{"id":921210,"date":"2026-07-08T16:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/921210\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:24:20","slug":"fire-damaged-pacific-palisades-shopping-center-sets-reopening-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/921210\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire-damaged Pacific Palisades shopping center sets reopening date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The luxury shopping center in Pacific Palisades will reopen next month after more than $100 million in renovations forced by the January 2025 wildfire that devastated the Los Angeles neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Palisades Village will reopen Aug. 15, owner Rick Caruso announced Wednesday. The outdoor center survived the blaze that destroyed homes and other businesses but needed refurbishment to eliminate contaminants that the fire could have spread.<\/p>\n

Crews are putting finishing touches on mall buildings after tearing them down to the studs, treating the wood and rebuilding the walls, Caruso said. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s working, and stores are moving their products in,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really cool feeling that people have really locked arms and are working together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"An <\/p>\n

An electrician installs lighting for a restaurant at Rick Caruso\u2019s Palisades Village on Thursday. The shopping center is scheduled to reopen mid-August.<\/p>\n

(Myung J. Chun \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

Pacific Palisades resident Allison Polhill, who is rebuilding the home of 30 years that her family lost in the blaze, said she is \u201cthrilled\u201d at the prospect of returning to the mall she used to frequent. Its comeback is a boost for the community, she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single step that we make to reopen our commercial corridors is going to bring more people back into the Palisades,\u201d said Polhill, who expects to move back into her home at the end of August.<\/p>\n

A total of 6,822 structures were destroyed in the Palisades fire, including more than 5,500 residences and 100 commercial businesses, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.<\/p>\n

Caruso previously attributed the mall\u2019s survival to the hard work of private firefighters and the fire-resistant materials used in the mall\u2019s construction. <\/p>\n

The $200-million shopping and dining center opened in 2018 with a movie theater and a roster of upmarket tenants, including Erewhon, which may be the only grocer in the heart of the fire-ravaged neighborhood when it opens.<\/p>\n

Caruso\u2019s company was able to fill the mall with tenants despite the long shutdown. <\/p>\n

Palisades Village is 99% leased, with the majority of tenants returning, said Jackie Levy, chief financial and revenue officer. Nearly one-third of the shops and restaurants are new to the property. <\/p>\n

\"A <\/p>\n

A firefighter carries a hose back to his rig while walking through a destroyed home from the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, 2025.<\/p>\n

(Genaro Molina \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

Last year, Pacific Palisades-based fashion designer Elyse Walker said she would reopen her eponymous store in Palisades Village after losing her 25-year flagship location on Antioch Street to the inferno.<\/p>\n

Other neighborhood shops destroyed in the fire that are reopening at the mall include K Bakery and Loomey\u2019s Toys, which caters to children up to age 12 and used to be across the street from Palisades Elementary Charter School.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a journey and I\u2019m excited because I wasn\u2019t sure that there was going to be a place to come back to,\u201d said toy store owner Amanda Rastegar. \u201cHopefully we can bring some of that magic back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rastegar\u2019s home in the Palisades survived but was damaged by the fire. The family returned about eight weeks ago. Her last memory of the fire was a burning supermarket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just couldn\u2019t wrap my brain around what was happening,\u201d she said. \u201cBy the time I left, Gelson\u2019s was on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the returning tenants is Angelini Ristorante & Bar. Well-known Los Angeles chef Gino Angelini said he will be in the kitchen next month for a return of the Italian restaurant. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe won\u2019t do a big celebrity open,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to have a very soft opening and see our customers come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Construction <\/p>\n

Construction takes place at Rick Caruso\u2019s Palisades Village on Thursday. The shopping center is scheduled to reopen mid-August.<\/p>\n

(Myung J. Chun \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

An elaborate celebration would not feel \u201ccorrect for me,\u201d Angelini said, because the devastation has been \u201cvery sad\u201d for so many. <\/p>\n

Other new tenants include local chef Nancy Silverton, who has agreed to move in with a new Italian steakhouse called Spacca Tutto. Women\u2019s activewear retailer LESET will open its first West Coast location.<\/p>\n

Caruso said he is optimistic that customers will return to the center, even though many Pacific Palisades residents are still dispersed. One tracking system estimated that about 30% of the Village\u2019s customer base was impacted by the fire, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means 70% did not get impacted, so there\u2019s a lot of customers still left out there,\u201d Caruso said. Historically, the center drew customers from as far away as Beverly Hills and Calabasas, as well as Malibu, Brentwood and Santa Monica. <\/p>\n

He also hopes many will be inspired to visit the revived mall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in the goodness of people and I believe that people are going to want to support the Palisades,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to want to be there and support the businesses that have had the courage and the heart to reopen.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The luxury shopping center in Pacific Palisades will reopen next month after more than $100 million in renovations…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":921211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[371878,1582,276,146637,8468,371877,5025,316,2961,224,2444,5337,371874,21063,371876,3546,8463,4700,371875,1628],"class_list":["post-921210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-antioch-street","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-caruso","tag-customer","tag-dining-center","tag-fire","tag-home","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-mall-building","tag-next-month","tag-palisades-village","tag-people","tag-restaurant","tag-store","tag-upmarket-tenant","tag-year"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116885289162987877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}