Nordstrom leads Del Amo Fashion Center restoration, reopening October 9
Nordstrom manager Cheri Botiz brings her company’s legendary customer service to Del Amo. Photos Before Nordstrom, there were Bullock’s, I. Magnin and J. W. Robinson. Before South Coast Plaza and The Beverly Center there was Del Amo Fashion Square. When developer and philanthropist Guilford Glazer built the three million-square-foot Del Amo in 1971, it was not only the largest shopping center in America, its luxury, carriage trade anchors, Bullock’s and Robinson, made it Southern California’s most popular high end shopping destination. Nordstrom’s mid century architecture pays homage to Del Amo’s original luxury department stores. Rendering courtesy of Nordstrom But by the mid 1990s, Bullock’s and Robinson had been absorbed by the notably non carriage trade Federated Department Stores and Del Amo had lost its lustre. “You don’t have the stores we want,” Palos Verdes neighbors told the center’s long time property manager Elana Butorac. The neighbors expressed their disappointment by taking the freeway south to South Coast Plaza and north to Westside shopping Meccas. Simon vice president Charles Davis at the mall’s new Grand Entrance. Photo Meanwhile, the increasingly wealthy South…
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