{"id":468991,"date":"2026-09-19T10:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468991\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:58:43","slug":"an-old-l-a-mall-has-been-demolished-paving-the-way-for-a-10b-village-with-the-rams-new-headquarters-and-a-65000-square-foot-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468991\/","title":{"rendered":"An old L.A. mall has been demolished, paving the way for a $10B village with the Rams\u2019 new headquarters and a 65,000-square-foot park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gensler_Warner-Center_v01_A09-min-1024x725.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"Image shows the Rams Village, a new facility at Warner Center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImage courtesy of the Los Angeles Rams (Credit: Gensler and Shimahara Visual)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SoCal has no shortage of massive projects reshaping the region, from the world\u2019s largest <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/ca-agoura-road-extended-daytime-closures-wildlife-crossing\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/ca-agoura-road-extended-daytime-closures-wildlife-crossing\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">wildlife crossing<\/a> over the 101 Freeway to <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/in-n-out-opening-great-park-irvine\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/in-n-out-opening-great-park-irvine\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Irvine\u2019s 1,300-acre Great Park.<\/a> Now, the West Valley is getting its own enormous transformation: Rams Village at Warner Center, a proposed $10 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/affordable-neighborhoods-la\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/affordable-neighborhoods-la\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">neighborhood<\/a> centered around the Los Angeles Rams\u2019 future permanent headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>From a struggling mall to Rams Village<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gensler_Warner-Center_v06_A09-min-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows the Rams Village, a new facility at Warner Center\" class=\"wp-image-73177\"  \/>Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Rams (Credit: Gensler and Shimahara Visual)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is rising on roughly 52 acres in Warner Center in Woodland Hills, bordered by T<a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/topanga-time-tunnel-hike\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/topanga-time-tunnel-hike\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">opanga Canyon Boulevard,<\/a> Erwin Street, Owensmouth Avenue and Oxnard Street. The site was once home to The Promenade, a <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/shopping-malls-los-angeles\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/shopping-malls-los-angeles\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">shopping mall<\/a> that opened in 1973 and eventually became one of the Valley\u2019s most visible struggling retail properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/hawthorne-plaza-mall-los-angeles-coming-down\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/hawthorne-plaza-mall-los-angeles-coming-down\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Demolition of the old mall<\/a> began in January and was completed in August, leaving the site cleared for its next chapter. Permanent construction is currently targeted for 2027, with the broader neighborhood expected to take roughly a decade to build out in phases.<\/p>\n<p>A $10 billion sports-anchored neighborhood<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gensler_Warner-Center_v13_A04-min-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows the Rams Village, a new facility at Warner Center\" class=\"wp-image-73180\"  \/>Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Rams (Credit: Gensler and Shimahara Visual)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rams Village is planned to contain more than 5.2 million square feet of development, making the scale considerably larger than a typical shopping-center replacement. The project is expected to cost upward of $10 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the center will be <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-rams-unveil-new-uniforms-for-2026-season\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-rams-unveil-new-uniforms-for-2026-season\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_6\" data-category=\"click_internal\">the Rams\u2019<\/a> permanent headquarters and training complex, covering more than 350,000 square feet. It will retain the two existing full-size outdoor practice fields and add a roughly 150,000-square-foot indoor practice facility with seating for up to 2,500 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wider development is planned to include:<\/p>\n<p>3,100+ homes, including apartments and live-work units.<\/p>\n<p>Two indoor entertainment venues seating 5,000 and 2,500 people.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 2 million square feet of office, retail and hotel space.<\/p>\n<p>A 182-room hotel.<\/p>\n<p>A 65,000-square-foot public park with a bandshell.<\/p>\n<p>More than 9 acres of public space.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants, shops, and additional community amenities.<\/p>\n<p>Office and medical-office space, including a planned 19-story tower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Rams (Credit: Gensler and Shimahara Visual) SoCal has no shortage of massive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-468991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}