30-Year-Old Indoor Mall’s Revamp Begins
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
HUNTINGTON BEACH
Work has begun to transform the aging Huntington Beach Mall, much of it vacant for about two years, into an Italian-style outdoor plaza with 71 shops and restaurants, a 20-screen movie complex and an amphitheater surrounded by restaurants.
Bella Terra, a $170-million redevelopment project, will include open-air walkways, cobblestone paths with gardens and fountains.
The 30-year-old mall, one of the first enclosed malls in Southern California, is scheduled to reopen in mid-2005.
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