noun. : a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood. called also shopping plaza.

A shopping centre is a collection of independent retail stores, services, and a parking area conceived, constructed, and maintained by a management firm as a unit. Shopping centres may also contain restaurants, banks, theatres, professional offices, service stations, and other establishments.

A shopping mall is a type of shopping center, a North American term originally meaning a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s began to be used as a generic term for large shopping centers anchored by department stores, especially enclosed centers.

SouthPark Mall, Northeast Ohio's largest retail destination, is conveniently located in Strongsville, Ohio on Route 82, just west of US Interstate 71 and minutes from both the Ohio Turnpike and Interstate 480.