Westfield Culver City
Westfield Culver City 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 site, the mall opened with:
- The Broadway
- May Co.
- JCPenney – opened on January 14, 1976
- 80 of the eventual total of 131 including outbuildings of. There was parking for 4491 cars, including 2400 in a parking structure.
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.