# Anchor Tenant: Mall Builder — Build a shopping center empire

> Build a shopping center empire (iPhone/iPad app by Brandon Bookout.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anchor-tenant-mall-builder/id6815221596 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Brandon Bookout](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780714792)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Anchor Tenant?

Build a shopping mall from an empty lot: every wall, every tenant, every shopper's path.

You own the building. What happens inside it is up to you.

Anchor Tenant is a mall builder where you lay out the space yourself. Drag walls to carve a unit, hang a door on it, and it becomes something you can lease. Make it small and a coffee bar fits. Make it twelve tiles or more and it becomes an anchor — a tenant big enough to pull its own crowd, and lift every shop within a short walk of it.

That is the whole game: you decide where people walk, and who they walk past.

BUILD THE SPACE
• Walls, doorways and glass shopfronts, placed tile by tile
• The room you build decides who will take it — size is the constraint
• The clock stops while you have a tool in your hand, so you can lay out a floor without anyone walking through it

FILL IT
• 34 original tenants across retail, food, service and fun
• Every one has its own fit-out, drawn out in full — the bakery has ovens, the bowling alley has lanes, the aquarium shop has tanks
• Level up the ones that earn. Drop the ones that do not

MOVE THE CROWD
• Four kinds of shopper, each in at a different time of day, each after something different
• Nobody visits the same brand twice in one trip, so variety is what keeps a crowd spending
• Planters, fountains and sculptures make no sales at all — but beauty brings people in, keeps them happy on the walk, and counts toward your rating

GROW
• Expand the footprint three times, open a second floor, and buy new entrances on any side of the building
• A wider mall means more upkeep every day, so growth is a decision, not a reward
• Daily goals pay out in gems, and gems buy anything in the game

NO ADS. NOT ONE.
No interstitials, no rewarded video, no ad SDK anywhere in the build. Gems come from playing, or you can buy them. Every unlock in the store can also be earned with gems you never paid for.

Plays offline. Your mall is saved on your device.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 500 Gems | $4.99 | one-time |
| Starter Bundle | $2.99 | one-time |
| Hire a Manager | $6.99 | one-time |
| 1,400 Gems | $11.99 | one-time |
| Signature Pack | $7.99 | one-time |
| Gold Pass | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Anchor Tenant safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Anchor Tenant.

## Is Anchor Tenant legit?

Anchor Tenant: Mall Builder appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Anchor Tenant is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-11-08

A fresh new look: new name, new icon, and a clearer store listing. Same mall, same game — build the shell, lease the rooms, and watch the crowd move.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-30

No release notes.

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All apps by Brandon Bookout: https://appshunter.io/developer/6780714792

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