Lakewood Center
Lakewood Center is a super-regional shopping mall in Lakewood, California and the oldest shopping mall in the United States that is now enclosed, having first opened to the public in 1951 and being enclosed in 1978.[1] (The first enclosed mall in California was Escondido Village Mall.)[2] It is anchored by Bed Bath & Beyond, Costco, JCPenney, Macy's (formerly May Company/Robinsons-May), Forever 21 (formerly Mervyn's), and Target (formerly Montgomery Ward). At 2,093,006 square feet (194,446.6 m2), the Lakewood Center is ranked among the largest retail shopping malls by gross leasable area in the United States.[3] In 2004, the Lakewood Center's sales amounted to $393 per square foot with an approximate 11.2 million shoppers.[4]
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| Location | Lakewood, California, United States |
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| Coordinates | 33.85047°N 118.14011°W |
| Opening date | 1951 |
| Management | Macerich |
| Owner | Macerich (60%) and GIC (40%) |
| No. of stores and services | 225 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
| Total retail floor area | 2,100,000 sq ft (200,000 m2) (GLA) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in Round One Entertainment and Target, 2 and basement offices in JCPenney, 4 in Macy's) |
| Website | shoplakewoodcenter |
The mall is owned and operated by Macerich and is part of its trifecta of "Shop One Shop All" malls in southeast Los Angeles County along with the Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos and the Stonewood Center in Downey.[5]
History
Lakewood Center open in 1952 on 259 acres, located 21 Miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The mall included 18 stores including a 4 Level (347,000 sq ft) May Company & a 3 Level (88,000 sq ft) Butler Brothers department store.
The Butler Brothers store became JCPenney in 1960.
Transit access
The mall is accessible by LACMTA Metro Local Lines 265 and 266, and Long Beach Transit Lines 91, 93 (weekdays only), 103, 111, 112 and 191.
Line 91 only runs to the mall on weekends and Line 191 stops along Del Amo Boulevard.
References
- Arnold, Roxane (May 28, 1978). "Rejuvenated Lakewood Center to Enter New Era". Los Angeles Times. p. 9.
- Gaw, Jonathan (April 23, 1991). "Mall Makeover : Escondido Village, Vineyard Centers Struggle With Obsolescence". Los Angeles Times.
- Largest Shopping Malls in the United States
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