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 […]
Bye, mall. Here’s Bolsa Pacific
Is Fall of the Mall just the start?
Heavy Water Dept,: You may have read about or seen photos of the vandalism and other damage done to the interior of the Westminster Mall. With the last major department store closed […]
We’re back … happy new year
Back in the Squabble Again Dept: After some “now-you-see-us-now you don’t” business with the e-newspaper version of The Tribune, we’re back with our regular twice-weekly schedule of Wednesdays and Saturdays. And we […]
JC Penney in mall to close
By a staff writer Somewhere, John Cash Penney, who started his business empire with a meat market in1898, is weeping. The national chain of moderately priced department stores that carried his name […]
89-unit townhouse project at Westminster Mall approved
By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune On a 4-0 vote – with Councilmember Amy Phan West absent – the Westminster City Council on Wednesday night approved several steps to help advance the […]
89 townhomes for mall?
By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune A public hearing on a proposal to build 89 three-story for-sale townhouses on the grounds of the Westminster Mall will be held by the Westminster City […]
Mall situation gets muddled?
A little of this, a little of that … Could It Be Mall Over Dept: I read that one of the major owners of the troubled Westminster Mall is putting its property […]
Say goodbye to Macy’s, friends?
There’s been a lot of grim news these days. The wildfires and the grief and damages they have inflicted on many people in the Los Angeles area certainly constitutes the greater […]
The man behind Bolsa Pacific
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Westminster Mall, the now-fading shopping center that was once the retail jewel of its namesake city, was originally a cutting edge development that was anchored by four […]
Hello, to the new Bolsa Pacific
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Back in 1974 when Gerald Ford was president and the Rams still played in the Coliseum, the newest and hottest shopping attraction in Orange County was the […]
