The industry will be moving from the lifestyle format to the outlet format almost exclusively over the next 20 years. The C malls referred to in the article ar

The industry will be moving from the lifestyle format to the outlet format almost exclusively over the next 20 years. The C malls referred to in the article are just that, C malls. Malls that may have been B malls in the past but have depreciated to a point where scrape and rebuild or relo are the only options. There are currently about 50 new malls/outlets on the books for this year and next with another 50 on the following 2 years nation wide.