
References
Jan 03 - 2019
In 1989, Terence Conran's Habitat, a high-end British furniture company, opened an anchor store on the mall's ground level. It closed in 1993[12] and was converted later that year to Bullock's Men's Store.[13] In 1996, Bullock's became Macy's and the Bullock's and Bullock's Men's Store anchors became Macy's and the Macy's Men's Store. The Broadway closed in 1996, when it too was absorbed into Macy's,[14] and reopened in 1997, after renovations, as Bloomingdale's.
In 2004, Taubman Centers, the public Real Estate Investment Trust and successor to A. Alfred Taubman's shopping center interests, purchased its partners minority investments stake in the property.
The cinema closed in January 2006, as a result of the Loews/AMC merger. The theater reopened in February 2006, operated by Mann Theatres. It closed again in August 2009, and reopened again in September 2009, operated by Rave Motion Pictures. The theater closed permanently on June 3, 2010.[15]
The Beverly Center underwent a renovation from 2006 to 2008. These renovations included reconstructing the escalators visible from the outside.[16]
A food court operated at the mall until 2014, when it was eliminated. Uniqlo opened one of its first Southern California locations in the space.[17][18] As part of renovations starting in 2016, the mall aims to bring restaurants back to the empty spaces on the street level.[19]
Starting in March 2016, the Center underwent a major renovation that aimed to add a food hall and several new street-level restaurants and a skylight. Renovation costs were given as US$500 million.[20][21] The renovations added a perforated steel facade on the outside of the building and an upgraded parking structure which includes technology to help drivers remember where they've parked.[22]
Macy's Men's Store closed around 2021, and the space is currently being converted to a Gold's Gym and a Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley.[23]