Whittwood Town Center

Whittwood Town Center
Location Whittier, California, United States
Coordinates 33°56′37″N 117°59′39″W / 33.9435°N 117.9941°W / 33.9435; -117.9941Coordinates: 33°56′37″N 117°59′39″W / 33.9435°N 117.9941°W / 33.9435; -117.9941
Address 15466 Whittier Blvd.
Opening date 1961
Management DDR Corp.
Owner DDR Corp.
No. of anchor tenants 9
Total retail floor area 844,337 sq. ft.
No. of floors 1
Website Whittwood Town Center Property Leasing Page

Whittwood Town Center (formerly known as Whittwood Mall) is a shopping mall in Whittier, California currently owned by a joint venture formed by DDR Corp.. and Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII, a real estate fund managed by The Blackstone Group on behalf of its investors.[1]

History

Whittwood was built in the 1961 as a competitor to The Quad at Whittier. It had three anchor tenants: JC Penney on the east, The Broadway on the west, and Boston Store in the center. Sav-On was located next to JC Penney.

Whittwood originally was an open-air mall, which was initially a success. It was renovated and transformed into an enclosed mall in the 1970s.

A fourth anchor, Mervyn's was added in the 1980s near The Broadway. Also a food court was added across from Sav-On.

The exterior was remodeled in the late 1980s to lure businesses from The Quad, which had recently closed after being damaged by the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake. Krikorian Theatres opened a 10-screen Premium movie theatre complex on the back lot, which was later sold to Regal Cinemas, who closed the theatre site by the mid-1990s.

Boston Store closed down in the 1990s, and wasn't replaced by a new anchor.

In 1996, Federated Department Stores bought out The Broadway and decided not to convert the Whittwood store to a Macy's. It was closed and sold to Sears, which moved in by 1998.

The mall closed in 2004, with the three separate anchors remaining open. Mervyn's went out of business at the end of 2008 and replaced by Kohl's in 2009. The only shop open left in the actual mall was Sav-On, now replaced by CVS Pharmacy.

Not long after, the everything except the anchors was demolished. Sav-On (now CVS Pharmacy) moved to a new location within the mall property.

The mall was replaced by a new town center containing big box retailers, and new condos were built where the former theatre was.[2]

Tenants

Anchor Tenants: [3]

Other Notable Tenants: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "DDR and Blackstone's Third Joint Venture Closes on the Acquisition of 71 Shopping Centers for $1.93 Billion". http://ir.ddr.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=876895. DDR Corp. Retrieved 20 October 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ "Whittwood Mall". Dead Malls dot Com. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "DDR Corp. Official Website". Whittwood Town Center Property Page. DDR Corp. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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