The Best Shopping Malls in North America

Outlet centres

Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, is an open-air outlet mall with over 250 stores, about an hour from Manhattan. Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon, California, has around 180 stores, mostly luxury and designer brands. Wrentham Village Premium Outlets in Wrentham, Massachusetts, offers many brand-name stores and food trucks. Grapevine Mills in Grapevine, Texas, is an indoor outlet mall of about 1.8 million square feet, with LEGOLAND, a SEA LIFE aquarium and Meow Wolf beside its discount shops. Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Michigan, is an indoor centre with an aquarium, Legoland and an arcade.

Open-air centres

Westfield Old Orchard in Skokie, Illinois, is an open-air centre where flowers, trees and benches line the outdoor walkways. Freedom Crossing at Fort Bliss in El Paso is an open-air shopping and dining complex on the base, with a PX, outdoor shops and a food court. City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City combines open-air and indoor areas, with over 100 stores and a creek running through the middle beneath a retractable roof. Westfield Century City in Los Angeles has outdoor walkways, greenery and a cinema, with a Gelson's supermarket on site. Ala Moana Center in Honolulu has four levels, and its open-air walkways let island breezes through.

Enclosed malls with department stores

Somerset Collection in Troy, Michigan, is a two-building mall whose North and South wings connect through a glass skywalk. Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, has hundreds of stores, with Macy's, Nordstrom and an AMC theater. Galleria Dallas, in North Dallas, has a glass atrium and an indoor ice rink, while NorthPark Center in Dallas hosts an IMAX screen and rotating art installations. CF Sherway Gardens in Toronto has a skylit interior and a large food court. Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona, uses skylights and high ceilings across its multi-storey centre.