ARTIST’S rendering of the Bolsa Pacific project to replace Westminster Mall (Shopoff Realty).

By Jim Tortolano
Orange County Tribune

Just a few weeks ago, all the news about Westminster Mall was mournful. At one time Orange County’s largest enclosed shopping center, the retail mecca closed its doors for good at the end of October and its skeleton was beset by vandals and thieves.

But the story of that land at Bolsa Avenue and Goldenwest Street alongside the San Diego (405) Freeway may now be taking a different turn.

On Monday, Shopoff Realty Investments announced it had acquired the remaining land on which the mall is located, potentially clearing the way for its replacement as the ambitious mixed-use Bolsa Pacific development.

The 83.3-acre site is planned to include 2,250 housing units (for sale and market -rate and affordable housing), a hotel and 220,000 square feet of new retail. Over 15 acres will be devoted to open space.

“Bolsa Pacific will play a key role in strengthening Westminster’s economy and revitalizing the city and its surrounding neighborhoods,” said William Shopoff, CEO of Shopoff Realty Investments president and CEO in a statement.

Final approval of the project will have to come from a successful review by the City of Westminster.
The demolition of the remaining mall is expected to take place in the first quarter of this year, with the Target store continuing to operate.

Construction of Bolsa Pacific could begin as early as the fourth quarter of 2026.