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Westfield Santa Anita mall sells for $537.5 million to an undisclosed buyer. The property at 400 South Baldwin Avenue and now known as The Shops at Santa Anita, is 1.48 million s.f. and nearly 100% leased. French-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), which has owned and operated the mall since 2007, has been selling off big-name mall properties in Southern California. IKEA Arcadia will open at the mall bringing a smaller version of IKEA with its design studio concept.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36319
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Interior decorating
Interior design
Furniture stores
IKEA
Santa Anita mall
The Shops at Santa Anita
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)
Westfield Santa Anita
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council will likely approve Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita's mall expansion for the outdoor section known as The Promenade if Westfield can resolve parking issues that will arise during construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30460
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
30647AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita, formerly known as Santa Anita Fashion Park, will begin a $98 million mall expansion on June 4.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25651
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
25851AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group, owner of Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita, plans to sue the City of Arcadia and developer Caruso Affiliated to prevent The Shops at Santa Anita, the outdoor mall, from being built.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30524
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Developers
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
30712AN
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Newspaper Index
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Seen as retaliation for Westfield tactics, Caruso Affiliated announced it would ask Arcadia voters to block mall rival Westfield from leasing space to Target Stores or a similar "big box" discounter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Malls
Mall war
Caruso Affiliated
Ballot measures
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30156AN
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Newspaper Index
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With plans for a major expansion at the mall, additional parking spaces need to be added at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27682
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Parking
Item ID
27879AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Santa Anita Village Community Homeowners' Association endorses the Caruso mall project, a development known as The Shops at Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30478
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2007
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2007
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Developments
Malls
Santa Anita Village Community Homeowners' Association
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30665AN
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Newspaper Index
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A photograph shows the June 4 groundbreaking ceremony for the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita expansion project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31515
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita- expansion
Item ID
31711AN
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An outdoor courtyard, a 1220 space parking structure, and numerous shops would be added to Westfield Shoppingtown - Santa Anita under an expansion plan under review by the City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
17 July 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
17 July 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
21531AN
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Westfield, Santa Anita Shoppingtown, and Santa Anita Fashion Park, are the three plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Arcadia, the City Council, and developer Rick Caruso, aimed at stopping the new mall The Shops at Santa Anita. Plaintiffs allege the environmental study done was flawed. Assistant City Manager Don Penman said the study was the most thorough one he had ever seen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30546
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Caruso Affiliated
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30734AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Shoppingtown has withdrawn its request to expand restaurant space at its new Promenade wing, following a legal challenge by rival mall developer Caruso Affiliated. In August, Caruso sued to stop the expansion, demanding a new environmental impact report. Westfield has decided not to fight this lawsuit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31753
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Mall war
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
31950AN
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Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to give the final approval on Rick Caruso's The Shops at Santa Anita mall. The City Council also approved an expansion project for the Westfield mall with one condition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Developments
Malls
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
30688AN
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Newspaper Index
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Rouben A. Yardemian owns a retail store at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. He writes in response to Rick Caruso's letter that there will not be "mall wars." Yardemian believes Arcadia is not big enough for two malls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29519
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2005
Pages
p. A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2005
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Letters to editor
Malls
Mall war
Westfield Santa Anita
Yardemian, Rouben A.
Item ID
29703AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group is funding a new "grass roots" coalition to oppose the Santa Anita Park race track mall development by Caruso Affiliated. The coalition is called Arcadia First! but includes Westfield representatives, Westfield tenants and downtown businesses, and not only citizens, as the membership in a grass roots organization might suggest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29573
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Coalitions
Organizations
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track -- parking lot
Shopping malls
Westfield Group
Item ID
29758AN
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Newspaper Index
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Judge James C. Chalfant stands by his July decision that the environmental impact report (EIR) that Arcadia officials relied upon in approving the mall was faulty in 11 areas and that it would have to be revised before the Caruso mall project, proposed for the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot, known as the Shops at Santa Anita, can move forward.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31243
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated
Caruso, Rick
Developments
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Lawsuits
Mall war
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Shopping malls
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
31438AN
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Mall buyer a local resident. Wen Shan Chang, 71, of Bradbury, is new proprietor of The Shops at Santa Anita, formerly owned by Westfield. It was sold in August for $537.5 million. The property is at 400 South Baldwin Avenue and is now called The Shops at Santa Anita. Mall is 1.48 million square feet. Chang purchased it from France-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in a sale considered the largest for a mall in the U.S. since 2018. The Arcadia mall site has been thriving through Asian retailers catering to the large Asian community in Arcadia and San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36350
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Chang, Wen Shan
Shopping malls
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Santa Anita
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After a 13-hour meeting, Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to approve the outdoor mall to be built on the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot, a development known as The Shops at Santa Anita. Opponents may push a referendum and possibly file lawsuits to block the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Developments
Malls
Santa Anita Park - parking lot
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30659AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita has adopted a system that allows shoppers to use their cell phones or Internet to check for items available at the mall before going there. The search is powered by NearbyNow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30596
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Malls
NearbyNow Inc.
Shopping services
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30784AN
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Newspaper Index
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The expansion plan for Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita raises traffic concerns with City Council members. Kenneth Wong, president of Westfield America maintains composure as he answers. The proposed expansion is called The Promenade, an outdoor 100,000 square feet area that would be between Nordstrom and Macys.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30458
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
30645AN
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Newspaper Index
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Judge James A. Chalfant heard arguments yesterday on two petitions challenging the adequacy of an environmental impact study done for a proposed upscale Arcadia mall, known as The Shops at Santa Anita, developed by Rick Caruso of Caruso Affiliated. The complicated nature of the case could delay a ruling.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31013
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 8
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Developments
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
31208AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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