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Look, there are a lot of great malls in the area. But the Cinnabons taste sweetest of all at the Tacoma Mall, assuming you can avoid being shot while there. OK, so people are rarely shot at the Tacoma Mall—it hasn't happened in, like, forever. But the Cinnabons really are divine, and—even more important—the Tacoma Mall offers the divine interven...

Quiz time! Which came first: Aventura Mall or the City of Aventura? If you answered the latter, you'd be wrong. The mall opened its doors in 1983, while the city wasn't incorporated until 12 years later. That's right: This is a shopping center so massive they literally built a city around it. In the late '90s, Aventura Mall really came into its ...

Memorial City Mall off I-10 helps you kill two wallet-draining birds with one stone. All your favorite mall staples are here, including an Apple store, The Gap and a plethora of shops to keep you busy on a lazy weekend outing, including a Target. There's even an ice rink, a carousel, a movie theater and a play castle for the kids, so you can sho...

The success of one mall can be the death knell for another shopping center. Just look at the Saint Louis Galleria's rise in popularity in the 1990s and contrast that to Crestwood Plaza's downward spiral during the same decade. So when West County Center transformed itself a few years back into the Shangri-La of suburban shopping, many questioned...

Type "Westminster Mall" and "ghetto" into Google, and hits come back describing the enclosed, two-level place as such—but "ghetto" like The Wire, not the ghetto fabulousness of Sly Stone, Gil-Scott Heron or Oscar Gamble and the greatest 'fro e-vah. Westminster Mall has a Fanzz and an eBuy-Gold and a Charley's Steakery and an As Seen on TV and a ...

You’re probably thinking there’s no such thing as a good mall. Parking is always a pain, the stores are usually crowded, and it usually smells like a food court. But the Mall at Millenia is different. And believe it or not, it’s actually a pleasure to shop there. From high-end boutiques to major department stores and everything in between, there...

All right, we know it’s not exactly finished, but what has already been built is impressive enough for us. The architecture alone is enough to keep your eyes happy, but the fashion mecca you have in Vasari and the pure pampering available at Ritual make this a shopping headquarters for Summerlin. And, it’s about time they got one. We can’t wait ...