Express was replaced with Steve & Barry’s sportswear which operated until 2009. In 2006, Mervyn's announced they would be closing early that year.
Samba Grille closed in fall 2007 and it since then replaced with an antique furniture gallery/store in 2008. It was replaced by Samba Grille, a Brazilian steakhouse in early 2006. In 2018, Westfield Corporation was acquired by Unibail-Rodamco, and it was rebranded as Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. In 2014, Westfield split into two companies, Scentre Group for Australia and New Zealand malls, and Westfield Corporation for American and European malls. In 1998, the owners of the mall sold it to the Westfield Group, which renamed the mall Westfield Horton Plaza. In 1997, FAO Schwarz opened on the 5th floor of the mall. In 1995, United Artists Theatres announced they would be building 7 new screens into 7 screens to make it 14 in 1996. In 1994, Sam Goody and Planet Hollywood announced they would be opening stores in the former J. Weeks after the mall's opening in 1985, a man committed suicide by jumping from a third-story walkway in what was the first of five suicides to occur over the mall's history. When originally built, the center housed the historic Jessop's Clock, built in 1907, which formerly stood on a sidewalk in front of the Jessop and Sons jewelry store in Downtown San Diego. Horton Plaza was an instant financial success and while some credited it for revitalizing downtown San Diego, others said the revitalization benefitted the mall. In it he extolled the virtues of getting "safely lost" as adults inspired by side streets of Paris, London, or New York.
Jerde's project was based on Ray Bradbury's essay "The Aesthetics of Lostness". The building's design featured mismatched levels, long one-way ramps, sudden drop-offs, dramatic parapets, shadowy colonnades, cul-de-sacs, and brightly painted facades constructed around a central courtyard. When it opened in August 1985, it was a risky and radical departure from the standard paradigm of mall design.
Horton Plaza was the $140 million centerpiece of a downtown redevelopment project run by The Hahn Company, and is the first example of architect Jon Jerde's so-called "experience architecture". The plaza is named for Alonzo Horton, who was largely responsible for the location of downtown San Diego.Īerial view from 1,000 feet (300 m), 2011 Due to numerous setbacks and resistance from preservation groups, construction did not begin until 1982. The mall was demolished starting in May 2020.Ī 1972 proposal for the shopping center and a redevelopment district arose out of plans to "refurbish San Diego's historic town plaza", Horton Plaza. Nordstrom closed in 2016, leaving a vacant anchor store, and the other major anchor, Macy's, closed in Spring 2020. In August 2018, the property was sold to developer Stockdale Capital Partners, which plans to convert it into an office-retail complex. Opening in 1985, it was the first successful downtown retail center since the rise of suburban shopping centers decades earlier. It stood on 6.5 city blocks adjacent to the city's historic Gaslamp Quarter. It was known for its bright colors, architectural tricks, and odd spatial rhythms. Horton Plaza, not to be confused with its adjacent namesake Horton Plaza Park, was a five-level outdoor shopping mall located in downtown San Diego. Westfield Horton Plaza (as it was then called) in 2008.
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