# La Mirada Mall

La Mirada, CA · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-1fa536a881` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/la-mirada-la-mirada-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-1fa536a881.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-1fa536a881.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-1fa536a881

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · derived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
| Strategy | redevelop | reported · authors' map |
| New use | entertainment, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Redevelopment: retail, entertainment and residential | reported · authors' map |
| Closed | 1990 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1990 | reported · authors' map |
| Acres | 72.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Mark Tanz | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | The Toys "R" Us at the south end (#15300) was demolished in 1991 and is now the site of a housing development. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “By 1990, demolition began on the old mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mirada_Mall
- **acres**: “La Mirada Mall was a 72-acre (29 ha) regional shopping mall” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mirada_Mall
- **original_developer**: “In the early 1970s, Canadian developer Mark Tanz invested about $7 million to turn a loosely arranged, growing collection of stores into an enclosed mall” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mirada_Mall

## Anchors

J.J. Newberry, Woolco, Barker Bros., Toys "R" Us, Ohrbach's, Lucky Stores, Market Basket, Robert's Department Store

## Parties

- Mark Tanz — owner (from text)

## Timeline

- 1962: Ohrbach's opened a freestanding store
- 1983: Toys "R" Us opened
- 1988: Decision to demolish mall
- 1990: Retrofit: redevelop
- 1990: Demolition began
- 1991: Toys "R" Us demolished

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

La Mirada Mall was a 72-acre (29 ha) regional shopping mall at the southeast corner of La Mirada Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue in La Mirada, California, United States, in southeast Los Angeles County, in a region known as the Gateway Cities. It is now the site of the La Mirada Theater Center, a strip mall.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mirada_Mall
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "La Mirada Mall, La Mirada, CA." Record m-1fa536a881, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/la-mirada-la-mirada-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_lamiradalamiradamall,
  title = {La Mirada Mall, La Mirada, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/la-mirada-la-mirada-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-1fa536a881, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. 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.