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| Westfield Culver City | |
|---|---|
| Name | Westfield Culver City |
| Caption | Exterior view |
| Location | Culver City, California, United States |
| Developer | The Hahn Company |
| Owner | Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield |
| Number of stores | ~120 |
| Floor area | 760000sqft |
Westfield Culver City Westfield Culver City is a regional shopping mall located in Culver City, California, near the intersection of Washington Boulevard and the Culver Studios campus. The center serves residents and visitors from Los Angeles, including nearby neighborhoods such as Venice, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Downtown Los Angeles, and connects to regional roadways like Interstate 405 and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority network. The mall has been a focal point for retail, entertainment, and urban redevelopment initiatives involving actors, filmmakers, architects, and corporate retail chains.
The site opened in the mid-1970s as Fox Hills Mall developed by The Hahn Company and later operated under entities connected to Auspice, Taubman Centers, and Westfield Group during periods overlapping with transactions involving Simon Property Group, Macerich, and GGP. The mall's history intersects with Hollywood institutions including Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, and Sony Pictures Entertainment due to proximity to studio lots and production facilities such as Culver Studios and MGM Studios. Ownership transitions involved private equity firms, global real estate investors like Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Brookfield Asset Management, and Australian-based Westfield Holdings, and prompted renovations tied to urban planning agencies including the City of Culver City and Los Angeles County supervisors. Local political figures, civic groups, and planning commissions negotiated entitlements and environmental reviews influenced by California Environmental Quality Act provisions and ballot measures previously affecting Southern California developments. Economic fluctuations linked to the Dot-com bubble, the Great Recession, and retail trends such as the rise of e-commerce impacted anchor tenants including Sears, JCPenney, Nordstrom, Macy's, Target, and regional chains represented by Ralphs, Vons, and Whole Foods Market. Cultural shifts reflected nearby institutions like Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Getty Center, Hammer Museum, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Architectural work for expansions and renovations engaged firms with portfolios including Gensler, CallisonRTKL, RTKL Associates, and Gruen Associates who have designed projects for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The mall's two-level layout incorporates atriums, food courts, and cinema auditoriums comparable to designs at South Coast Plaza, Fashion Island, The Grove, Grove of Anaheim, and Century City. Public art installations echo commissions found at Getty Center, LACMA, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, and landscaping draws on practices used by the California Department of Transportation and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power projects. Building systems adhere to codes overseen by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety and incorporate sustainable strategies referenced by the U.S. Green Building Council, California Air Resources Board, and Southern California Edison programs. Interior finishes and tenant storefronts recall retail typologies associated with Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom.
Tenants have included national and international retailers such as Macy's, Target, Nordstrom Rack, H&M, Zara, Uniqlo, Sephora, Apple, Microsoft, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Lululemon, Nike, Adidas, Forever 21, Gap, Old Navy, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, Foot Locker, Toys "R" Us (legacy), and specialty grocers similar to Trader Joe's and Sprouts Farmers Market. Dining options reflect chains like PF Chang's, Cheesecake Factory, California Pizza Kitchen, Chipotle, Panda Express, Starbucks, Jamba Juice, and local eateries akin to In-N-Out Burger, Porto's Bakery, and Philippe The Original. Entertainment venues have included movie theaters operated by Pacific Theatres and AMC Theatres as well as family attractions analogous to Dave & Buster's and bowling centers similar to Lucky Strike. Service providers on site and nearby parallel offerings from FedEx Office, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, CVS Pharmacy, Rite Aid, and healthcare clinics affiliated with Cedars-Sinai, UCLA Health, and Kaiser Permanente.
Redevelopment projects involved mixed-use proposals combining retail, residential towers, office space occupied by technology and media companies such as Amazon, Netflix, Google, Apple, Sony Pictures Television, and HBO. Planning dialogues referenced transit-oriented developments like those around Union Station, Hollywood & Highland, and the Exposition Line, and financing structures drew on municipal bonds, tax increment financing, and investment from pension funds like CalPERS and CalSTRS. Community organizations such as the Culver City Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Conservancy, and neighborhood councils engaged in public hearings alongside developers, architects, and firms like HKS, SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), and Perkins and Will. Adaptive reuse strategies mirrored projects at The Brewery, The Baxter, and Helms Bakery District, while parking, traffic mitigation, and bike infrastructure planning referenced standards by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Southern California Association of Governments.
Ownership history includes entities and corporate groups such as Westfield Group, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Westfield Corporation, Brookfield, The Macerich Company, Simon Property Group, GGP, and municipal stakeholders from Culver City. Property management operations employed third-party managers and corporate staff with affiliations to Jones Lang LaSalle, CBRE Group, Cushman & Wakefield, and Colliers International, and engaged legal counsel from firms similar to Latham & Watkins, Gibson Dunn, and O'Melveny & Myers during transactions and lease negotiations. Leasing strategies targeted national chains, regional retailers, and experiential tenants championed by industry organizations like International Council of Shopping Centers, National Retail Federation, and Urban Land Institute.
The center is accessible via arterial routes including Interstate 405, Interstate 10, Interstate 5, US Route 101, and via local streets serving Mar Vista, Palms, Westchester, and Playa Vista. Public transit connections involve Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus lines, Culver CityBus, Big Blue Bus, Metro Expo Line (E Line), and future planned connections discussed with Metro, Amtrak, and Metrolink. Regional airports Los Angeles International Airport and Bob Hope Airport serve visitors, while bicycle and pedestrian access align with Los Angeles Department of Transportation complete streets initiatives and Bike Plan 2020-style policies. Parking management references technologies used by Parkmobile, LAZ Parking, and PassportParking and congestion strategies comparable to those applied at LAX and Downtown Los Angeles.
The mall and adjacent plazas have hosted programming similar to farmers' markets, holiday festivals, film screenings connected with film festivals like Sundance, AFI Fest, and Los Angeles Film Festival, charity events with organizations such as United Way, American Red Cross, and Make-A-Wish Foundation, and live performances reminiscent of programming at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and The Forum. Community partnerships have involved Culver City Unified School District, local arts groups, museums like The Broad, and nonprofit organizations including TRUST for Public Land and Hollywood Heritage. Civic celebrations have coincided with sporting events tied to the Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Lakers, and LA Galaxy, along with cultural observances supported by the City of Culver City and Los Angeles County cultural affairs offices.
Category:Shopping malls in Los Angeles County, California