AKA: Lakewood Center Mall, Lakewood, CA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - shopping centers; built works - commercial buildings - shopping malls
Designers: Martin, A.C. and Associates, Architects (firm); Albert Carey Martin Sr. (architect); Albert Carey Martin Jr. (architect)
Dates: constructed 1951-1952
total floor area: 2,093,006 sq. ft.
In 2008, Macerich owned the Lakewood Center Mall; at the time, it was one of the largest shopping mall owners in the U.S., possessing 73 malls in 19 states. Macerich owned 19 shopping complexes in CA, 3 in WA, and 2 in OR. Investors, Mace Siegel and Richard Cohen, started the MaceRich Real Estate Company in New York, NY, in 1964; it became a publically-traded company in 1994.
This early-1950s shopping-center turned mall contained 2,093,006 square feet, making it one of the U.S.'s largest malls measured by gross leasable area.
PCAD id: 11014