# Westfield Culver City

Westfield Culver City (formerly known as the Fox Hills Mall) is a shopping mall in Culver City, California, owned by the Westfield Group. The mall features JCPenney, Macy's, Best Buy, Target, and Trader Joe's. The mall features prominent specialty retailers such as Adidas, MAC Cosmetics, True Religion, Miniso, Uniqlo, Forever 21 and H&M.

## 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 (150,000 m$^2$) site, the mall opened with:
* The Broadway (192,470 square feet (17,881 m$^2$)) (became Macy's in 1996)
* May Co. (147,845 square feet (13,735.2 m$^2$)) (became Robinsons-May in 1993)
* JCPenney (201,780 square feet (18,746 m$^2$)) – opened on January 14, 1976
* 80 of the eventual total of 131 (329,271 square feet (30,590.3 m$^2$) of) mall shops – including Harris & Frank and Lerner's
The total area was (902,566 square feet (83,851.1 m$^2$)) including outbuildings of 30,200 square feet (2,810 m$^2$). 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.
By 2023, since the government lockdown, Westfield Culver City had announcing several newest additions, among them are Miniso, Lovisa, Carter's, Uniqlo and Intimissimi.

## Dining Terrace

Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold gave the mall food court (officially called a "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."

## Transit Access

The mall has a transit center 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 the Metro Green Line Aviation Station. Key stops along the route include the Howard Hughes Center and the Westfield Culver City Transit Center.

## List of Anchor Stores

| Anchor | Year opened | Year closed | Notes |
| The Broadway | 1975 | 1995 | |
| May Co. | 1975 | 1992 | |
| JCPenney | 1975 | | |
| Robinsons-May | 1993 | 2006 | Replaced May Co. |
| Macy's | 1996 | | Replaced The Broadway |
| Best Buy | 2009 | | Replaced 1st floor of Robinsons-May |
| Target | 2009 | | Replaced 2nd floor of Robinsons-May |
| Trader Joe's | 2015 | | Located in parking lot |