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34°10′51″N 118°36′15″W / 34.180832°N 118.604257°W / 34.180832; -118.604257

The Promenade
Mall, facing Erwin Street - new facade with Barnes & Noble (now Crown Books)
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LocationWoodland Hills, United States
Opening date1973
ManagementWestfield Group
OwnerWestfield Group
No. of stores and services38
No. of anchor tenants1
Total retail floor area615,400 sq ft (57,170 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking2,662

The Westfield Promenade is a large dead shopping mall owned by Westfield Group and located on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles. It was previously known as The Promenade at Woodland Hills and Westfield Shoppingtown Promenade. The mall is anchored by a 16-screen AMC Theatre.

History

Opened in 1973 as The Promenade at Woodlands Hills, it was originally a high-fashion center anchored by J. W. Robinson's, Bullocks Wilshire and Saks Fifth Avenue. The Bullocks Wilshire store was renamed I. Magnin in 1990 and in 1995 became a Bullock's Men's store, being renamed Macy's in 1996. The Robinson's store was closed in 1993 and sold to Bullock's, becoming Macy's in 1996 as well. Following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Saks Fifth Avenue used the opportunity to close their underperforming store[1] and it was demolished in 1994 for the addition of the AMC Theatre, which opened in 1996.[2][3]

In 1989, the center was acquired by the O'Connor Group from Pan American Properties.[4][5]

The center was briefly acquired by Simon Property Group in 1997, before being sold in 1998 to Westfield America, Inc., a precursor to The Westfield Group.[6] At that time it was renamed "Westfield Shoppingtown Promenade". The unwieldy "Shoppingtown" name was dropped in June 2005.[7]

Westfield Promenade was plagued for years by tenant problems and slow business, although the addition of the movie theatre during renovations after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, more recent renovations in 2001[8] and the addition of several new retailers and restaurants briefly reignited interest in the center. However, a redevelopment of the Westfield Topanga in the mid-2000s overshadowed the Promenade, leaving the interior mall languishing and causing several anchor tenants like Barnes & Noble Booksellers and Dick's Sporting Goods to leave. In 2015, Macy's shuttered their two Promenade stores.[9]

By September 2015, Westfield had purchased the properties that it did not own within the mall area, usually owned by anchors, to enable the company to resell the property as an entire package for other uses. The company also had removed information about the mall from the Westfield website and had stripped the Westfield name from all of the signs at the mall. Although Westfield still owned the property as of January 2016, the property is essentially a dead mall. Current tenants have filed a lawsuit against Westfield for allowing the property to deteriorate.[10]

Square footage

  • AMC Theaters (120,000 sq ft.)
  • Former Macy's (2 locations, 192,000 sq ft. and 81,000 sq ft.) (both empty)
AMC Theatres Promenade 16

The Promenade currently features the following businesses, amongst others:

See also

References

  1. ^ Apodaca, Patrice (January 27, 1994). "Earthquake / The Long Road Back : Slow Days for Mauled Mall : Northridge Center, Badly Damaged in Quake, to Partly Reopen in 6 Months". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Manning, Frank (March 8, 1996). "Woodland Hills : 16-Screen Theater to Replace Saks Store". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Fowler, James E. (March 29, 1996). "It's Show Time : Complex Opening Today Brings Art Films, High-Tech Venue to Valley Moviegoers". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "Promenade Mall in Woodland Hills Sold". Los Angeles Times. December 13, 1989.
  5. ^ Apodaca, Patrice (October 22, 1991). "Mall Raises the Roof : Retailing: The new owners of the Promenade in Warner Center pin their hopes on a renovation to woo back shoppers. Some observers see risks". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ Pendleton, Jennifer (March 9, 1999). "Owners Shopping for Ways to Revive Mall: Retail: Promenade in Woodland Hills is target of make-over by Westfield America, which wants to link it more closely with Topanga Plaza". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Albright, Mark (June 1, 2005). "If you didn't call them 'shoppingtowns,' don't: Three local malls that called themselves by the Australian name will quietly drop the label". Tampa Bay Times.
  8. ^ Sieroty, Chris (May 13, 2000). "Owner to refit Promenade". Daily News of Los Angeles – via NewsBank. The remodeled mall will feature the AMC 16 theaters along with such lifestyle stores as Restoration Hardware and Z Gallerie. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Wilcox, Gregory J. (January 8, 2015). "Macy's closing two Woodland Hills stores". Los Angeles Daily News.
  10. ^ Bartholomew, Dana (September 13, 2015). "Lawsuit: Promenade mall a blighted 'ghost town' as Village at Westfield Topanga opens next door". Los Angeles Daily News.
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