Long-closed former West LA mall has nearby business dying
Long-closed former West LA mall has nearby business dying By Corey Moss and Ernest Crosby III Published July 31, 2026, 7:20 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google What was once a thriving West Los Angeles mall featured in hit movies and music videos has been closed since 2019, crushing numerous nearby businesses, and leaving neighbors frustrated.
- ▪Long-closed former West LA mall has nearby business dying By Corey Moss and Ernest Crosby III Published July 31, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
- ▪ET See more of our coverage in your search results.
- ▪Add The California Post on Google What was once a thriving West Los Angeles mall featured in hit movies and music videos has been closed since 2019, crushing numerous nearby businesses, and leaving neighbors frustrated.
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| Original publisher | California Post |
| Canonical URL | https://nypost.com/2026/07/31/long-closed-former-west-la-mall-has-nearby-business-dying/ |
| Publication time | Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:20:08 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-31T23:25:51.412Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-31T23:25:51.412Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Long-closed former West LA mall has nearby business dying By Corey Moss and Ernest Crosby III Published July 31, 2026, 7:20 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google What was once a thriving West Los Angeles mall featured in hit movies and music videos has been closed since 2019, crushing numerous nearby businesses, and leaving neighbors frustrated. “The West Side Pavilion was like an anchor store for the small businesses here on Pico,” said Lisa Morocco, business chair on the Westside Neighborhood Council. “When you lose that, there’s a big vacuum.
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