Outwardly, retail centers seem to have come full circle over the past 80 years, morphing from sidewalk shops that formed a main street during the first half of the 20th century to suburban strips in the ‘50s to the indoor malls of the ‘70s and now—back again to “town centers” which mimic the look and feel of those initial main streets. Over the past decade or so, two trends have conspired to undercut the traditional importance of shopping centers as focal points for the communities in which they are located. First, consumers now have tremendous opportunities to buy goods at