Walmart's purchase was an all-cash $34 million deal, according to CBL, a shopping mall owner that sold the property.

Burj Azizi will house a vertical shopping mall; a seven-star hotel ... Erik Hokanson, principal and design director; Matthew Fineout, architectural director; and Moosa Swaidan, vice-president ...

These grand structures are not merely shopping destinations but integral to their locales' social and economic fabric.