strip mall

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“Backrooms,” the No. 1 movie in the country currently, is a horror movie that takes place in a seemingly endless liminal space that articulates itself as generic strip mall or office spaces.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Before we went in, we sat in the parking lot of the strip mall — signs in Arabic advertising bread, coffee, halal meats, the Little Arabia District — hand in hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Around the crack of dawn, a line begins forming at a strip mall in Hyattsville, Maryland, as residents ranging from students to delivery workers and federal contractors wait to sign up for food assistance.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

In 1978, at age 40, Simons founded Renaissance Technologies in a strip mall on Long Island.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

In 1990, Gregarious Games moved into its first real office, located in a run-down strip mall in Columbus, Ohio.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline