Westfield Topanga
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| Westfield Topanga | |
| Mall facts and statistics | |
|---|---|
| Location | Canoga Park, California, USA |
| Opening date | February 10, 1964 |
| Developer | May Centers, Inc. |
| Management | The Westfield Group |
| Owner | The Westfield Group |
| No. of stores and services | 230[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | five[1] |
| Total retail floor area | 1.6 million sq.ft.[1] |
| Parking | 5,448 [1] |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | http://westfield.com/topanga |
Westfield Topanga, formerly known as Topanga Plaza and Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga and more commonly known to locals as the Topanga Mall, is a shopping mall located on Topanga Canyon Boulevard on the border between the communities of Canoga Park and Woodland Hills in the western part of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. It is owned and operated by The Westfield Group.
It is a two-story mall consisting of 230 tenants and featuring multiple, massive skylights throughout, which allow natural light to fill the building during daytime hours. Nordstrom, Robinsons-May, and Sears previously anchored the center. Robinsons-May was renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006, while on October 6, 2006 the first phase of a massive $330,000,000 upscale expansion opened with over 100 new stores, a new Nordstrom, replacing its current location, and a Target.
Neiman Marcus will open in 2008 as part of phase two of the expansion.
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[edit] History
Opened February 10, 1964, Topanga Plaza was California's first enclosed shopping mall. It was originally anchored by The Broadway, May Company and Montgomery Ward. Nordstrom was added in 1983.
In 1992 May Centers, Inc., the original developer, was renamed CenterMark Properties and sold by May Department Stores in 1993 to a consortium led by Westfield Holdings, Ltd., a predecessor of The Westfield Group.
The May Company location was renamed Robinsons-May in 1993, The Broadway location was sold to Sears in 1996 and the Montgomery Ward closed in 1999. As previously mentioned, Robinsons-May was renamed Macy's in September 2006, and despite rumors to the contrary will continue to operate the store despite the proximity of the Macy's at Westfield Promenade.
[edit] 2006-2008 Expansion
The Westfield Group recently completed the first phase of an expansion project, which added nearly 100 stores, including a large two-story Target, and three-story Nordstrom department store. A stunning "Canyon" court area, several new restaurants with a cafe-style dining terrace, "Westfield Playtown" for children, "family lounge," and indoor carousel were also added to the existing mall. The former Montgomery Ward store was demolished as part of this project.
The Nordstrom moved to its new building at the southeast corner of the parking lot, which faces Victory Boulevard and Owensmouth Avenue. The Neiman Marcus will eventually be built on the site of the former Nordstrom building, on the mall's west end. Three new parking structures have been erected to supplant the ground level parking lost when the mall's outer walls were expanded to accommodate the new stores.
Westfield also owns the Westfield Promenade mall, located just two blocks down Topanga Canyon Blvd. They also have various land rights to the intervening block and have indicated they are interested in connecting the two centers at some point in the distant future.
[edit] Interesting Fact
This mall has become somewhat famous locally since various Hollywood celebrities can occasionally be spotted there and it has been used in the United States in many television commercials and movies such as Malibu's Most Wantedand "Divorce American Style" .
