Westfield Plaza Bonita

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Westfield Plaza Bonita

Location	National City, California, USA
Opening date	1981
Developer	May Centers, Inc.
Management	The Westfield Group
Owner	The Westfield Group
No. of anchor tenants	2
Total retail floor area	816,000 ft²
Parking	The mall recently added for the convenience of shoppers a new 3 story Parking structure
No. of floors	2
Website	http://westfield.com/plazabonita

Westfield Plaza Bonita, formerly Shopping Town Plaza Bonita, is a shopping mall in National City, California, owned by The Westfield Group. Its anchor stores are JCPenney and Macy's and coming in July 27, 2008 Target.

1 History
2 Movie Theater
3 Cafe Terrace
4 Anchors
5 Previous Anchors
6 External links

[edit] History

The mall opened in 1981 as the first fully-indoor mall in the South Bay Area anchored by JC Penney, Mervyn's, Montgomery Ward, and May Company. The original design include large sky lights, orange and silver ceiling banners, muted browns, wooden fixtures and railings, smooth surface concrete planters with wood benches, musky brown tiles, and lush greens throughout. The entire complex was joined in the center by a two story onyx-glass water fountain. This original motif stayed with the mall until mid-2002.

Satellite View

Westfield America, Inc., a precursor to The Westfield Group acquired the shopping center in 1994, and renamed it "Westfield Shopping town Plaza Bonita" in 1998, dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005.

In mid-2002, the Westfield America, embarked on a full renovation project to modernize the mall and bring a more youthful attitude to the center. The new look is the Westfield signature look, found in most Westfield malls. The entire center was repainted in lighter colors, glass railings replaced the metal and wood railings, most of the lush plants were removed, new faux-marble floors were installed, and the food court lost its center platform in lieu of a single dining floor. Many criticized the look as generic and sterile, but in turn did bring the mall up to date. The same year, an Outback Steakhouse, opened in an underused portion of the northwest parking lot. It was the second full service restaurant to open at the mall after Applebee's which opened in the mall in 1993.

In mid-2006, the former Wards store, which had been the location of seasonal retailers (Halloween costumers and art shows) was stripped and gutted and a new plan was announced to the public that the South end of the mall would be demolished and rebuilt. Westfield Plaza Bonita is currently undergoing a full renovation. Planned stores include Target, AMC Theatres, a Borders bookstore, new parking garage, along with many new retail stores and outdoor restaurants. The mall opened the new part of the mall in April 16,2008 Full Completion is scheduled for Fall 2008.

[edit] Movie Theater

AMC Plaza Bonita 14 at Westfield Plaza Bonita will open to the public on May 16. The AMC Plaza Bonita 14 is just the second all-digital AMC theatre in the area and is equipped with 4K digital cinema projectors, capable of producing images with more than four times the resolution of HDTV and none of that warm, embossed look of 35mm. As if all-digital screens weren’t enough, three auditoriums at AMC Plaza Bonita 14 boast screens that are more than three stories high and 50-feet wide, so you and the kids will have Spielberg’s Skull right in your face! Fourteen auditoriums with nearly 2,600 seats. I liked it better when it was one auditorium with 2,600 seats and one screen. Stadium seating with 18-inch risers and 48-inch row spacing for a perfectly clear, unobstructed view in all auditoriums. As a way of utilizing space and functionality. AMC’s exclusive and ultra-comfortable Merrill Stubing LoveSeat®-style seating featuring “rocking” backs and lifting. cup holder armrests.

[edit] Cafe Terrace

This Is the new Food Court added to the many new is now themes to the mall it features 11 new restaurants like Panda Express, Johnny Rockets, Subway, Hot dog on a stick, the new El Torito, and other great restaurants. There are also many new restaurants to come its a great place to fill up while doing your shopping its a great Enviorment to also sit down and relax it is conveniently located next to the new Amc Plaza Bonita 14 Theaters.