Westfield Century City

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Westfield Century City

Location	Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Management	The Westfield Group
Owner	The Westfield Group
No. of stores and services	170
No. of anchor tenants	2
Total retail floor area	1.1 million ft²
Website	http://westfield.com/centurycity

Westfield Century City, formerly Century City Shopping Center & Marketplace, is a shopping mall in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California. It is owned by The Westfield Group. Its anchor stores are Bloomingdale's and Macy's. There is also an AMC Theatres multiplex.

[edit] History

The mall originally opened up in 1964 and is one of the older shopping malls in L.A. At that time, The Broadway was its only anchor. An expansion in 1976 brought in a second anchor, Bullock's, as well as more shops. These buildings, having brown brick exteriors, were built on top of a formerly open air parking lot. The mall's next major renovation came in 1987 when the old tent like structure at the northwest corner of the mall was taken down and in its place came a food court built in the form of an updated urban market and appropriately named the Marketplace. That renovation also brought in a 14-screen AMC movie theater that, in the era before multiplexes came of age, was one of the largest movie theater complexes in the U.S. Both the Marketplace and movie theaters immediately became hits. In 1996 both The Broadway and Bullock's closed when The Broadway's struggling parent Carter Hawley Hale was acquired by Federated Department Stores. Federated then converted the store into Bloomingdale's while retiring the Bullock's name in the process in favor of Macy's. The Westfield Group acquired the shopping center in 2002, and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown Century City", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005. In 2004, Westfield initiated a $127 million renovation which will be completed in early 2007. In late 2005, the by now unglamorous looking Marketplace and movie theaters closed down and were replaced with new ones at the other end of the mall. The old Marketplace and movie theaters have been converted to retail shops.

[edit] Parking

The mall has subterranean parking. The first three hours are free. Valet parking is available on Santa Monica Boulevard and Constellation Boulevard. Until November 22, 2006, street parking was available directly adjacent to the mall on Santa Monica Boulevard. On that date, Westfield workers painted the curb on this part of Santa Monica red.