Shopping centers in Santa Fe Springs, California
Santa Fe Springs, California has been home to two regional malls and one open-air shopping center, anchored by department stores.
Santa Fe Springs Mall
Location | Telegraph at Carmenita, Santa Fe Springs |
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Total retail floor area | 540,000-square-foot (50,000 m2) |
The former 540,000-square-foot (50,000 m2) Santa Fe Springs Mall, built in 1985 as a regional mall which included a
Whittier Downs
Location | Washington and Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs |
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Total retail floor area | 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) |
Whittier Downs Shopping Center was a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) shopping center that served the community of
The center opened in 1955 with parking for 740 cars. Unusually, shops faced both a pedestrian mall as well as the parking lot.[4][5][6]
In the late 1980s, the mall was demolished and the site was redeveloped into the Santa Fe Springs Marketplace, a neighborhood center anchored by a Food 4 Less supermarket and large Rite Aid pharmacy (formerly Thrifty Drugs).[7]
Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center
Location | Telegraph at Orr and Day, Santa Fe Springs |
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Coordinates | 33°56′54″N 118°05′22″W / 33.948268°N 118.089395°W |
Opening date | 1954 |
The former Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center opened in 1954 with
References
- ^ "Long Beach Naval Hospital, Disposal and Reuse Environmental Impact Statement", 1995
- ^ "SOUTHEAST ARea's TOP 10 SHOPPING CENTERS : 5-Year-Old Catch-22 Hurts Santa Fe Springs Stores". Los Angeles Times. 27 December 1990.
- ^ University of California, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Whittier Downs Shopping Center, Santa Fe Springs
- ^ "Whittier Area Center Slated". Los Angeles Times. January 24, 1954.
- ^ "In New Project". The Los Angeles Times. 31 October 1954. p. 123.
- ^ "Project furthered". The Los Angeles Times. 2 January 1955. p. 132.
- ^ "Springs agency OKs move to join redevelopment land". East Review (Whittier, California}. November 17, 1988.
- ^ "Advertisement for Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center". Los Angeles Times. August 12, 1956.
- ^ Hannah Madans, "Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center Sells for $32 Million", Los Angeles Business Journal, February, 2020
- ^ Molina, Sandra (April 16, 2016). "Santa Fe Springs Promenade looks to expand with more stores, supermarket". Whittier Daily News.
- ^ "Three-Day Fete at Springs to Open Thursday". Los Angeles Times. July 8, 1956.