Brea Mall

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Brea Mall
Exterior of NW corner of Brea Mall
Facts and statistics
Location	1065 Brea Mall, Brea, California, USA
Opening date	1975
Management	Simon Property Group
Owner	Simon Property Group!
No. of stores and services	175
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	1.3 million square feet (GLA)
No. of floors	2
Website	http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=233

The Brea Mall! is a shopping mall located in the northern Orange County city of Brea, California. Brea is within minutes of California State University, Fullerton. It is owned and operated by the Simon Property Group, and is home to four major department stores, over 175 specialty shops and boutiques, and a food court. It is approximately 1,310,000 square feet (1.31 million).

Originally, the mall was anchored by The Broadway, Sears, May Company California, J. W. Robinson's, and Nordstrom. Nordstrom replaced its original store with a newer and larger store in the late 1980s. In 1993, May Department Stores merged J. W. Robinson's and May Company California to form the former Robinsons-May. As a result, the J. W. Robinson's store was sold to J.C. Penney, and the May Company California location was renamed Robinsons-May and later expanded. The Broadway was converted to Macy's after Federated Department Stores purchase of The Broadway's parent company Carter Hawley Hale Stores in 1996. In 2006, due to the merger between Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores, the Robinsons-May location was converted to a Macy's Furniture Store. In the 1970's it also had an ice skating rink where the food court now resides. This was changed in the mid 80's and now features a major food court.

The Brea Mall has also been host to recording artists such as Ashlee Simpson, Mýa, Ryan Cabrera, and The Summer Obsession.

[edit] Bus Routes Serving The Mall

• OCTA,Routes,20.29.47.53.57.59.147.213.757.758
• Foothill Transit-Route 286

• LACMTA- Line 684; cancelled in September 2007

[edit] Anchors

• J.C. Penney (140,000 sq ft.)
• Macy's (188,000 sq ft.)
• Macy's Men's & Home (198,000 sq ft.)
• Nordstrom (182,000 sq ft.)
• Sears (167,000 sq ft.)