mall apartment gen.

[Samduracus]

Пожалуйста, помогите перевести.
mall apartment

Выражение встречается в следующем контексте:
He lived in a mall
apartment in Chicago, but he'd taken the plaster off one wall to expose
the brick, and painted the rest of his walls white to get as much light
and spaciousness into the apartment as possible.

Заранее спасибо

[johnstephenson]

Probably a misprint for 'small'.
Alternatively -- possibly -- some sort of apartment in/above a shopping mall or a converted shopping mall???
It's probably the first, though, as the author talks about getting more light into it.

[leka11]

it is hardly a 'small' apartment

the previous sentence is
"Alan's Detective's Report revealed that he liked plenty of space, the textures of wood and stone, and natural foods. (He lived in a mall apartment in Chicago, ....)"

[wow2]

ok, so he liked space. does not mean he had it

(i like money, you know...)

[trtrtr]

Может, перестроили mall, и продавали там квартиры (типа как с loft было).
Или как тут:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21100501/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/artist-sentenced-secret-apartment-mall/#.VtQ0LmQZmsE

[trtrtr]

America's First Shopping Mall is Now Stuffed With Micro Homes

In the end, the shopping center and its snug quarters proved just the right fit for a growing housing trend: micro apartments.
http://www.curbed.com/2014/8/29/10054364/americas-first-shopping-mall-is-now-stuffed-with-micro-homes

[leka11]

"ok, so he liked space. does not mean he had it "

да, наверное так)))
в следующую фразу я не вчиталась -
"painted the rest of his walls white to get ***as much light and spaciousness into the apartment as possible"

[fttoa]

small apartment

http://wishcraft.com/wishcraft_ch4.pdf

(стр. 82)

Alan’s Detective’s Report revealed that he liked plenty of space, the textures
of wood and stone, and natural foods. He lived in a small apartment in
Chicago, but he’d taken the plaster off one wall to expose the brick, and
painted the rest of his walls white to get as much light and spaciousness into
the apartment as possible. He had lots of plants, and a big poster of a
mountain view that was almost like a window into another world. The books
on his shelves ran heavily to things like Thoreau and Rachel Carson and the
Whole Earth Catalog

[leka11]

самое интересное, что сеть откликнулась и на "mall apartment"))

https://www.google.ru/search?ie=UTF-8&hl=ru&q="arbitral award"&gws_rd=ssl#newwindow=1&hl=ru&q="He+lived+in+a+mall+apartment+in++Chicago"

[fttoa]

leka11
я бы предпочел принцип "бритвы Оккама" в данном случае )

[Samduracus]

Спасибо всем, кто помогал! Вопрос решен в пользу опечатки!