In 2010, Mr. Christie announced an agreement with Triple Five, the developer of the Mall of America in Minnesota and the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta.

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Karp, who owns New England Development, has inked his a deal to redevelop a West Palm Beach mall with fellow Boston firm Eastern Real Estate and the high-profile Philadelphia development firm Lubert-Adler.

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The cycle road race on the opening weekend of the Olympics took riders from the Mall, through west London, out to Surrey and back again, and included a 9.6-mile (15.5km) circuit around Box Hill.

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The cycle road race on the opening weekend of the Olympics in July took cyclists from the Mall, through west London to Surrey and back again, and included a 9.6-mile (15.5km) circuit around Box Hill.

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The Skate Circle, located east of Sheep Meadow and west of the Naumburg Bandshell and the Mall, is a bring-your-own-skates affair.

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These days, Soho is one big shopping mall, with high-end fashion well represented along West Broadway between Houston and Grand streets.

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Over a cup of coffee in the bustling Merry Hill mall, John Rider, chairman of the Institute of Directors in the West Midlands, explains the legacy of those early schemes.

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