page_title: Bella Terra
section_title: Huntington Center opening
hierarchical_section_title: Bella Terra / History / Huntington Center opening
caption_attribution_description: English: Vacant Mervyns Store at Bella Terra shopping center in Huntington Beach, California. The store opened in 1986 as part of an expansion of the former enclosed Huntington Center. The store closed in late 2008 along with the rest of the chain and remains vacant.
context_page_description: Bella Terra is an outdoor shopping mall in Huntington Beach, California. It was built on the site of the former Huntington Center. The center's current anchors are; Kohl's, Burlington Coat Factory, Barnes & Noble, Cinemark Theaters, Whole Foods Market, and Costco Wholesale.
context_section_description: The Huntington Center was the first enclosed, all-weather mall in Orange County. It opened in 1966 at a cost of $20,000,000 with 55 retailers occupying a total of 842,855 square feet (78,303.8 m²) of retail space on a 58-acre (23 ha) lot, and parking for 3,700 cars.
  Department store anchored the center:
  The Broadway, 150,000 square feet (14,000 m²) on a 12-acre (4.9 ha) lot, Charles Luckman and Associates, architects
  JCPenney, 206,090 square feet (19,146 m²) plus a 20,000 square feet (1,900 m²) auto service center
  Montgomery Ward 2 stories, 168,900 square feet (15,690 m²) plus a 29,000 square feet (2,700 m²) auto service center on a 13.6-acre (5.5 ha) lot
  Barker Brothers furniture store (built with the same architectural style as The Broadway) across the parking lot and an unenclosed strip of several shops adjacent.
  Additional tenants at opening included Lerner's, Judy's, Harris & Frank, Leed's, Kinney Shoes, Thom McAn, Security First National Bank, Crocker-Citizens National Bank Food Fair supermarket and Thrifty Drug Stores.
  An eight-ton statue from Budapest, Hungary was installed in the center of the mall.
caption: The Mervyn's was closed in late 2008. It sat vacant from 2008 to  2010 before it was demolished.
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