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In my 16 years in retail real estate, Iāve seen many malls struggle because they tried to do too much.
They are sometimes so over-engineered that they end up being more of a maze than a marketplace.
More often than not, we need to rethink this approach and go minimalist:
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I personally find Mercato Shopping Mall, Dubai (featured in images) a great example of the above principles. I am a Raving Fan of this mall I’ve been going to for decades.
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