The Great Mall of the Bay Area in M...

The Great Mall of the Bay Area in Milpitas, Calif., freshly introduced 1.3 million square feet of retail vent stores to the region. increase of the 28-year-old mall -- a former Ford auto assembly plant -- was undertaken by dint of owner Ford Motor Land progressive growth Co. and developer Petrie, Dierman, Kughn of McLean, Va. The annulled plant sat vacant for more than a decade, while Ford researched uses for it.

The "super-regional exit mall," the sixth of its archetype in the nation, is archetypeed after the Mills Corp.'s outlet/discount malls in five states.

The facility engages an ...