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{{Infobox shopping mall
{{Infobox shopping mall
| name             = Beverly Center
| name = Beverly Center
| image             = Beverly_Center_Exterior.jpg
| image = Bev07152025.png
| caption           = Beverly Center, 2004
| caption =  
| location         = 8500 Beverly Blvd [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. 90048
| location = 8500 Beverly Blvd [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. 90048
| coordinates       = {{coord|34.075|N|118.377|W|scale:1000_region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|34.075|N|118.377|W|scale:1000_region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date     = {{start date and age|1982|02|4}}
| opening_date = {{start date and age|1982|02|4}}
| developer         = [[A. Alfred Taubman]], Sheldon Gordon & E. Phillip Lyon
| developer = [[A. Alfred Taubman]], Sheldon Gordon & E. Phillip Lyon
| manager           = [[Taubman Centers]]
| manager = [[Simon Property Group]]
| owner             = Taubman Centers
| owner = [[Simon Property Group]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/simon-property-group-completes-acquisition-of-taubman-centers-inc-301198999.html|website=PR News Wire|title=Simon Property Group completes acquisition of Taubman Centers|date=December 29, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2025}}</ref>
| floor_area       = {{convert|883000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
| floor_area = {{convert|883000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
| number_of_stores = 100+
| number_of_stores = 100+
| number_of_anchors = 2
| number_of_anchors = 2
| floors           = 8
| floors = 8
| website           = https://beverlycenter.com/
| website = https://beverlycenter.com/
| architect = Lou Nardorf of [[Welton Becket]] and Associates (original),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-14-we-2018-story.html|title=ARCHITECTURE : It's Big, Chic and Famous, but Beverly Center's Not a Pretty Site|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 14, 1991}}</ref> [[Massimiliano Fuksas]] and Doriana O. Mandrelli (2018 renovation)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/906821/renovation-of-beverly-center-massimiliano-and-doriana-fuksas|title=Renovation of Beverly Center / Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas|date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
| architect = Lou Nardorf of [[Welton Becket]] and Associates (original),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-14-we-2018-story.html|title=ARCHITECTURE : It's Big, Chic and Famous, but Beverly Center's Not a Pretty Site|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 14, 1991}}</ref> [[Massimiliano Fuksas]] and Doriana O. Mandrelli (2018 renovation)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/906821/renovation-of-beverly-center-massimiliano-and-doriana-fuksas|title=Renovation of Beverly Center / Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas|date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
}}
}}
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The site was formerly occupied by [[Beverly Park (amusement park)|Beverly Park]], a small amusement park featuring a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, mini roller-coaster, and a pony ride called "Ponyland".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meares |first1=Hadley |title=Beverly Park and Ponyland: The 'Kiddieland' that Inspired Walt Disney |url=https://www.kcet.org/history-society/beverly-park-and-ponyland-the-kiddieland-that-inspired-walt-disney |website=KCET |date=November 2013 |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
The site was formerly occupied by [[Beverly Park (amusement park)|Beverly Park]], a small amusement park featuring a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, mini roller-coaster, and a pony ride called "Ponyland".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meares |first1=Hadley |title=Beverly Park and Ponyland: The 'Kiddieland' that Inspired Walt Disney |url=https://www.kcet.org/history-society/beverly-park-and-ponyland-the-kiddieland-that-inspired-walt-disney |website=KCET |date=November 2013 |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>


The Beverly Center opened on February 4, 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lisicky |first=Michael |title=Los Angeles' Beverly Center Becomes The Country's Final Mall To Reopen After Covid-19 Closures |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/10/07/las-beverly-center-becomes-the-countrys-final-mall-to-reopen-after-covid-19-closures/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> It was built, at a cost of $100 million, by developers [[A. Alfred Taubman]], Sheldon Gordon, and E. Phillip Lyon. The mall was anchored by [[Bullock's]] and [[The Broadway]] department stores. Because of the small size of the plot of land, the mall was built entirely atop its own multi-story parking garage. The northeast corner of the mall, at the intersection of Beverly and La Cienega Boulevards, is the geographic center of the city's [[studio zone]].
The Beverly Center opened on February 4, 1982.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lisicky |first=Michael |title=Los Angeles' Beverly Center Becomes The Country's Final Mall To Reopen After Covid-19 Closures |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/10/07/las-beverly-center-becomes-the-countrys-final-mall-to-reopen-after-covid-19-closures/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> It was built, at a cost of $100 million, by developers [[A. Alfred Taubman]], Sheldon Gordon, and E. Phillip Lyon. The mall was anchored by [[Bullock's]] and [[The Broadway]] department stores. Because of the small size of the plot of land, the mall was built entirely atop its own multi-story parking garage. The northeast corner of the mall, at the intersection of Beverly and La Cienega Boulevards, is the geographic center of the city's [[studio zone]].


The mall's unusual shape and lack of street frontage along [[San Vicente Boulevard]] are the result of both its position at the intersection of a number of angled streets and its location above the [[Salt Lake Oil Field]]. {{As of|2009}}, the western portion of the mall property contained a cluster of [[oil well]]s in an active drilling enclosure operated by [[Freeport-McMoRan]] (formally [[Plains Exploration & Production]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/business/22184939.html |title=There's oil in them thar hills! Beverly, that is ... |publisher=StarTribune.com |date=2008-06-27 |access-date=2015-11-25}}</ref><ref Name="LATimes1">{{cite web | last = Landsberg | first = Mitchell | title = Decades-Old Oil Field Dies as Fairfax Area Mall Takes Shape | work = Los Angeles Times | date = August 6, 2001 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-06-me-31204-story.html | access-date = December 4, 2009}}</ref>
The mall's unusual shape and lack of street frontage along [[San Vicente Boulevard]] are the result of both its position at the intersection of a number of angled streets and its location above the [[Salt Lake Oil Field]]. {{As of|2020}}, the western portion of the mall property contained a cluster of [[oil well]]s, including 45 active wells and 16 idle wells,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menezes |first=Ryan |last2=Olalde |first2=Mark |date=2020-03-04 |title=California has thousands of old oil wells. How many are in your neighborhood? |url=https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-oil-well-drilling-idle-cleanup/map/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en}}</ref> operated by [[Freeport-McMoRan]] (formally [[Plains Exploration & Production]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/business/22184939.html |title=There's oil in them thar hills! Beverly, that is ... |publisher=StarTribune.com |date=2008-06-27 |access-date=2015-11-25}}</ref><ref Name="LATimes1">{{cite web | last = Landsberg | first = Mitchell | title = Decades-Old Oil Field Dies as Fairfax Area Mall Takes Shape | work = Los Angeles Times | date = August 6, 2001 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-06-me-31204-story.html | access-date = December 4, 2009}}</ref>


On July 16, 1982, the Cineplex Beverly Center 14 opened. The 14-screen multiplex was the largest in the US at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=Episode 082: The Cineplex Beverly Center |url=https://the80smoviepodcast.com/episode-082-the-cineplex-beverly-center/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=The 80s Movie Podcast |language=en-US}}</ref> The opening was national news and was covered in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7220/ |title=Beverly Center 13 Cinemas in Los Angeles, CA |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=2015-11-25}}</ref> In the late 1980s, three smaller screens were removed on the main floor, so two larger auditoriums could be built on the roof.
On July 16, 1982, the Cineplex Beverly Center 14 opened. The 14-screen multiplex was the largest in the US at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=Episode 082: The Cineplex Beverly Center |url=https://the80smoviepodcast.com/episode-082-the-cineplex-beverly-center/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=The 80s Movie Podcast |language=en-US}}</ref> The opening was national news and was covered in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7220/ |title=Beverly Center 13 Cinemas in Los Angeles, CA |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=2015-11-25}}</ref> In the late 1980s, three smaller screens were removed on the main floor, so two larger auditoriums could be built on the roof.
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A food court operated at the mall until 2014, when it was eliminated. [[Uniqlo]] opened one of its first Southern California locations in the space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la.eater.com/2015/12/4/9848270/beverly-center-pf-changs-closed-blue-bottle-tartine-merger|title=Beverly Center's P.F. Chang's Bites the Dust, Tartine/Blue Bottle Merger Nixed|last=Coser|first=Crystal|date=2015-12-04|website=Eater LA|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la.eater.com/2016/2/1/10877068/california-pizza-kitchen-closed-beverly-center|title=CPK held out at the Beverly Center for a while, but now it too has closed|last=Elliott|first=Farley|date=2016-02-01|website=Eater LA|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref> As part of renovations starting in 2016, the mall aims to bring restaurants back to the empty spaces on the street level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2017/4/24/15412030/beverly-center-makeover-food-hall-photos|title=Take a peek at Beverly Center's future food hall|last=Chandler|first=Jenna|date=2017-04-24|website=Curbed LA|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref>
A food court operated at the mall until 2014, when it was eliminated. [[Uniqlo]] opened one of its first Southern California locations in the space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la.eater.com/2015/12/4/9848270/beverly-center-pf-changs-closed-blue-bottle-tartine-merger|title=Beverly Center's P.F. Chang's Bites the Dust, Tartine/Blue Bottle Merger Nixed|last=Coser|first=Crystal|date=2015-12-04|website=Eater LA|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la.eater.com/2016/2/1/10877068/california-pizza-kitchen-closed-beverly-center|title=CPK held out at the Beverly Center for a while, but now it too has closed|last=Elliott|first=Farley|date=2016-02-01|website=Eater LA|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref> As part of renovations starting in 2016, the mall aims to bring restaurants back to the empty spaces on the street level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la.curbed.com/2017/4/24/15412030/beverly-center-makeover-food-hall-photos|title=Take a peek at Beverly Center's future food hall|last=Chandler|first=Jenna|date=2017-04-24|website=Curbed LA|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref>


Starting in March 2016, the Center underwent a major renovation that aimed to add a food hall and several new street-level restaurants and a skylight. Renovation costs were given as US$500 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-beverly-center-mall-restaurants-20160306-story.html |title=Beverly Center to undergo $500-million renovation that will add upscale food and sunlight |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Shan |last=Li |date=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://la.curbed.com/2016/3/7/11173872/beverly-center-remodel-windows|title=Huge: Beverly Center Getting Natural Light|last=Barragan|first=Bianca|date=2016-03-07|website=Curbed LA|access-date=2016-06-01}}</ref> The renovations added a perforated steel facade on the outside of the building and an upgraded parking structure which includes technology to help drivers remember where they've parked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/beverly-center-mall-of-the-stars-is-getting-a-facelift-photos-6690266|title=Beverly Center, Mall of the Stars, Is Getting a Facelift (PHOTOS)|last=Romero|first=Dennis|date=2016-03-09|website=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2016-06-01}}</ref>
Starting in March 2016, the Center underwent a major renovation that aimed to add a food hall and several new street-level restaurants and a skylight.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Roger |date=2018-11-02 |title=The Beverly Center got a $500-million makeover. Will that do in the era of Amazon and outdoor malls? |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-beverly-center-renovation-20181029-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Renovation costs were given as US$500 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-beverly-center-mall-restaurants-20160306-story.html |title=Beverly Center to undergo $500-million renovation that will add upscale food and sunlight |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Shan |last=Li |date=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://la.curbed.com/2016/3/7/11173872/beverly-center-remodel-windows|title=Huge: Beverly Center Getting Natural Light|last=Barragan|first=Bianca|date=2016-03-07|website=Curbed LA|access-date=2016-06-01}}</ref> The renovations added a perforated steel facade on the outside of the building and an upgraded parking structure which includes technology to help drivers remember where they've parked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/beverly-center-mall-of-the-stars-is-getting-a-facelift-photos-6690266|title=Beverly Center, Mall of the Stars, Is Getting a Facelift (PHOTOS)|last=Romero|first=Dennis|date=2016-03-09|website=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2016-06-01}}</ref>


Macy's Men's Store closed around 2021, and the space was converted to a [[Gold's Gym]] and a [[Lucky Strike Lanes]] bowling alley.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-24 |title=Gold's Gym and Bowlero Bowling Alley are Coming to the Beverly Center in 2023 - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events |url=https://wehotimes.com/a-golds-gym-and-bowlero-bowling-alley-are-coming-to-the-beverly-center-in-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Macy's Men's Store closed around 2021, and the space was converted to a [[Gold's Gym]] and a [[Lucky Strike Lanes]] bowling alley.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-24 |title=Gold's Gym and Bowlero Bowling Alley are Coming to the Beverly Center in 2023 - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events |url=https://wehotimes.com/a-golds-gym-and-bowlero-bowling-alley-are-coming-to-the-beverly-center-in-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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*Appears in the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' as "Rockford Plaza"
*Appears in the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' as "Rockford Plaza"
*Referenced by musician [[Lana Del Rey]] in her song "Sweet" on the 2023 studio album ''[[Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd|Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd?]]''
*Referenced by musician [[Lana Del Rey]] in her song "Sweet" on the 2023 studio album ''[[Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd|Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd?]]''
*Appears in the 2023 music video for [[Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl]] by [[Chappell Roan]]
*Appears in the 2025 music video for [[Sally, When the Wine Runs Out]] by [[Role Model (singer)|Role Model]]


==See also==
==See also==

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The Beverly Center is a shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is an eight-story structure located near the West Hollywood border but within Los Angeles city limits, bounded by Beverly Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, 3rd Street, and San Vicente Boulevard. The mall's anchor stores are Bloomingdale's and Macy's. The mall's dramatic six-story series of escalators offer visitors views of the Hollywood Hills, Downtown Los Angeles, and Los Angeles Westside.

History

File:BeverlyCenterCorner.jpg
Beverly Center at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Beverly Boulevard
File:Bevcent.jpg
View from the intersection of La Cienega Blvd. and 3rd St, prior to renovations

The site was formerly occupied by Beverly Park, a small amusement park featuring a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, mini roller-coaster, and a pony ride called "Ponyland".[1]

The Beverly Center opened on February 4, 1982.[2] It was built, at a cost of $100 million, by developers A. Alfred Taubman, Sheldon Gordon, and E. Phillip Lyon. The mall was anchored by Bullock's and The Broadway department stores. Because of the small size of the plot of land, the mall was built entirely atop its own multi-story parking garage. The northeast corner of the mall, at the intersection of Beverly and La Cienega Boulevards, is the geographic center of the city's studio zone.

The mall's unusual shape and lack of street frontage along San Vicente Boulevard are the result of both its position at the intersection of a number of angled streets and its location above the Salt Lake Oil Field. since 2020Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the western portion of the mall property contained a cluster of oil wells, including 45 active wells and 16 idle wells,[3] operated by Freeport-McMoRan (formally Plains Exploration & Production.[4][5]

On July 16, 1982, the Cineplex Beverly Center 14 opened. The 14-screen multiplex was the largest in the US at the time.[6] The opening was national news and was covered in The New York Times.[7] In the late 1980s, three smaller screens were removed on the main floor, so two larger auditoriums could be built on the roof.

On October 24, 1982,[8] America's first and the world's second Hard Rock Cafe[9] opened on the ground level of the mall. It closed on December 31, 2006.[10]

In 1989, Terence Conran's Habitat, a high-end British furniture company, opened an anchor store on the mall's ground level. It closed in 1993[11] and was converted later that year to Bullock's Men's Store.[12] In 1996, Bullock's became Macy's and the Bullock's and Bullock's Men's Store anchors became Macy's and the Macy's Men's Store. The Broadway closed in 1996, when it too was absorbed into Macy's,[13] and reopened in 1997, after renovations, as Bloomingdale's.

In 2004, Taubman Centers, the public Real Estate Investment Trust and successor to A. Alfred Taubman's shopping center interests, purchased its partners minority investments stake in the property.

File:BeverlyCenter from south.jpg
Beverly Center and West Hollywood Hills

The cinema closed in January 2006, as a result of the Loews/AMC merger. The theater reopened in February 2006, operated by Mann Theatres. It closed again in August 2009, and reopened again in September 2009, operated by Rave Motion Pictures. The theater closed permanently on June 3, 2010.[14]

The Beverly Center underwent a renovation from 2006 to 2008. These renovations included reconstructing the escalators visible from the outside.[15]

A food court operated at the mall until 2014, when it was eliminated. Uniqlo opened one of its first Southern California locations in the space.[16][17] As part of renovations starting in 2016, the mall aims to bring restaurants back to the empty spaces on the street level.[18]

Starting in March 2016, the Center underwent a major renovation that aimed to add a food hall and several new street-level restaurants and a skylight.[19] Renovation costs were given as US$500 million.[20][21] The renovations added a perforated steel facade on the outside of the building and an upgraded parking structure which includes technology to help drivers remember where they've parked.[22]

Macy's Men's Store closed around 2021, and the space was converted to a Gold's Gym and a Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley.[23]

In popular culture

See also

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