# Westlake Shopping Center

Daly City, CA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-d1b23217a6` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/daly-city-westlake-shopping-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-d1b23217a6.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-d1b23217a6.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-d1b23217a6

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | approved | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | housing, mixed, retail | none |
| What is there now | a 6-story mixed-use building with 179 apartments on the upper floors would replace an existing 2-story commercial building and a 60-space parking lot | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1951 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 40.0 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Henry Doelger | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Anchors

J. C. Penney, Woolworth

## Timeline

- 1948: Ground broken for mall
- 1949: Groundbreaking ceremony for shopping center
- 1951: Westlake opened
- 1951: Opened
- 2004: Renovation started
- 2005: J.C. Penney building demolished and Home Depot constructed
- 2017: Kimco announced plans to add apartments
- 2018: Kimco announced plans for housing development

## Deals and debt

- 2002 sale:  Kimco Realty Corporation ← Westlake Development Company  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_Shopping_Center
- 1972 sale:  Westlake Development Company   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_Shopping_Center

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Westlake Shopping Center is one of the first shopping malls built in America; ground was broken in 1948 for the mall in Daly City, California, United States. It is anchored by Burlington Coat Factory, Home Depot, Ross Stores, Safeway, Target, and Walgreens.


== History ==
In 1945, developer Henry Doelger purchased 1,350 acres (550 ha) of land in San Mateo County just south of San Francisco; the tracts had previously been used for hog and cabbage farming.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_Shopping_Center

## Sources

- Westlake Shopping Center — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_Shopping_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Westlake Shopping Center, Daly City, CA." Record n-d1b23217a6, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/daly-city-westlake-shopping-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_dalycitywestlakeshoppingcenter,
  title = {Westlake Shopping Center, Daly City, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/daly-city-westlake-shopping-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-d1b23217a6, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.