mallification

English

Etymology

mall +‎ -ification

Noun

mallification (uncountable)

1. Transformation into a shopping mall.
   • 2007 December 23, Andy Newman, “Brooklyn Mall Is Oasis and Anomaly”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This is the old Fulton Street Mall in twilight, a chaotic throwback to the era before the sanitization and, yes, mallification of New York City's retail districts.