# Town & Country Market

Los Angeles, CA · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-b5a4b233bd` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/ca/los-angeles-town-country-market/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-b5a4b233bd.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-b5a4b233bd.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-b5a4b233bd

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | under construction | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The site continues as a community shopping center signed Town & Country Center. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1942 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2023 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Regency Centers | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | It will have apartments on the upper floors | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Opened in 1942” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Market
- **after_notes**: “The site continues as a community shopping center signed Town & Country Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Market
- **status**: “As of 2023, it is currently being redeveloped by Regency Centers as Bloom on Third, with a new mixed-use complex under construction on the site of the demolished Kmart.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Market
- **strategy**: “As of 2023, it is currently being redeveloped by Regency Centers as Bloom on Third” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Market

## Anchors

CVS Pharmacy, Whole Foods Market, former Kmart, Britts Department Store

## Timeline

- 1942: Opened
- 1942: Market opened on May 14, 1942
- 2023: Kmart demolished
- 2023: Redevelopment underway

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

Town & Country Market was a shopping center in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, at the southeast corner of Third and Fairfax, across Third from Farmer's Market. it incorporated elements of a farmer's market but profiled itself as a "small town of 100 smart shops". Opened in 1942, author Richard Longstreth, who calls it an example of the "shopping court", notes that it was one of the first shopping centers in Los Angeles built with parking lots for customers arriving by car, being much larger than the earlier Broadway & 87th Street shopping center and preceding the larger Broadway-Crenshaw Center by 5 years. It was more regular in plan and more pretentious in appearance than Farmer's market across the street. It promoted its entertainment and had 26 restaurants onsite, in this sense a precursor to the lifestyle center of today. The market opened on May 14, 1942.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Market

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Market

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Town & Country Market, Los Angeles, CA." Record m-b5a4b233bd, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/ca/los-angeles-town-country-market/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_losangelestowncountrymarket,
  title = {Town & Country Market, Los Angeles, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/ca/los-angeles-town-country-market/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-b5a4b233bd, 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.