Anaheim Plaza

Anaheim Plaza, originally Anaheim Center, in Anaheim, California was Orange County, California's first shopping mall. It was a regional mall from 1954-1992 and is now a power center anchored by big-box stores.

The Broadway was the original anchor department store, and later a J.W. Robinson's was added, and in the 1970s a Mervyn's. In 1972, the center's owner, Prudential Life Insurance Co., completed a $4 million renovation, including enclosing the center and renaming it Anaheim Plaza.[1][2]

By the 1980s better-off patrons had moved out of the surrounding area for Anaheim Hills and southern Orange County and the area was becoming more working-class and Hispanic.[1] Robinson's closed in 1987. By 1992, the mall was only 35% occupied. The Broadway was closed in 1993 and the mall was bulldozed except for the Mervyn's store.[3]

A new strip mall, all new except for the Mervyn's, was opened in 1993, 547,000 square feet (50,800 m2) in size and costing $30 million.[3]

Currently anchor stores include El Super, FAMSA, Forever 21 Outlet, Petco, Ross Dress for Less, Smart & Final, TJ Maxx, and Wal-Mart.

References

  1. 1 2 Anaheim Plaza: Mall That's Been Mauled", December 2, 1990, Los Angeles Times
  2. ↑ "Anaheim Plaza - Once an Indoor Mall?", Orange County Register
  3. 1 2 "Orange County`s 1st Mall Faces An Overhaul", August 16, 1992, Jennifer Lowe, Knight-Ridder/Tribune

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