Manhattan Village wants to brand itself as offering not only shopping – but also an entire experience for the community, other JLL representatives have said. “But I think holistically, when you combine the two properties, there is some synergy there at the same time.” “We want to differentiate ourselves,” Ziss said. The cohesive design, Ziss said, will help it stand out from other shopping centers in the Los Angeles area, including The Point, in El Segundo. “We don’t want to create two separate properties with the outdoor expansion, we want them to be cohesive.” “We’re finalizing details on a lot of cool pieces to really kind of tie it all together,” Ziss said. That outdoor expansion will include cascading water features, rolling grass hills and a clock tower art sculpture leading to the center. The center will have more dining and retail options, and a grand entrance off 33rd Street that forms a focal line leading to the heart of the center – the Apple Store. “They’ve only been open a month and Tesla already wanted to expand.” Creating cohesionĪs the project enters its next phase, which includes an outdoor expansion, creating cohesion is a priority. “They will be the hub location for the South Bay,” he explained. The garage also contains a dozen Tesla supercharger stations, the first in Manhattan Beach, Ziss said. The four-level parking deck – the first of three planned for the center – includes 500 spaces, an electronic sign letting guests know how many spots are available on each floor, a second-story walkway that connects straight into the shopping center and electric vehicle chargers. “That’s going to be a real opportunity to add new retail that will add to the experience of the property,” Ziss said.Īcross from the Rosecrans entrance, meanwhile, Manhattan Village last month opened a new parking garage. “For a department store, it looks sharp.”Īnd with Macy’s nixing the auxiliary store, Manhattan Village can now lure a new tenant – though what that will be has not yet been announced. “The fact that Macy’s is reinvesting in one of its properties, you don’t see too many examples of that in their portfolio,” Ziss said. The department store is also consolidating its properties.Īt Manhattan Village, like at many other malls, Macy’s has typically had two locations: the main department store and a smaller auxiliary space for menswear and home goods.īut Macy’s has expanded – and remodeled - the main store by 60,000 square feet, allowing them to soon add menswear and home goods there, Ziss said. Macy’s recently gave a facelift to its outdoor facade and added a new entrance facing Rosecrans Avenue. Macy’s, parking and Tesla chargersĪnother key element of the upgrades – the consolidation and remodeling of Macy’s – is also going smoothly, Ziss noted. “It’s an active area where people are engaging and doing all kinds of things,” Ziss said, “from feeding their children to working on their laptops to reading to shopping.”īut there’s more to the renovations than just interior design. It’s a place, Ziss said, where folks can hang out and relax. The center court – which Ziss called “the lobby” – has a fountain and a concierge counter, and is just outside the Apple Store. “For us,” he added, “that’s obviously Apple.”īut the interior also has luxe seating areas, upgraded technology with work and charging stations, new lighting and restrooms, and enhanced landscaping throughout the center. “When you think about the modern shopping center today, who is going to be your draws, bring in customers and foot traffic? “We have that balance between the two,” Ziss said. It’s a regional draw, Ziss said, in an otherwise locally focused shopping center. The new-look Manhattan Village, on Sepulveda Boulevard, now has the Apple Store as its focal point. “We felt that was the right touch and something a little bit different than what other shopping center developers have done in Los Angeles markets.” “When we think in terms of the casual chic, beach sophisticated, we really wanted to bring a hotel lobby feel to the interior overall,” Ziss added.
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