Horton Plaza (shopping mall)
Horton Plaza was a five-level outdoor shopping mall in downtown San Diego. It was designed by Jon Jerde and was known for its bright colors, architectural tricks, and odd spatial rhythms, occupying 6.5 city blocks adjacent to the city's historic Gaslamp Quarter. Opening in 1985, it was the first successful downtown retail center since the rise of suburban shopping centers decades earlier.
Westfield Horton Plaza (as it was then called) in 2008. | |
| Location | San Diego, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Address | 324 Horton Plaza |
| Opening date | August 9, 1985 |
| Closing date | May 2020 |
| Developer | The Hahn Company |
| Owner | Stockdale Capital Partners |
| No. of stores and services | 0 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 0 |
| Total retail floor area | 758,003 sq ft (70,420.8 m2) |
| No. of floors | 5 |
| Parking | 2,189 |
| Public transit access | Civic Center station |
In August 2018, the property was sold to developer Stockdale Capital Partners, which plans to convert it into an office-retail complex. RDC is the architect of record. Nordstrom closed in 2016, leaving a vacant anchor store, and the other major anchor, Macy's, closed in spring 2020. Contrary to some reports the mall was not demolished. Massive renovations of the mall began in June 2020.