# College Grove Shopping Center

Oak Park, CA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-a42cf85786` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/oak-park-college-grove-shopping-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-a42cf85786.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-a42cf85786.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-a42cf85786

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | retail | none |
| What is there now | strip style power center, with the Mervyn's and a new HomeBase, Staples, Pic 'N' Save, Sam's Club and Walmart | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 650000 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **parking_spaces_after**: “parking for 6,000 cars on two levels” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **site_acres**: “70-acre” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

J.J. Newberry, Mervyn's, J.C. Penney, Walker Scott, F.W. Woolworth

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

College Grove Shopping Center, also Marketplace at the Grove, at SR-94 at College Avenue in Oak Park, San Diego, on the border of Lemon Grove, is an open-air shopping center, but was originally a regional shopping mall, only the second to be built in San Diego County, and the 37th in the country. It opened July 28, 1960 with an official grand opening ceremony on August 25, 1960. The site had 650,000 sq ft (60,000 m2) of gross leasable space on its 70-acre (28 ha) site. The $28-million center had 60 stores (of which 20 were open at launch) and parking for 6,000 cars on two levels. There was a three-story branch of Walker Scott, the San Diego–based department store.

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

## Sources

- College Grove Shopping Center — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Grove_Shopping_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "College Grove Shopping Center, Oak Park, CA." Record n-a42cf85786, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/oak-park-college-grove-shopping-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_oakparkcollegegroveshoppingcenter,
  title = {College Grove Shopping Center, Oak Park, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/oak-park-college-grove-shopping-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-a42cf85786, 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.