Shopping Complex (AG030)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

Name

ShoppingComplex

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A commercial facility tenanted by multiple retail stores (for example: household goods, clothing, or books), restaurants (for example: a food court), entertainment venues (for example: a movie theatre or electronic games arcade), and/or other businesses (for example: professional services), that is completely enclosed, climate controlled, has a common public arcade (for example: furnished with decorative plantings, benches, and/or fountains) and a common vehicle parking area (for example: a parking lot or parking garage).

Description

When the commercial entrances open onto the interior of the complex (public access being by means of central entries and broad corridors) it may consist of multiple levels connected by escalators and is often termed a 'shopping mall'. When the commercial entrances open towards the exterior of the complex and access to individual commercial entrances is directly from an adjacent vehicle parking area it consists of a single level and is often termed a 'shopping centre' or 'shopping plaza'.

Synonyms

Shopping Centre; Shopping Plaza; Shopping Mall

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid

Subtype of

AL010 Facility

Associations

ShoppingComplexHumanActivityCapacityInfo → ZI180 Human Activity Capacity Info (0..*)

RWOI terms naming it

RWO_03381 Shopping Centre
RWO_03382 Shopping Mall
RWO_04233 Shopping Complex