It was over a half-century ago when the Westminster Mall opened as the largest enclosed shopping mall in all of Orange County.
On Wednesday the last vestiges of what was once a retail metropolis came down to began clearing the land for what could again be a mecca for spending and strolling.
The Westminster City Council, city officials and representatives from Shopoff Realty Investments – including William Shopoff, CEO – were on hand for the demolition of the last remaining parts of the mall at Bolsa Avenue and Goldenwest Street.
On that 83.3 site a new project will rise with the name Bolsa Pacific, which is planned to include 2,250 housing units (for sale and market -rate and affordable housing), a hotel and 220,000 square feet of new retail. Over 15 acres will be devoted to open space…