FRCH Design Worldwide transformed troubled Forest Fair mall, which had all the excitement of a airplane hangar, into Eastgate Mall — a colorful new shopping space for The Mills Corp. Mills acquired the Cincinnati center three years ago.

Take your average shopper at your average American mall. He or she knows the stores, and may even have the floor plan memorized — Looking for the Macy's? Hang a left after the food court and it'll be on your right, just past the Gap. But do they...

Retail models have traditionally mirrored the lifestyles of shoppers. As retail developments evolved over time through strip malls, enclosed malls and open-air lifestyle centers, each incarnation has reflected changes in consumer habits and means...

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