Future Expansion
In July 2007 Westfield revealed partial plans to link Westfield Topanga with their other local indoor mall, the Westfield Promenade, which is less than two blocks away. In addition to the two major malls, Westfield owns a small, outdoor shopping center located almost exactly between the other two and on the same major boulevard as the others; the company's plans involve renovating the outdoor mall to refresh it and to make it a hub for people traveling between all three shopping locations.
Many different retail/office space configurations are being considered, some of which could take construction costs as high as $750 million USD. How the three malls will be connected is still up for debate, although Westfield has semi-publicly considered a monorail system on more than one occasion, a novel but unlikely idea made nearly impossible by several logistical problems. Original plans called for the work to be finished by early 2010, but much of that work is being delayed while planning revisions and budget issues are being handled.
When the project is completed, the three mall complex will be the largest in California with a total of 3,800,000 square feet (350,000 m2).
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