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Patios Connections
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Vice President Development, Chris Kitchen, left, and Senior General Manager Corrine Barchanowicz discuss the renovation construction plans for the Patios Connections Development Project at Westfield Valencia Town Center on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

 

Westfield Valencia Town Center officials announced a $100-million investment Wednesday to add features, including a new Costco, luxury cinema and fitness center, dramatically transforming the site of one of the mall’s original anchor stores.

The Patios Connection project is a redevelopment of the eastern portion of the property where the former Sears location, which closed a year ago, will transform into a larger building and center for these new amenities that aim to build on the mall’s vision of creating a one-stop destination for consumers.

“We believe the project speaks to the changing retail landscape and complements the center’s existing offerings by adding additional daily conveniences that allow families to shop, work out, run errands, be entertained and socialize all in one place,” said Corrine Barchanowicz, senior general manager of Westfield Valencia Town Center. “We are strategically investing in the center in new ways that create a diversified and elevated shopping and entertainment experience.”

Costco/Town Center Rendering

Renderings show the Costco entrance, with a glimpse of the luxury cinema and fitness center on the top level. More rendering below. Courtesy of Westfield Valencia Town Center

Renderings show the Costco entrance, with a glimpse of the luxury cinema and fitness center on the top level. Courtesy of Westfield Valencia Town Center Mall officials Wednesday shared with The Signal renderings that depict the project’s core design, aimed at improving the center’s overall flow and connectivity.

The anchor of the project is the Santa Clarita Valley’s second Costco retail and gas station, which will be located on the lower level of the proposed new building, according to Chris Kitchen, vice president of development for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. This locale will be uniquely designed to seamlessly blend with the rest of the Valencia Town Center, officials said.

Kitchen said the idea to bring in a new Costco had been in the works long before Sears closed, with multiple properties as options, but the mall location flowed with a trend that’s evident across multiple Westfield locations, including The Village at Topanga, which also connects mall shoppers to a Costco.

“Costco is the new anchor today; it’s such a fundamental aspect of the shopping experience,” Kitchen said. “With busy family and kids, getting your errands at multiple locations is a drag. What we tried to do with our properties and The Patios Connection is combine multiple anchors. In this case it’s the luxury cinema, the fitness center and Costco so that you can come and do your errands, be entertained and work out all in one trip.”

To address a potential increase in traffic congestion that can come with the new development, Kitchen said officials have been working closely to evaluate reports with traffic engineers and the city of Santa Clarita. A 320-space parking lot to mitigate parking congestion is also in the project plans.

The second floor of the Sears replacement building will house the cinema and the full-service health and fitness center to easily stream into the shops and retail at The Patios level. Cinema and gym tenants are still in the works, said Kitchen, but patrons can expect an upscale setting.

“We’re bringing in a new theater and it’s going to be a higher-end cinema than anything we’ve seen in the Santa Clarita Valley today with large recliner seats (and) better food offering,” said Kitchen. “It’s not as large as the Edwards (theater), but we have seen and know that the market will support another theater.”

Much planning is still underway for the project, but officials estimate The Patios Connection development to be completed by mid- to late-2020.
Town Center Rendering
Town Center Rendering

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  1. Roland davis says:

    What we also need are EVgo charges at the mall. All the others have them

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