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| Location | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 34°00′49″N 118°29′37″W / 34.013621°N 118.493726°WCoordinates: 34°00′49″N 118°29′37″W / 34.013621°N 118.493726°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Opening date | 1980 (orginal indoor mall) August 6, 2010 (current outdoor mall) |
| Developer | The Hahn Company and The Rouse Company |
| Management | Macerich |
| Owner | Macerich |
| Architect | Frank Gehry (1980) Jon Jerde (2010) |
| No. of stores and services | 90 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 475,000 sq ft (44,100 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | Structured |
| Website | santamonicaplace |
Santa Monica Place is an outdoor shopping mall in Santa Monica, California. The mall is located at the south end of Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade shopping district, two blocks from the beach and Santa Monica Pier. The mall spans 3 levels and is anchored by Nordstrom. The mall also features a movie theater, called ArcLight Cinemas. There are two vacant anchors that previously were Century 21, which closed in December 2020, and Bloomingdale's, which closed in April 2021. The mall's tenant mix is predominantly upscale, featuring Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Emporio Armani, and Diane von Fürstenberg.
It underwent a massive, three-year reconstruction process beginning in January 2008[2] and was re-opened as a modern outdoor shopping mall on August 6, 2010.[3]
History[]
Santa Monica Place originally opened in 1980 at the apex of Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, developed jointly by The Rouse Company and The Hahn Company. Originally anchored by J. W. Robinson's and The Broadway, it featured 120 shops & restaurants and a food court, spanning three levels. Notably, Santa Monica Place was one of the first works of architect Frank Gehry and his first shopping mall, after being rejected from designing The Mall in Columbia, early in his professional career with Gruen Associates.[4] In the 1990s, both anchor stores changed names. In 1993, the Robinson's store rebranded as Robinsons-May while The Broadway store rebranded as Macy's in 1996.
Macerich purchased Santa Monica Place from Rouse in 1999, and rumors of major changes to the then-flailing shopping center were reported.[5] In 2004, the company proposed tearing down the mall and replacing it with a 10-acre (40,000 m2) complex of high-rise condos, shops and offices.[6] The plan met with strong opposition from local residents who felt the project did not meet the low-rise character of the neighborhood and would worsen traffic. In 2006, Robinsons-May closed as a result of Federated buying out May Department Stores in 2005. The store was later replaced by Steve & Barry's. In a second 2007 proposal, Macerich significantly scaled back its plans, which was received as positive by the public, and was passed.[7]
The $250 million project removed the mall's roof and gutted the interior, replacing it with two levels of retail shops and a third level food court. At the same time, Kevin Kennon Architects converted the original Macy's into a Bloomingdale's while the Steve & Barry's was replaced with a Nordstrom. Dallas-based Omniplan served as the executive architects in association with The Jerde Partnership who served as the design architects.[8] The grand reopening occurred on August 6, 2010. The architect for the redesign was Jon Jerde. It was his last major work before he died.[9]
On May 26, 2016, Century 21 opened a two-story pop-up store replacing a former Kitson store. However, Century 21 remained open until they filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, and winded up closing all of their stores in 2020.[10][11]
On January 6, 2021, Macy's announced that Bloomingdale's would be closing its store at Santa Monica Place as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide. The store closed permanently in April 2021.[12]
Public Transit Access[]
The LACMTA E Line terminus station is located across the street from the former Bloomingdale's.[13] In addition, many Santa Monica Big Blue Bus routes serve the mall.
Old indoor mall design by Frank Gehry
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Groves, Martha (2008-01-31). "Aging mall to close for renewal" (in en-US). Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. https://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/31/local/me-samoplace31.
- ↑ Chang, Andrea (2010-08-07). "Shoppers swarm remodeled Santa Monica Place mall" (in en-US). Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. https://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/07/business/la-fi-santa-monica-place-20100805.
- ↑ "Gehry's Santa Monica Place gets a wave of changes". Building Design + Construction.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Santa Monica Place ready for a major redo?". National Real Estate Investor. October 1, 2002.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Groves, Martha (March 5, 2007). "Hopes high for low-profile mall". Los Angeles Times. https://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/05/local/me-mall5.
- ↑ "Sweeping Santa Monica Plan Scrapped". Los Angeles Times. June 4, 2006.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Gluck, Marissa (August 6, 2010). "Santa Monica Place Swaps Gehry for Airy". The Architect's Newspaper.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Jon Jerde Obituary - Los Angeles, CA". Los Angeles Times – via legacy.com.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Making the Most of the Final Farewell to Century 21". The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2021-03-01.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Directo-Meston, Danielle (2016-05-19). "NYC's Century 21 Is Coming to Santa Monica Place". Racked LA. Retrieved 2021-03-01.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/macys-m-is-closing-dozens-of-stores-this-year-heres-the-full-list.html
- ↑ "Expo Line:Phase 2:Overview". Buildexpo.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-31.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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