NoHo West
A mixed-use complex in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, redeveloped from the former Laurel Plaza regional shopping mall.
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Overview
NoHo West is a mixed-use development in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, built on the approximately 25-acre site formerly occupied by Laurel Plaza. The project combines residential units, commercial offices, retail space, restaurants, entertainment, and pedestrian-oriented public areas. Its development represented a major transformation of a regional shopping mall site that had served the surrounding San Fernando Valley community since the late 1960s. The property originated as Laurel Plaza, a roughly 600,000-square-foot regional shopping mall that opened in 1968. The mall was anchored by May Company California and contained approximately 30 specialty and higher-fashion stores, along with an ice-skating rink, restaurants, snack facilities, and a central enclosed mall. Before Laurel Plaza opened, May Company had promoted the broader commercial area around Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Victory Boulevard under the more general Valley Plaza name. Laurel Plaza's retail model was affected by changing shopping patterns and by physical damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The mall closed after the earthquake, although the department store continued operating. The anchor subsequently changed identities: the May Company location became Robinsons-May in 1993 and was converted to Macy's in 2006. Macy's continued operating at the property until 2016, when the site was sold for redevelopment. The replacement project, branded NoHo West, began construction with groundbreaking in April 2017. Rather than reproduce the former enclosed mall, the redevelopment was planned as a phased, mixed-use complex. The former Macy's department-store building was converted into approximately 500,000 square feet of office space. Retail and entertainment components were planned around pedestrian-oriented circulation, with announced tenants including 24 Hour Fitness, Regal Cinemas, Old Navy, and Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's opened at NoHo West in June 2020, providing one of the development's first major retail openings. The Regal North Hollywood & 4DX theater opened in May 2021, adding a large-format entertainment use to the project. The first residential units became available in December 2021, while the remaining residential units were expected to be delivered in phases through April 2023. NoHo West therefore functions less as a conventional shopping mall than as a multi-use urban district incorporating retail, offices, housing, dining, and entertainment.
History
Laurel Plaza was a regional shopping mall in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. It opened in 1968 on a site of approximately 25 acres and contained about 600,000 square feet of retail space. May Company California served as its principal department-store anchor. The complex was designed as a broad shopping destination with around 30 specialty and fashion-oriented shops, an ice-skating rink, restaurants, snack facilities, and a central mall area. The commercial district surrounding the site had previously been associated with the Valley Plaza name, which May Company used in marketing before the Laurel Plaza mall opened. The mall later experienced a major interruption after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Laurel Plaza closed because of earthquake damage, although the anchor department store remained open. The department store changed its branding from May Company California to Robinsons-May in 1993 and then to Macy's in 2006. Macy's operated at the property until 2016. After the property was sold for redevelopment, the former mall site was re-envisioned as NoHo West. Groundbreaking took place in April 2017, with the project planned for phased completion. The redevelopment moved away from the enclosed regional-mall format and introduced a combination of housing, offices, shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues arranged around pedestrian-oriented areas. A significant component of the transformation was the conversion of the former Macy's department-store structure into approximately 500,000 square feet of office space. Retail and entertainment tenants announced for the new complex included 24 Hour Fitness, Regal Cinemas, Old Navy, and Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's opened in June 2020, and the Regal North Hollywood & 4DX theater opened in May 2021. Residential delivery began in December 2021, with the remaining units expected to become available in phases through April 2023. The history of the site therefore spans two distinct commercial models: Laurel Plaza as a conventional regional shopping mall anchored by a department store, and NoHo West as a mixed-use district intended to combine everyday retail, leisure, employment, and housing in one development.
- 2023
Residential completion target
[1]The final residential units were expected to become available by April 2023.
- 2021
Regal cinema opens
[1]Regal North Hollywood & 4DX begins operations in May.
- 2021
Residential delivery begins
[1]The first residential units become available in December as the project continues to open in phases.
- 2020
Trader Joe's opens
[1]Trader Joe's holds its grand opening in the commercial section of NoHo West in June.
- 2017
NoHo West construction begins
[1]Groundbreaking for the phased mixed-use redevelopment takes place in April.
- 2016
Macy's operation ends at the site
[1]Macy's operates at the former Laurel Plaza property until 2016, before the site is sold for redevelopment.
- 2006
Department-store anchor becomes Macy's
[1]The former Robinsons-May anchor is converted to Macy's.
- 1994
Northridge earthquake damages the mall
[1]The Northridge earthquake damages Laurel Plaza, resulting in the mall's closure while the department store remains open.
- 1993
May Company location becomes Robinsons-May
[1]The mall's department-store anchor changes from May Company California to Robinsons-May.
- 1968
Laurel Plaza opens
[1]The approximately 600,000-square-foot Laurel Plaza regional shopping mall opens in North Hollywood with May Company California as its department-store anchor.
Products and positioning
A mixed-use redevelopment that replaced a traditional regional shopping mall with a combination of residential, office, retail, dining, and entertainment uses.
Retail and dining · 2020
Retail and restaurant district
The commercial portion of NoHo West provides pedestrian-oriented shops, restaurants, and everyday services. It was planned as a more open, mixed-use retail environment than the enclosed Laurel Plaza mall it replaced. Announced occupants included Old Navy, Trader Joe's, and 24 Hour Fitness, representing grocery, apparel, and fitness uses.
Grocery retail · 2020
Trader Joe's at NoHo West
Trader Joe's is a grocery store within the commercial section of NoHo West. Its June 2020 grand opening made it one of the earliest major retail openings in the redevelopment.
Cinema and entertainment · 2021
Regal North Hollywood & 4DX
The Regal North Hollywood & 4DX theater is the development's major cinema and entertainment offering. It combines conventional movie exhibition with 4DX-format presentation and opened in May 2021.
Commercial real estate
Office space
The former Macy's department-store building was converted into approximately 500,000 square feet of office space, preserving and repurposing a major structure from the Laurel Plaza era within the new mixed-use plan.
Residential real estate · 2021
Residential units
NoHo West includes residential units delivered in phases. The first units became available in December 2021, and final availability was expected by April 2023.
Brand decisions
2017
Redevelopment from regional mall to mixed-use complexStrategyBackground
The former Laurel Plaza site had lost its original enclosed-mall function after earthquake damage, changing department-store identities, and the eventual end of Macy's operations.
Action taken
The property was redeveloped as NoHo West, combining housing, office space, retail, restaurants, and entertainment rather than rebuilding the former regional shopping mall in its original format.
Aftermath
Construction began in April 2017, followed by openings for Trader Joe's, the Regal cinema, and residential units in subsequent phases.
2017
Conversion of the former Macy's building to officesStrategyBackground
The former department-store anchor was a large existing structure on the Laurel Plaza site.
Action taken
The former Macy's building was repurposed as approximately 500,000 square feet of office space within NoHo West.
Aftermath
The conversion became one of the principal employment-oriented elements of the mixed-use redevelopment.
Recent events
- 2021
Regal North Hollywood & 4DX opens[1]
Product launch
The Regal North Hollywood & 4DX theater opened at NoHo West in May 2021, adding a cinema and immersive-format entertainment venue to the complex.
- 2021
First NoHo West residential units become available[1]
Other
The first residential units in the NoHo West development became available in December 2021 as the project continued its phased delivery.
- 2020
Trader Joe's opens at NoHo West[1]
Product launch
Trader Joe's held its grand opening at the redeveloped North Hollywood property in June 2020.
- 2017
NoHo West redevelopment breaks ground on former Laurel Plaza site[1]
Other
Construction began in April 2017 on the redevelopment of the former Laurel Plaza regional shopping mall site into the mixed-use NoHo West complex.
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