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Plaza West Covina

Plaza West Covina

Plaza West Covina is a large regional shopping mall in West Covina, California, owned by the Starwood Capital Group. Its anchor stores are Macy's, JCPenney, Nordstrom Rack, Best Buy, and EōS Fitness with two vacant spaces last occupied by Sears and Forever 21. Westfield America, Inc., a precursor to

Westfield Group, acquired the shopping center in 1998 and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown West Covina", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005. In October 2013, the Westfield Group sold the mall to Starwood Capital Group and the mall is now managed by Pacific Retail Capital Partners. In the 2013 sale of the mall, Westfield kept a 10% equity stake in the property. History Penney's and West Covina Center (1954) The history of what is now Plaza West Covina dates back to two original shopping centers. In 1954, plans were announced for the new 36-acre, 50-store West Covina Center at the eastern end of what is now the Plaza space anchored by a 50,000 square-foot J. C. Penney, with parking for over 2,000 cars. It was to cost about $5 million, financed and built by Los Angeles financier Sylvan S. Shulman and associates. It was stated at the time that the Penney's would be "West Covina's metropolitan-type store". Broadway/Desmond's "Plaza" (1962) The Broadway, opened August 6, 1962 and Desmond's, a specialty retailer, opened April 30, 1962, anchoring a new West Covina Plaza, at the northwest end of what is now the Plaza. The complex would be incorporated into the later Plaza, but

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