Westminster Mall (California)

Westminster Mall
	The main entrance to Westminster Mall in November 2009
Location	Westminster, California, United States
Address	1025 Westminster Mall
Opening date	August 7, 1974; 47 years ago
Developer	Homart Development Company
Management	Washington Prime Group
Owner	Washington Prime Group
No. of stores and services	122
No. of anchor tenants	4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	1,195,000 sq ft (111,000 m2)
No. of floors	2
Website	westminstermall.com

Westminster Mall is an enclosed, two-level shopping mall in Westminster, California, United States. Opened in August 1974, the mall features anchor stores JCPenney, Macy's, and Target, with one vacant anchor space last occupied by Sears. It is owned and managed by Washington Prime Group.

Westminster Mall is situated on the corner of Goldenwest Street and Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California.

History[]

In the 1920s, the world's largest goldfish farm was relocated to the area where the mall stands today. Construction of the mall began in the 1970s.^[1] Westminster Mall opened for business at 9:30 AM on August 7, 1974,^[2] with May Company, Sears and Buffum's, with J. W. Robinson's being added in 1975 as the mall's fourth anchor store.^[3]

Three of the mall's anchors changed names in the 1990s. Buffum's closed in May 1991 due to the chain being liquidated. By January 1993, Robinson's and May Company merged to form Robinsons-May. As a result, the May Company store was rebranded Robinsons-May, and the J. W. Robinson's was closed as one of the 12 Robinson's and May Company stores closing as part of the merger. The closed Buffum's store became a Robinson's-May Home Store in March 1993 and in November of that same year, the closed Robinson's store became a JCPenney, which had relocated from Huntington Center Mall (now Bella Terra).^[4] In 2002, the Robinsons-May Home Store building was torn down for a new Macy's. When Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc.) purchased Robinsons-May and other May Co. names in September 2006, Macy's moved to the Robinsons-May building, and the former Macy's location soon became a Target. Old Navy was added as well. In 2008, the mall underwent a renovation, relocating the carousel and constructing a play area in its place. The Grand Re-opening was on November 15, 2008. In 2015, the Todai Seafood and Sushi buffet closed and Luxe Buffet replaced it.

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Westminster Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.^[5]

Gymboree and Crazy 8 closed on August 12, 2017, as part of a plan to close 300 stores nationwide.

On January 4, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 103 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2018, making it the last original anchor store to close.^[6] As of January 2021, the space is still vacant.

As of 2022, Orange Julius and Spencer Gifts are the last long-term tenants remaining from the opening era of the mall.