Del Amo Center Plans Expansion

Inveterate shoppers will be happy to know that the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance is planning to expand.

The center hopes to add another department store and an entertainment complex to its 340 stores and 15 movie screens in a mall already considered one of the largest in the United States.

The Torrance Co., which owns most of the mall, submitted a proposal to the city Planning Department last week but did not divulge the expansion’s cost.

Company executives are talking with Arkansas-based Dillard’s department stores about opening up the chain’s first outlet in Southern California.

The new entertainment center would have a 16-screen theater, bookstore, music store, restaurants and shops.

To accommodate more consumers, the Torrance Co. will build a three-story parking structure with 1,091 spaces.