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Originally Posted by JAYNYC
NYC: Brookfield Place
L.A.: Westside Pavillion
L.A.: Topanga Plaza
Austin: Highland Mall
San Antonio: Rivercenter
San Antonio: Central Park
San Antonio: Rolling Oaks
Houston: Town & Country (was demolished ~2004, later rebuilt as CityCentre)
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Topanga is far from dying, I live right up the street from it. Actually Westfield has invested a lot of money in this mall, and pretty much doubled the size several years ago. They even built an outdoor complex (The Village) directly across the street from Topanga Mall. Now The Promanade which is down the street has mostly closed down. It was destined to happen once Topanga expanded and many of the high end stores moved over. This mall is definitely a regional draw like South Coast Plaza down in Orange County, no other mall in the San Fernando Valley like it.
It also has a lot of development happening around it, a lot of old buildings being demolished or updated. There are plans to even add more multi-family housing, more hotels and a stadium for sporting and entertainment events.
As far as The Promanade, it still has a large and active movie theater, and Ruth Chris Steak House is still doing very well. I believe I read that next year is when the mall will be redeveloped. Westfield also own this property it will include office towers, hotels, and condos. They are currently using part of the parking lot for several events throughout the year, one being an outdoor ice skating rink during the holidays.
In fact that whole stretch of Topanga Canyon is already very congested and is going through huge changes. The locals are already complaining it’s too congested now