Mendy Konikov Review of The Beverly Center
The Beverly Center underwent a renovation from 200...
The Beverly Center underwent a renovation from 2006 to 2008 that had stores complaining about a decline of foot traffic. These renovations included reconstructing the escalators visible from the outside. Still, the retailer Calvin Klein opened a new store in the mall in early 2008.
A food court formerly operated at the mall until 2014, when it was closed. Uniqlo opened one of its first Southern California locations in the space.
The Beverly Center had many dining options, but most of the restaurants that occupied the street level have closed in the recent years. Grand Lux Cafe closed its only California restaurant in 2013. Later in 2015, The Capital Grille, which opened in the former Hard Rock Cafe space in 2012, closed. In January 2016, P.F. Chang's shuttered its restaurant at the mall. Later that year, California Pizza Kitchen closed and Chipotle moved to a new pad at the corner of Beverly Boulevard and Croft Avenue. As part of renovations starting in 2016, the mall aims to bring restaurants back to the empty spaces on the street level.
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. The new Center will also have a perforated steel facade on the outside of the building and an upgraded parking structure which will include technology to help drivers remember where they've parked.
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