page_title: Del Amo Fashion Center
section_title: Simon expansion
hierarchical_section_title: Del Amo Fashion Center / History / Simon expansion
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of the Del Amo Fashion Center, looking south from Nordstroms.
context_page_description: Del Amo Fashion Center is a three-level regional shopping mall in Torrance, California, United States. It is currently managed and co-owned by Simon Property Group.
  With a gross leasable area of 2.5 million sq ft, it is the sixth largest shopping mall in the United States. The mall features a food court, several anchor stores, including two Macy's locations, Nordstrom, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, Burlington Coat Factory, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Marshalls, Dave & Buster's, Japanese supermarket Mitsuwa Marketplace, 255 retailers, multiple full-service restaurants, a fitness center, an AMC Theatres multiplex & a Sears that will close down in September 2020.
context_section_description: After increasing its ownership stake in the property, Simon presented preliminary plans to revamp Del Amo. The plans were considered vague and underwhelming by Torrance residents.
  In late 2012, detailed plans to redevelop Del Amo on a much larger scale were unveiled. The mall's north end would be demolished entirely, replaced by a new two-level wing of luxury shops. In conjunction with the renovation, Nordstrom announced it would relocate its store from the South Bay Galleria in nearby Redondo Beach to Del Amo, anchoring the new wing.
  The first phase of the project, redeveloping the wing of shops above Carson Street into a new food court, began in 2013. Work was completed in the spring of the following year, as retailers began vacating the north wing to make way for the renovation.
  Plans to consolidate the mall's three Macy's stores into two were confirmed in 2014, with Macy's consolidating its standalone Macy's Home store into the existing Macy's Men's store. Simon then traded ownership of the Macy's Men's building for the Macy's Home building. Dick's Sporting Goods moved into the former Macy's Home space in early 2017.
  After 18 months of construction, the northern portion of the mall officially opened on October 9, 2015. A medical building on the north end of the property and the existing one-story northern section were replaced with a two-story Fashion Wing, featuring a brighter and open "beach elegance" aesthetic to bring in more natural light and a mid-century modern look. The wing featured a mix of new-to-market retailers and holdovers from the former north end, including luxury retailers BOSS Hugo Boss, Kate Spade New York, Tumi, and Brooks Brothers; and flagship stores for Uniqlo, H&M, Express, Zara, and Victoria's Secret.
  Several new and relocated restaurants fronted the new wing: local chains EMC Seafood & Raw Bar, Lemonade, Popbar, and FRIDA; Din Tai Fung, a prototype Brio Tuscan Grille, and a relocated Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que.
  The south end of the property experienced minor renovations in line with the more elaborate north end changes, including signs delineating the wing "Del Amo Shopping Center" with a focus on general-purpose retail. In 2018, renovation plans were completed to replace a significant portion of the south end's inline retail space with a Dave & Buster's and a relocated Marshalls store. Outback Steakhouse, which was displaced by construction on the south end, reopened in the Outdoor Village on July 7, 2018. Mitsuwa Marketplace will open in the old TJ Maxx (which closed in 2016) and Marshall's building that is really part of the lifestyle outdoor village in November 2019.
  During March 2019, there was a Foodbeast Dream Machine vending machine where one may post a selfie in exchange for free noodles and other prizes.
  On July 1, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing after nearly 61 years of serving the South Bay. This store along with 28 other stores nationwide will shut down in September 2020.
caption: Interior of the Fashion Wing at the Del Amo Fashion Center, looking south from Nordstrom
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