Westfield Promenade

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Westfield Promenade
The rear of the mall facing Erwin Street, this is the new facade including the Barnes & Noble.

Location	Woodland Hills, USA
Opening date	1973
Management	The Westfield Group
Owner	The Westfield Group
No. of stores and services	56^[1]
No. of anchor tenants	3^[1]
Total retail floor area	615,400sq.ft.^[1]
Parking	2,662 ^[1]
No. of floors	2
Website	http://westfield.com/promenade

Westfield Promenade is a large shopping mall owned by The 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.

It is one of three shopping malls owned by Westfield in the San Fernando Valley, the others being Westfield Topanga and Westfield Fashion Square, and one of several malls they own in the greater Los Angeles area.

The mall is two stories tall and features a two-part Macy's department store, a 16-screen AMC Theatre, and a Barnes & Noble as its main anchors. The mall also features a popular food-court and Ruby's restaurant, several high-end clothing stores and a newer section of the mall with restaurants. The Promenade was conceived as Westfield's upscale shopping mall in the valley, with its sister mall up the street, Westfield Topanga, orienting towards more middle-tier shopping. This dynamic will change shortly as Topanga redevelops and expands with a new Nordstrom and luxury retailer Neiman Marcus.

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[edit] 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 and it was demolished for the addition of the AMC Theatre.

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. At that time it was renamed "Westfield Shoppingtown Promenade". The unwieldy "Shoppingtown" name being dropped in June 2005.

The 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 and the addition of the Barnes & Noble and its nearby restaurants has helped increase mall traffic and bring in better, more stable tenants. Unfortunately, the newly revamped Westfield Topanga Mall has overshadowed The Promenade. The mall may be slated for more renovation after Westfield is finished with work on the Topanga Plaza.

Westfield has on numerous occasion examined plans to connect the two centers, with methods such as an enclosed bridge and a light monorail system being discussed. On all such occasions, the discussions have ended without conclusion due to concerns over logistics, cost and other issues; as of early 2007, the most recent discussions have again ended in indecision. Another new, smaller complex to be built by Westfield and placed between the two malls may go into the construction phase in mid or late 2007, which has lead to rumors that the company will then commit to a system for connecting the three complexes.