- Many in Redlands remember the day La Posada Hotel and surrounding businesses were demolished to make way for the Redlands Mall.
- The Posada had been a beautiful hotel, with a cafe where many community groups met.
- But, despite criticism about the architecture, there was enthusiasm for the new mall. This is a sketch of downtown from a special Daily Facts publication in 1982, on the fifth anniversary of the Mall's opening.
- Pre-teens and teens like me remember the original stores, and have fond memories of the Mall's glory days
Some sweet memories of the Redlands MallThere's no question. The mall has been nothing but bad for Redlands since it closed, and arguably for some time before that. But people are labeling the mall as a disaster from the moment the wrecking ball made first contact with La Posada. I'm riding in to defend a couple of decades of Redlands Mall reputation.- The Flipper Flapper and Miller's Outpost were like a second home to many of us.
- But business waned, the Wherehouse moved out, Roundtable Pizza and B.Dalton closed, and almost all of the shops were converted to departments of Gottshalks, which the locals still called Harris'.In 2010, the owner, Howard Hughes Corp., gave up on it and closed everything but the CVS pharmacy, which occupied the spot originally opened as a Vons grocery store.The facility was a potential candidate for Redlands new Safety Hall, but that didn't happen.The building sat vacant for almost five years.
- Then in 2013, after years of pressure from the community the corporation agreed to sell the building.
- Redlands Mall is for saleREDLANDS - After years of allowing Redlands Mall to sit nearly vacant, Howard Hughes Corp. is accepting bids to sell the property. The city has been working with the company, the mall's current owner, to find a developer for the downtown facility, according to Mayor Pro Tem Paul Foster.
- A year later, a purchase is announced, and Redlanders rejoice.
Redlands Mall to be site of retail-residential project as new owner closes escrowREDLANDS >> A San Diego-based developer has big plans for the Redlands Mall. Brixton Capital LP, the private equity investment vehicle for BruttenGlobal, closed escrow today on the mall, which except for CVS Pharmacy, has sat vacant for years. The new owner plans to convert the mall to a mixed-use project with residential and retail development.
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The story of the Redlands Mall, through the eyes of Redlanders
The building, vacant for years and a ghost town in its final years of business, has a new owner, who closed escrow Wednesday.
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