Recently, the theorists and practitioners focused on the research of shopping center because of their quick development in China. The USA which acts as the cradle of modern large shopping center, experiences three periods: the initial stage, the development and the mature. However, the shopping center literature has followed the historic practices of retail practitioners. Shopping center research has broadly followed two theoretical foundations: (1) central place theory and (2) homogeneous retail agglomeration. Additionally, two more recent areas of shopping center research that have emerged include shopping center demand externalities and the valuation of shopping center rents.