POWER CENTER- Also referred to as a STRETCH MALL.
Retail terms also coming into prominence in the 1990s.
This type of shopping center, an evolution of the 1950s-era
strip center, is open-air and encompasses between
250,000 and 750,000 leasable square feet. It is geared
toward a middle-class type of clientele and has several big
box-type retailers arranged in a row, either behind
-or along both sides of- a large parking area.