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Bella Terra

Bella Terra

Bella Terra is a lifestyle center in Huntington Beach, California. It was built on the site of the former Huntington Center. The center is currently anchored by Kohl's, Barnes & Noble, Cinemark Theaters, Whole Foods Market, and Costco Wholesale. History Huntington Center Early years The Huntington C

enter was the first enclosed, all-weather mall in Orange County. It was constructed at a cost of $20,000,000 and opened in 1966 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. The mall originally had 4 anchor stores: The Broadway - 2 stories, 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2) on a 12-acre (4.9 ha) lot, Charles Luckman and Associates, architects JCPenney - 2 stories, 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 - 2 stories, furniture store (designed in the same 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. Later years In November 1986, a new wing

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