article_snippet.sent: But it was Taubman rearrangement of how people shop — parking lot in front, several stores in one stop close to home — that left a mark on American culture.
article_snippet.sent: Taubman Centers, a subsidiary of his Taubman Co., founded in 1950, currently owns and manages 19 regional shopping centers nationwide. '
article_snippet.sent: When Taubman returned to Ann Arbor to study art and architecture, Taubman created small on-campus businesses to cover expenses, then transferred to Lawrence Technological University near Detroit to take night classes while working at an architectural firm as a junior draftsman.
article_snippet.sent: Family business: Taubman Prestige Outlets Chesterfield officially opened in 2013 in Chesterfield, Missouri a western suburb of St. Louis .
article_snippet.sent: Recognizing the booming post-war growth of the middle class, particularly in the Motor City, Taubman launched Taubman first real estate development company in 1950.
article_snippet.sent: Taubman first project was a freestanding bridal shop in Detroit —
article_snippet.sent: So when a friend suggested a shopping plaza in Flint, Taubman's company did something radical for the time: stores were pushed to the back of the lot and parking spaces were put up front.
article_snippet.sent: It was a success, Taubman's company took on larger-scale developments in Michigan, California and elsewhere in the 1950s and early '60s.
article_snippet.sent: Mall man: A. Alfred, Robert and William Taubman, along with Randy Benderson and other dignitaries, cut the ribbon today to open The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota, Florida in 2014 .
article_snippet.sent: After turning over control of Taubman Centers to his two sons, Taubman made sustaining the Detroit Institute of Art a priority.
article_snippet.sent: his knowledge of how shoppers negotiated malls was tapped to help reconfigure the flow of the museum, and his helped guide the DIA as president of the Detroit Arts Commission through chronic financial problems.