Trader Joe’s shopping center in Hermosa Beach acquired by Costa Mesa developer
The Trader Joe’s Shopping Center in Hermosa Beach, previously known as the Ralphs Shopping Center, and before that the Alpha Beta Shopping Center, and before that Les Bacon Ford has been sold to Chartwell Real Estate Development. The 49,911 sq. ft. shopping center was built in 1976 by Roger Bacon, son of Les Bacon, who […]
The Center of the Universe
There was a time when The South Bay was where presidential candidates visited and shopping centers reined by Steve Fulton It’s 1975 and I’m 5 years old. We are at the Orange Julius. My mom and brother are here. We are sitting outside on plastic benches. Shaded by plastic umbrellas. Sipping cool drinks. As […]