Long Beach Plaza

Long Beach Plaza was a two-level shopping mall located in Downtown Long Beach, California. The mall was demolished in 2000 and redeveloped into Long Beach City Place.

History

The Hahn Company proposed the Long Beach Plaza in July of 1974. The shopping center opened on April 30, 1982 with JCPenney and Buffums as day one anchors and 60 of the 149 shops.
The eight-block dumbbell-shaped mall was an enclosed structure and included a two-story deck parking structure on both sides and about of shop space. Montgomery Ward was scheduled to open by late July.
Problems with the mall included the fact that the mall structure had no connection with the rest of Downtown Long Beach area. The closure of the nearby Naval stations in the 1990s also contributed to the slow demise of the mall.
In 1999, the mall was purchased by DDR Corp., Coventry Real Estate Partners and Prudential Real Estate as a joint venture. In 2000, the mall was demolished except for the parking structure. DDR eventually rebuilt the area and renamed it Long Beach City Place.