# @puckdotnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ2Eq8hzEM7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73246813-puckdotnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-19T18:17:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Puck (@puckdotnews) — https://gondola.cc/puckdotnews

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“Westfield’s Valley Fair Mall, in Santa Clara, offers a fascinating case study in what it takes for a shopping mall to thrive these days,” Puck’s retail expert, Sarah Shapiro, writes.⁠
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“Westfield, which was absorbed into the multinational commercial real estate firm Unibail-Rodamco in 2018, has started to double down on its U.S. outposts—reversing plans for a near-total retreat from the States, and instead shedding underperforming properties while shoring up others.” ⁠
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“Valley Fair is a perfect example of their investment thesis, and boasts all the ingredients necessary for a mall renaissance: high traffic, strong leases, and many thriving stores that benefit from adjacent food and beverage tenants…”⁠
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Read Sarah’s full dispatch on the psychology behind a successful shopping mall, at the link in bio.⁠
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Photo: Paramount/Courtesy of Everett Collection⁠
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#Malls #Retail #Shopping ⁠
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retail, malls, shopping

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