Malls evolving to imitate traditional downtowns

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Developers are reviving Maryland?s malls with downtown-like new urbanism, but Westminster?s economic development director calls his city “the real deal.”

“Malls are dying, so what?s the newest thing? The town-center approach, the phony downtowns,” said Stan Ruchlewicz, Westminster?s economic development administrator.

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