Westfield Mission Valley
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| Location | San Diego, California |
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| Address | 1640 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego, CA 92108-1506 |
| Opening date | February 20, 1961 |
| Developer | May Centers, Inc. |
| Management | Westfield Group |
| Owner | Westfield Group |
| Architect | Deems, Lewis, Martin & Associates |
| No. of stores and services | 131 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 8 (6 open, 2 closed) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,139,602 sq ft (105,872.5 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | 7,181 |
| Public transit access | Mission Valley Center |
| Website | westfield.com/missionvalley |
Westfield Mission Valley, formerly Mission Valley Center, is a shopping mall in Mission Valley area of San Diego, California, owned by The Westfield Group. Its anchor stores are Michaels, Bed Bath and Beyond, Macy's Home & Furniture Store, Nordstrom Rack, Bloomingdale's Outlet Store and Target. There is also an AMC Theatres multiplex.
In early 1958, May Centers proposed rezoning 90 acres (360,000 m2) in the then sparsely-populated Mission Valley area of San Diego to build a shopping mall. In June 1958, the San Diego City Council unanimously voted in favor of rezoning the 90 acres (360,000 m2) for the May plan.
By 1959, the mall was under construction, and completed in late 1960, with a grand opening on February 20, 1961. Designed by the San Diego-based architectural firm Deems-Lewis, the mall contained two large anchor spaces, occupied by Montgomery Ward, and May Company, 70 inline stores, as well as a large central courtyard. Due to its location in the floodplain of the San Diego River, the mall was designed with the stores on the level above the parking garage. Presumably, in the event of a flood, only the parking garage would be flooded, with the retail level untouched. It was San Diego's second mall, following the opening of the College Grove Center in 1960.
The mall underwent its first expansion in 1975, with the completion of a new 3-story Bullock's, and 11 new stores. Eight years later, in 1983, the mall underwent a significant remodel, with a new Northeast wing built, which also added a two-story Saks Fifth Avenue.
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