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Malls · California

La Mirada Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtLa Mirada, CA

Closed 1990. Redeveloped in 1990.

Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
What it becameentertainment, retailextracted, unreviewed
Site size72 acresextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year1990authors' map
Walkability18.7 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Former anchors
WoolcoThis site: Woolco wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …https://www.kimcorealty.com/properties/la-mirada-theater-center/105510/view overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 5 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 72 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a yearThis site: 9,430 units, Los Angeles County census-bps · all sites with this
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $2,806/mo zillow · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High earthquake riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $105,732 census-acs · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -2.5% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 18.7 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Scale
60+ acre siteThis site: 72 acres extraction · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Redevelopment: retail, entertainment and residential record · all sites with this
New use
Entertainment and sportsThis site: Redevelopment: retail, entertainment and residential The Toys "R" Us at the south end (#15300) w extraction · all sites with this
HousingThis site: Redevelopment: retail, entertainment and residential The Toys "R" Us at the south end (#15300) was demolished in extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: Redevelopment: retail, entertainment and residential The Toys "R" Us at the south extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

CA, La Mirada: La Mirada Mall/La Mirada Theater Center, 1990
• Redevelopment: retail, entertainment and residential

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyRedevelopedauthors' map
New usesentertainment, retailextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowRedevelopment: retail, entertainment and residentialauthors' map
Retrofit year1990authors' map

Planning

Planning notesThe Toys "R" Us at the south end (#15300) was demolished in 1991 and is now the site of a housing development.extracted, unreviewed

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m42: 14529 ADELFA DR; 14614 ENSELVADO AVE; 14627 FONSECA AVE; 14631 ENSELVADO AVE; 14637 LORCA RDEPA FRS
Census tract 060375038025,186 people, 10,138 per sq mi; median household income $105,732; median gross rent $2,538; 30% renters; 0.0% vacant units; 6.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 18.7 of 20; 287 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 274 m; land-use mix 0.77; 376,696 jobs within 45 min by car, 41,986 by transit; 3% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 3 schools, 10 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 2 civic, 13 food and drink; 72 cycleway segments, 68 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Los Angeles County (CA), 20249,430 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,273 in 2–4, 9,106 single-family; 2023: 13,214 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.56; socioeconomic 0.36; housing and transport 0.59; 8% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby5 within 10 km, 23 within 25 km: Village at Buena Park (2.1 km); 5600 Beach Boulevard: Shopoff and Lennar on the Former Amway Campus (2.1 km); La Habra Fashion Square (4.7 km); Whittwood Mall (5.4 km); Buena Park Downtown (6.0 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace La Mirada Theater Center (shopping_mall, confidence 0.98, from Microsoft, Overture); building footprint 5,175 m², 15.6 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.kimcorealty.com (down or redirecting, status 403); archived 1998–2026 (Wayback)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views9,484 since 2015; 1,438 in the last 12 months (+7% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-08 with 171Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +3% (5,039 → 5,186); median income +26% ($83,938 → $105,732); renters 14% → 30%; median home value +104% ($364,700 → $745,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 74.4); expected annual loss $2.6M; high: inland flooding, earthquake; community resilience very lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 202328,998 establishments (+2%); 419,890 jobs (+8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $871,674 (+0% 1 yr, +13% 5 yr); typical rent $2,806/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 20251,202 (2000 = 100); +2.8% 1 yr, +47% 5 yr, +94% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)11,160 vehicles a day (minor arterial, 2 lanes); 1 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • 72 acres
  • county shrank -2.5% 2018–23
  • median rent $1,893

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asLa Mirada Theater Center
Closed1990extracted, unreviewed
Acres72.0extracted, unreviewed
Original developerMark Tanzextracted, unreviewed
AnchorsJ.J. Newberry, Woolco, Barker Bros., Toys "R" Us, Ohrbach's, Lucky Stores, Market Basket, Robert's Department Store
CountyLos Angeles County
Census division9 · Pacific

Not yet recorded: GLA, year opened. Know it? Tell us.

Background

La Mirada Mall was a 72-acre (29 ha) regional shopping mall at the southeast corner of La Mirada Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue in La Mirada, California, United States, in southeast Los Angeles County, in a region known as the Gateway Cities. It is now the site of the La Mirada Theater Center, a strip mall.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1962 Ohrbach's opened a freestanding store
  2. 1983 Toys "R" Us opened
  3. 1988 Decision to demolish mall
  4. 1990 Retrofit: redevelop
  5. 1990 Demolition began
  6. 1991 Toys "R" Us demolished

Sources

  • Wikipedia · supports: acres, original developer, year closed
    8 quoted sentences
    By 1990, demolition began on the old mall.
    La Mirada Mall was a 72-acre (29 ha) regional shopping mall
    In the early 1970s, Canadian developer Mark Tanz invested about $7 million to turn a loosely arranged, growing collection of stores into an enclosed mall
    Ohrbach's opened a freestanding store here, its third in the Los Angeles area after Miracle Mile and Downtown L.A., and the first one in a suburb, on November 3, 1962, measuring 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2).
  • Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

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