Malls · California

Golden Mall

Imported, unreviewedClosedBurbank, CA

Golden Mall opened 1967, closed 1989, part of Burbank Village district; site remains undeveloped with uncertain ownership and future use. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

Closed or demolished, no retrofit recorded

This site: …closed extraction · 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

200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km

This site: 288 units in 2 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 10 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 68 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This 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 m

This site: 6 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High earthquake risk

This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this

High inland flooding risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)

This site: Relatively High; inland flooding, earthquake fema-nri · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.79 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $46,146 census-acs · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: US Post Office--Burbank Downtown Station; City Hall--City of Burbank nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 93% census-acs · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -2.5% census-acs · all sites with this

New use

Entertainment and sports

This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Closedextracted, unreviewed documented The Golden Mall was a pedestrianized mall in downtown Burbank, California from 1967 to 1989. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	entertainmentextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	Today this stretch of San Fernando Road forms part of the 'Burbank Village' district.extracted, unreviewed documented Today this stretch of San Fernando Road forms part of the 'Burbank Village' district. en.wikipedia.org

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	68: 1218W4 LA 5 REALIGNMENT AND RECONFIGURE ON & OFF RAMPS; 240 S. 3RD ST #I; 300 E. MAGNOLIA BOULEVARD CA, LLC; AEROTRONICS PLATING CORP; ARIES BEEFEPA FRS
Census tract 06037310705	2,530 people, 11,766 per sq mi; median household income $46,146; median gross rent $2,026; 93% renters; 5.6% vacant units; 10.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 6 grocers, 4 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 11 health, 15 civic, 90 food and drink; 68 cycleway segments, 316 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
National Register places within 500 m	2: US Post Office--Burbank Downtown Station; City Hall--City of BurbankNPS
Housing permits, Los Angeles County (CA), 2024	9,430 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 0.79; socioeconomic 0.72; housing and transport 0.67; 36% below 150% of poverty; 37% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	10 within 10 km, 31 within 25 km: Glendale Garden Apartments (5.2 km); Sears department store (6.0 km); Former Sears department store site (6.1 km); Glendale Fashion Center (6.8 km); Former retail site (6.9 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 9,261 m², 22.6 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views	17,696 since 2015; 1,435 in the last 12 months (-17% vs the prior 12); peak 2023-09 with 811Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively high overall (score 94.5); expected annual loss $3.3M; high: inland flooding, earthquake; community resilience very lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	2 LIHTC properties, 288 units: Media Village Senior Housing Project (147 units); Burbank Senior Artist Colony (141 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	391,331 jobs in 28,960 establishments; average annual pay $52,235; employment location quotient 0.87; employment -1.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	8,230 jobs; 171 in retail trade, 1,720 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 06037310705)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 49th income percentile as adults; 1.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (802 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 19.3%; median family income $63,548; 228 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Burbank Unified School District (KG-12); 7 public schools within 1 mile: Burbank High; Walt Disney Elementary; Ralph Emerson Elementary; William McKinley ElementaryNCES EDGE
Elevation	595 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	157 county-logged events: 86 flash flood, 35 thunderstorm wind, 21 debris flow, 6 hail; $8,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 91502, 2026-09	median list price $935,000 (+20.4% on the year); 7 active listings; median 68 days on market; 44% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	28,998 establishments (+2%); 419,890 jobs (+8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $871,674 (+0% 1 yr, +13% 5 yr); typical rent $2,806/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	23,145 vehicles a day (minor arterial, 2 lanes); 21 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Golden Mall opened in 1967 as a pedestrianized mall on San Fernando Boulevard in downtown Burbank. Over the late 1980s, the city explored returning vehicular traffic, a multiplex opened, and major redevelopment plans by Disney and Ernest Hahn fell through. The mall closed in 1989, and the site later hosted IKEA and is now part of the Burbank Village district.

Why. The closure appears tied to failed attempts to reintroduce car traffic, abandoned large‑scale entertainment plans by Walt Disney and Ernest Hahn, and competition from the newly opened Burbank Town Center in 1991.

Where it stands. The site is currently closed and forms part of the Burbank Village district along San Fernando Road; the record does not specify the present owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

Precedent: city studied vehicular reopening and added a multiplex in 1988 before closure.
Policy tools used: pedestrianization, traffic‑flow studies, and incentives for entertainment uses (multicinema).
Open questions: what zoning or land‑use controls apply now, and how the site could integrate with the Burbank Village district.

For a developer

Site size: not specified in the record.
Control/ownership: not identified; currently part of Burbank Village district.
Entitlement stage: no active proposals or approvals noted after 1989.
Market signals: opportunity score 30, driven by closed/demolished status, a 2.5% county population decline (2018‑23), and nearby median rent of $1,893.

What we do not know yet

Exact parcel dimensions and boundaries are unknown.
Current ownership and any existing leases or encumbrances are not stated.
Zoning, land‑use designation, and any environmental constraints (flood zone, contamination) are missing.
Transit access and infrastructure conditions are not described.
The new_use field (‘entertainment’) is model‑extracted and unreviewed.

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

The Burbank Golden Mall - photos wesclark.com
1968 - Marine Day at Golden Mall burbankinfocus.org
Golden Mall Revitalization - … segurala.com
The Museum of the San Fernando Valley: BURBANK'S GOLDEN … museumsanfernandovalley.blogspot.com

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Multifamily screen

closed or demolished site (sourced)
county shrank -2.5% 2018–23
median rent $1,893

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History and original facts

Opened	1967extracted, unreviewed
Closed	1989extracted, unreviewed documented The Golden Mall was a pedestrianized mall in downtown Burbank, California from 1967 to 1989. en.wikipedia.org
County	Los Angeles County
Census division	9 · Pacific
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Background

The Golden Mall was a pedestrianized mall in downtown Burbank, California from 1967 to 1989. It consisted of San Fernando Boulevard from Tujunga Avenue to San Jose Street, immediately south of the present Burbank Town Center.

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

Timeline

1967 Opened
1985 Plan to return vehicular traffic proposed
1987 Block from Tujunga to Olive opened to vehicles
1988 City council studied opening of remaining three blocks from Magnolia to Tujunga
1988 Multicinema opened
1988 Walt Disney Co. abandoned plans for shopping and entertainment center
1988 Ernest Hahn did not follow through on Towncenter plans
1989 Closed
1990 IKEA moved in
1991 Burbank Town Center opened

Sources

Wikipedia: Golden Mall · supports: after notes, status, year closed, year opened
14 quoted sentences
The Golden Mall was built at a cost of $915,000 and opened in November 1967.
The Golden Mall was a pedestrianized mall in downtown Burbank, California from 1967 to 1989.
Today this stretch of San Fernando Road forms part of the 'Burbank Village' district.
The Golden Mall was a pedestrianized mall in downtown Burbank, California from 1967 to 1989.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Golden Mall, Burbank, CA." Record m-472b7a2142, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/burbank-golden-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_burbankgoldenmall,
  title = {Golden Mall, Burbank, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/burbank-golden-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-472b7a2142, release 2026.10.20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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