Long Beach Towne Center
Long Beach Towne Center is a large
It is the largest shopping center in Long Beach.
Tenants
Tenants include:
- Retail stores:
- Restaurants: TGI Fridays, In-N-Out Burger, Chick-fil-A, Lucille's Smokehouse, Roadhouse Grill (steakhouse)
- Entertainment: Regal Cinemas, Dave & Buster's[1]
History
The site was empty until 1960, when the
In August 2019, the Long Beach Planning Commission approved a plan to demolish about 30,000 square feet of the existing space to make way for a new Dave & Buster's location.[5] In early 2020, the center's food court — which had tenants such as Panda Express, Subway, and Wetzel's Pretzels as tenants at various times — was torn down.[6] It was originally scheduled to open in mid-2020, but work was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Work resumed in the summer of 2021, and the location opened on September 26, 2022.[6][7]
In 2021, IKEA announced that it would open a smaller-format, 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) "planning studio" stores in the center,[8] which opened in 2022.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Site plan, Long Beach Towne Center", Vestar
- ^ "Long Beach Towne Center". Vestar. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "History", Long Beach Tourism official site
- ^ "Construction to begin on shopping center". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1997.
- ^ Munguia, Hayley (2019-08-23). "Dave and Buster's will be first phase of Long Beach Towne Center makeover". Press Telegram. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ a b "Construction resumes on Dave & Buster's at Long Beach Towne Center". Orange County Breeze. 2021-08-06. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ Guzman, Richard (2022-09-27). "Dave & Buster's opens at Long Beach Towne Center". Press Telegram. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ Smith, Kevin (November 4, 2021). "IKEA downsizes, with 'planning studio' on tap for Long Beach". Long Beach Press-Telegram. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "IKEA planning studio to open at Towne Center next week • Long Beach Business Journal". Long Beach Business Journal. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2023-03-06.