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Taubman pioneered the modern shopping mall concept. Two stories let shoppers make a complete circuit past every store. Artificial lighting supplements fading daylight and entices people to keep shopping past dusk. Unlike old-fashioned city downtowns in which car-laden streets hampered across-the-street shopping, the mall increases exposure.1The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey was developed by Taubman's company.2Adolph Alfred Taubman (born 1924) is an American real estate developer and philanthropist from Michigan . He pioneered the modern shopping mall concept and was described by CBS News as a "legend in retailing" who became wealthy developing upscale shopping malls .3He built shopping mall developer Taubman Centers into a retailing powerhouse.4The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer" - HarperCollins Publishers Caitlin A. Alfred Taubman is a legend in retailing. Shopping mall magnate and onetime Sotheby's (BID ) owner Alfred Taubman, 83, may be a convicted felon, but he's continuing to insist on his innocence in his just-out autobiography, Threshold Resistance: The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer (Collins, $24.95). Writing on his business triumphs, Taubman is heavy on the boilerplate. But he gives a juicy personal account of the Sotheby's-Christie's price-fixing scandal that sent him to the slammer. : Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help )5
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Pictured is The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey , which was developed by Taubman's company.Adolph Alfred Taubman (January 31, 1924 – April 17, 2015) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist who became a billionaire by building shopping mall developer Taubman Centers into a retailing powerhouse.
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Pictured is The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey , which was developed by Taubman's company. Adolph Alfred "Al" Taubman (January 31, 1924 – April 17, 2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.He was convicted in 2002 for a price-fixing scheme involving the top two auction houses in the United States.The New York Times .Alfred Taubman, billionaire convicted of price fixing, dies at 91" .The Common Good (1st ed.).
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American businessman The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey was developed by Taubman's company. Adolph Alfred "Al" Taubman (January 31, 1924 – April 17, 2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was convicted in 2002 for a price-fixing scheme involving the top two auction houses in the United States. The New York Times . Alfred Taubman, billionaire convicted of price fixing, dies at 91" . The Common Good (1st ed.).
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American businessman (1924–2015) Adolph Alfred "Al" Taubman (January 31, 1924 – April 17, 2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. In 2002, he was convicted for a price-fixing scheme involving the top two auction houses in the United States. The New York Times . Alfred Taubman, billionaire convicted of price fixing, dies at 91" . The Common Good (1st ed.).
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