# Westside Pavilion

Los Angeles, CA · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-6a90631712` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/los-angeles-westside-pavilion/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-6a90631712.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-6a90631712.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-6a90631712

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | reported · authors' map |
| New use | office, education, housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Reinhabitation: office | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1985 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2018 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2021 | reported · authors' map |
| Stores at peak | 70 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Westfield Group | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Hudson Pacific Properties | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | In 2025, an apartment complex named Overland & Ayres was built on the site of the demolished Macy's parking structure. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “It was constructed at a cost of $90 million, and opened on May 31, 1985.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westside_Pavilion
- **year_closed**: “In early 2018, Macerich announced a joint venture with Hudson Pacific Properties in which most of the retail space within the three-story enclosed structure would be converted into office spaces for media and technology companies.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westside_Pavilion
- **original_developer**: “The Westside Pavilion was developed by the Australian Westfield Group.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westside_Pavilion
- **status**: “In 2024, University of California, Los Angeles Acquired the Mall and began conversion its to a research and educational facility.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westside_Pavilion
- **enclosed**: “three-story enclosed structure” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **renovation_years**: “2000” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Nordstrom, May Company

## Parties

- Westfield Group — owner (from text)
- Macerich Company — owner (from text)
- Hudson Pacific Properties — owner (from text) (2018–)
- GPI Cos. — owner (from text)
- University of California, Los Angeles — owner (from text) (2024–)

## Timeline

- 1985: Opened
- 1991: Westside Too addition opened
- 2000: Original part renovated
- 2006: Westside Too closed
- 2007: New addition opened
- 2015: Nordstrom announced relocation
- 2018: Joint venture announced for office conversion
- 2021: Retrofit: reinhabit
- 2022: Landmark Theater closed
- 2024: UCLA acquired mall
- 2025: Apartment complex built

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

The Westside Pavilion is a former shopping mall located in West Los Angeles, California, United States. The University of California, Los Angeles is repurposing it into the UCLA Research Park. The three-story urban-style shopping mall once had 70 shops but was down to 54 retailers when Hudson Pacific Properties announced plans to convert most of the site to media and technology company offices. Formerly acting as landlord and developer in a joint venture with the previous owner, The Macerich Company, it was going to be renamed One Westside with offices for Google. The former Macy's department store was converted into a center for tech and entertainment tenants called West End. It is separately owned by GPI Cos.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westside_Pavilion
- 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). "Westside Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA." Record m-6a90631712, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/los-angeles-westside-pavilion/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_losangeleswestsidepavilion,
  title = {Westside Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/los-angeles-westside-pavilion/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-6a90631712, 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.