Westfield Culver City

History

Opened on October 6, 1975, the Fox Hills Mall was one of the first 3-level malls in California, owned and developed by Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. and Carter Hawley Hale Properties, Inc. Gruen Associates were the project architects, but The Broadway was designed by William L. Pereira Associates.

Situated on a 37 acre site, the mall opened with:

• The Broadway (192470 sqft) (became Macy's in 1996)
• May Co. (147845 sqft) (became Robinsons-May in 1993)
• JCPenney (201780 sqft) – opened on January 14, 1976
• 80 of the eventual total of 131 (329271 sqft of mall shops – including Harris & Frank and Lerner's

The total area was (902566 sqft) including outbuildings of 30200 sqft. There was parking for 4491 cars, including 2400 in a parking structure.

Notable elements of its original design were a glass-and-steel "theme" staircase in the center of the mall, as well as the angled bridges which connected the multiple levels. Westfield America, Inc., a precursor to Westfield Group, acquired the shopping center in 1998 and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown Fox Hills", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005. From 2005 to 2009, the mall was known as "Westfield Fox Hills".

The theme staircase was removed during the 2009 renovation, but the bridges still remain as part of the center.

The former Robinsons-May department store closed in 2006 and was demolished in 2008 for a new wing including Target and a Best Buy store in 2009.

Following the government lockdown, Westfield Culver City had several new stores open, such as Miniso, Lovisa, Carter's, Uniqlo and Intimissimi.

Dining terrace

At the top level of the mall, is a food court known as the 'dinning terrace.' Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold gave the dining terrace a complimentary review that highlighted the ethnic diversity of the food choices available: "After 60-odd years in Los Angeles, the city that practically invented the modern shopping center, a developer finally gets it...Fox Hills has always been among the most multiracial of Los Angeles malls, downhill from the posh African-American homes of Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights, close to the Asian and Muslim enclaves of south Culver City, in proximity to Westchester and the Marina, Inglewood and Playa del Rey......Brilliant: not quite. But other mall operators would do well to pay attention." As of 2025, the Dining Terrace features many chain restaurants such as a Panda Express, Chipotle, and Shake Shack among many other dining establishments.

Transit access

The mall has a transit center hub in the parking lot located between Sepulveda Blvd and Slauson Ave, where transfers to many LACMTA and Culver CityBus lines can be made, including the Culver City route 6 bus to LAX. Line 6 on Sepulveda Boulevard runs along the Sepulveda corridor, connecting Westwood and UCLA to LAX Metro Transit Center's C & K lines. Key stops along the route include the Howard Hughes Center and the Westfield Culver City Transit Center.

List of anchor stores

References

References

1. (October 5, 1975). "Fox Hills Mall Stats, Fox Hills Mall advertising supplement". Los Angeles Times.
2. Albright, Mark. (June 1, 2005). "If you didn't call them 'shoppingtowns,' don't: Three local malls that called themselves by the Australian name will quietly drop the label.". [[Tampa Bay Times]].
3. "Retailers".
4. Gold, Jonathan. (January 12, 2012). "Jonathan Gold Reviews Westfield Culver City Food Court". [[LA Weekly]].
5. "Line 6 - Sepulveda Blvd".