Meaning of anchor tenant | Babel Free

Definitions

A large and popular store in a shopping mall, often a department store or retail chain, intended to attract a significant cross-section of customers to the mall.

Examples

“As the number of viable anchor tenants continues to contract, the bargaining leverage of these anchor tenants has increased. The difficulty and expense of negotiating arrangements with them has increased correspondingly.”

“The anchor tenants are responsible for drawing the majority of the customers to the center or mall and will do a significant amount of advertising that also brings in customers.”

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