Torrance Promenade

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314,804 square feet (29,246.2 m2) (Old Towne)[1]
270,749 square feet (25,153.4 m2) (Torrance Promenade)[2]

Torrance Promenade, formerly Old Towne, is a shopping mall in Torrance, California, United States. The original Old Towne mall built in 1972 featured a mix of shopping, amusement and entertainment. The property was converted to a strip mall in 1989 and renamed Torrance Promenade.

History

The mall was built in 1972 by Lincoln Realty Old Town, a partnership of Mik Brindle, Clifford A. Hemmerling, and Southern California Financial Corp. Jenkins & Greist were the mall's architects. Old Towne was built with space for up to 140 tenants along a brick-lined central concourse, with

anchor store. Features of the mall included an antique carousel, a movie theater, a gazebo for live performances, and balconies from which entertainers such as jazz bands and barbershop quartets could perform. One section of the mall was called "Artisan's Way", and was dedicated to crafters, silversmiths, and glass blowers.[3]

The mall could not effectively compete with nearby

Dayton Hudson’s then-new clothing store Plums, which opened in September 1983. The name was changed to Old Town Place. The Federated Group electronics store closed in 1989; the electronics and appliance store Silo replaced it but went out of business in 1995.[4]

Conversion to power center

By 1989 the 314,804-square-foot (29,246.2 m2) mall was roughly a third vacant and the city approved its conversion to an outdoor power center format by its then-owners, BPT Torrance Associates.

Trader Joe’s was added in November 2002.[4]

As of 2020, Torrance Promenade is owned by

Ross Dress for Less, Burlington, and Marshalls among its tenants.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Martin, Hugo (March 9, 1989). "Torrance Council OKs Conversion : Old Towne, Battered by Bigger Malls, to Become Retail Strip". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ a b "Torrance Promenade". Kimco Realty. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 7, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  4. ^ a b Gnerre, Sam (May 25, 2011). "Old Towne Mall". Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA).
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