- Lakewood Center
infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Lakewood Center
caption = The food court and Macy's wing
location =Lakewood, California , USA
opening_date = 1951
developer =
manager =The Macerich Company
owner = The Macerich Company
number_of_stores = 250
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = 2.1 million square feet (GLA)
floors = 1; 2-story food court
website = http://www.shoplakewoodcenter.comLakewood Center is a super-regional
shopping mall inLakewood, California . It is anchored byJCPenney , Macy's (formerlyRobinsons-May ),Mervyns , and Target. Macy's formerly operated a convert|210000|sqft|m2|abbr=on. store in the mall, but closed due to the Federated-May merger. At convert|2093006|sqft|m2, the Lakewood Center is ranked among the largest retail shopping malls by gross leasable area in the United States. [ [http://www.easternct.edu/depts/amerst/MallsLarge.htm Largest Shopping Malls in the United States ] ] In 2004, the Lakewood Center's sales amounted to $393 per square foot with an approximate 11.2 million shoppers. [http://www.macerich.com/converted_files/00040/40798.pdf]The mall is owned and operated by
The Macerich Company and is part of itstrifecta of "Shop One Shop All" malls in southeast Los Angeles County along with theLos Cerritos Center in Cerritos and theStonewood Center in Downey. [http://www.shoponeshopall.com/pages/index.jsp]Anchors and majors
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Bed Bath & Beyond (26,046 sq ft.)
*Costco (opening soon)
*JCPenney (162,690 sq ft.)
*Macy's (345,000 sq ft.)
*Mervyn's (80,000 sq ft.)
*Target (160,058 sq ft.)Former anchors
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Montgomery Wards (closed 2001, reopened 2002 as Target)
*May Company (renamed Robinsons-May, closed 2006, reopened as Macys 2006)
*Macy's (opened 2002, closed 2006, relocated to larger Robinsons-May space)
*Bullock's (freestanding, demolished for Home Depot)
*Buffum's (freestanding, converted in 1991 to Pacific 9 Theatres)References
External links
* [http://www.shoplakewoodcenter.com Lakewood Center Official Website]
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