Tornado alley. Click on the image to view the large version. The middle part of the United States is an area that has many tornadoes, particularly in the spring. This area is known as tornado alley. The reason is because it is an area where large cold air masses and large warm air masses collide. When these air masses crash into each other, it can cause thunderstorms and they can create tornadoes.
Strip malls are usually comprised of a series of retail stores whose average size approximates about 1,000 square feet each. As such, most strip malls total less than 20,000 square feet in size. They typically have good visibility due to being generally located on the perimeters of densely populated neighborhoods, heavily trafficked commercial streets that have easy access, or on or near corners.
One of the biggest differences in J.C. Penney's lifestyle center locations is that most are one-story and average 85,000 to 105,000 square feet, as opposed to two to three-story malls stores that average 100,000 to 165,000 square feet.lthough the look-and-feel of the stores are not significantly different, product assortment is reduced. In addition, the stores cost $5 million less to build, $1.5 million less to stock and require 25% less employees than the typical Lowe's; however, sales per square foot are about 84% of the typical store.