The phrase "a complex of shops" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group of retail stores located in a single area or building, often sharing common facilities.
Example: "The new shopping center features a complex of shops, including clothing stores, restaurants, and a grocery store."
Alternatives: "shopping plaza" or "retail complex".
Gretchen Coyle, another friend and vice president of the board of the Tuckerton Seaport, a complex of shops and historic sites in Tuckerton, recalled his love of history.
Mr. Gulotta has proposed converting the old arena in Uniondale into a convention center as part of a complex of shops and offices.
Farther along the coast in Kilauea is the Kong Lung Center, a complex of shops dating from 1892, housed in the original Kong Lung Trading plantation company building.
The other nearby megachurch, the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, already has zoning approval for Friendship Village, a complex of shops, apartments, homes, offices and housing for the elderly on 108 acres off Charlotte's beltway.
The entire harbor area -- until a decade ago a scruffy industrial zone dotted with seedy bars -- has metamorphosed into the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a complex of shops, restaurants, hotels and movie houses.
The two high-rise towers occupy the block bounded by 9th and 10th Avenues and 42nd and 43rd Streets, with a complex of shops and a health club at their base.
The hotel is part of a complex of restaurants, shops, offices and apartments that is a hub of expatriate life in Shanghai.
The projects include a look at Arnhem Central, a complex of housing, shops and transportation in the Netherlands (tomorrow through Oct. 28) and designs for the Museum of Modern Art's space in Long Island City (the former Swingline stapler factory), which will be open during the museum's renovation from 2002 through 2005 (Nov. 2 through 11).
The site will be the Genesee Country Museum in Mumford, a complex of 55 shops, homes and farm buildings from the mid to late 19th century that have been moved to the museum site, arranged in a village setting, restored to their original condition and furnished with antiques.
WHERE: Part of Istanbul's new Zorlu Center, a complex of 200 shops (everything from Gap to Gucci) along with condos, a performance center and theater managed by New York's Nederlanders, restaurants (including an outpost of Eataly) and offices, the hotel is located in a calm business and residential neighborhood on the European side of Istanbul on a hill overlooking the Bosphrorus.
The "Living In " article last Sunday, about Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, referred imprecisely to a proposal by Bruce C. Ratner to build a nearby complex of shops, offices, housing and a basketball arena.
