# The Village at Orange

Orange, CA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-e8aecd1f97` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/orange-the-village-at-orange/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-e8aecd1f97.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-e8aecd1f97.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-e8aecd1f97

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The tenants available from the outside of the mall or in buildings not connected to the main mall remain open including several restaurants and larger stores such as HomeGoods, PetSmart, CVS, and Trader Joe's. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1971 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2024 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 63.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 80 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Harry Newman Jr., president of Newman Properties (Long Beach, California) and president of the International Council of Shopping Centers | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | TVO Management | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | As of now, TVO Management plans to build residential housing units. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The Interior of the Village at Orange closed on January 31, 2024.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_at_Orange
- **acres**: “constructed on a 63-acre (25 ha) portion of the lot” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_at_Orange
- **original_developer**: “The developer was Harry Newman Jr., president of Newman Properties (Long Beach, California) and president of the International Council of Shopping Centers.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_at_Orange
- **after_notes**: “The tenants available from the outside of the mall or in buildings not connected to the main mall remain open including several restaurants and larger stores such as HomeGoods, PetSmart, CVS, and Trader Joe's.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_at_Orange
- **status**: “The Village at Orange currently operates as a conventional outdoor shopping center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_at_Orange
- **strategy**: “As of now, TVO Management plans to build residential housing units.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_at_Orange

## Anchors

Sears, Walmart, The Broadway

## Timeline

- 1967: Sears department store opened
- 1971: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1971: Mall opened for consumer entry
- 1977: Woolworth's closed, JCPenney opened
- 1996: Broadway closed, Walmart opened
- 2003: $57 million renovation
- 2009: Linens 'n Things closed, Sprouts opened
- 2017: JCPenney closed
- 2021: Sears closed
- 2023: TVO Management announced closure
- 2024: Interior closed

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

The Village at Orange, formerly known as the Orange Mall and later as The Mall of Orange, is an outdoor shopping center and a former small enclosed shopping mall located in Orange, California, United States. The mall, one of Orange's first, opened for consumer entry in 1971, and was composed of both internal merchants and external anchor tenant buildings, the original latter of which only Walmart remains operational. In September 2023, TVO Management, the mall's property manager, announced that the internal portion of the mall would close on or by January 31, 2024. The mall ceased internal operations on the date provided by TVO Management, marking the end of 52 years of constant public operation in Northern Orange. The Village at Orange currently operates as a conventional outdoor shopping center.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_at_Orange

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "The Village at Orange, Orange, CA." Record m-e8aecd1f97, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/orange-the-village-at-orange/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_orangethevillageatorange,
  title = {The Village at Orange, Orange, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/orange-the-village-at-orange/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-e8aecd1f97, 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.