# Glendale Fashion Center

Glendale, CA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-390be4aefe` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/glendale-glendale-fashion-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-390be4aefe.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-390be4aefe.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-390be4aefe

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | a large power center by the same name | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1966 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1994 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1994 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 264474 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 25 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The center opened in 1966 anchored by a J. W. Robinson's department store, as well as Joseph Magnin and Desmond's, with a total of 25 retailers.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Fashion_Center
- **year_closed**: “After damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the mall was demolished” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Fashion_Center
- **gla_sqft**: “the 264,474-square-foot center” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Fashion_Center
- **after_notes**: “Glendale Fashion Center was a regional shopping mall in Glendale, California anchored by department stores, which today is the site of a large power center by the same name.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Fashion_Center
- **status**: “Glendale Fashion Center was a regional shopping mall in Glendale, California anchored by department stores, which today is the site of a large power center by the same name.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Fashion_Center
- **strategy**: “After damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the mall was demolished and the site was turned into an open-air power center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Fashion_Center

## Anchors

J. W. Robinson's, Joseph Magnin, Desmond's

## Timeline

- 1966: Opened
- 1979: Webb's expansion
- 1994: Demolished and redeveloped as power center

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

Glendale Fashion Center was a regional shopping mall in Glendale, California anchored by department stores, which today is the site of a large power center by the same name.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Fashion_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Glendale Fashion Center, Glendale, CA." Record m-390be4aefe, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/glendale-glendale-fashion-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_glendaleglendalefashioncenter,
  title = {Glendale Fashion Center, Glendale, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/glendale-glendale-fashion-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-390be4aefe, 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.