The West Hollywood Gateway is a small shopping center in West Hollywood, California

West Hollywood, California

West Hollywood, a city of Los Angeles County, California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984, with a population of 34,399 at the 2010 census. 41% of the city's population is made up of gay men according to a 2002 demographic analysis by Sara Kocher Consulting for the City of West Hollywood...

, United States

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Description

The West Hollywood Gateway is an outdoor shopping mall developed by the JH Snyder Company. The four-story structure features two subterranean parking levels and two above-ground retail levels. The West Hollywood Gateway is located on the southwest corner Santa Monica and La Brea

La Brea Avenue

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. The mall is anchored by the first big box retailers in the city, Target

Target Corporation

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 and Best Buy

Best Buy

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, and it also features eight restaurants, a AAA

American Automobile Association

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 office, and several retail stores.

Occupying a total of 257000 square feet (23,876.1 m²), construction on the West Hollywood Gateway began in September 2002 as part of the City of West Hollywood

West Hollywood, California

West Hollywood, a city of Los Angeles County, California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984, with a population of 34,399 at the 2010 census. 41% of the city's population is made up of gay men according to a 2002 demographic analysis by Sara Kocher Consulting for the City of West Hollywood...

's Santa Monica Blvd. Redevelopment project. The West Hollywood Gateway opened to the public in March 2004. The site is located immediately next to the famous Hollywood landmark, the Formosa Cafe

Formosa Cafe

The Formosa Cafe is a restaurant and bar at 7156 Santa Monica Boulevard at Formosa Avenue, West Hollywood, California, that has a long history of patronage from movie stars and movie industry people because of its location immediately adjacent to Samuel Goldwyn Studio .The restaurant was started in...

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Features

In addition to retail stores and restaurants, the site "features a large outdoor plaza that functions as a civic square, inviting pedestrian activity through the use of outdoor eating areas, fountains, public art, retail kiosks and lush landscaping." As of April 2007 the parking structure offered one hour of free parking (no validation required) to all visitors. The parking structure does not staff any full-time cashiers and all parking payments must be made at one of the several Pay Station kiosks located throughout the site.

Bicycle parking is offered at street-level on the La Brea Ave. side as well as on the first parking level adjacent to the escalators.

Retail & Services

• AAA
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• Best Buy
  Best Buy
  Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...
  
  
• Beverages & More
• AT&T Wireless
  AT&T Wireless
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• EB Games
• Happy Nails & Spa
• Motherhood Maternity
• Payless ShoeSource
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• Target
• ULTA

Restaurants

• Baja Fresh
  Baja Fresh
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• Ben & Jerry's
  Ben & Jerry's
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• Daphne's Greek Cafe
• Formosa Cafe
  Formosa Cafe
  The Formosa Cafe is a restaurant and bar at 7156 Santa Monica Boulevard at Formosa Avenue, West Hollywood, California, that has a long history of patronage from movie stars and movie industry people because of its location immediately adjacent to Samuel Goldwyn Studio .The restaurant was started in...
  
  
• Jamba Juice
  Jamba Juice
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• Pasta Pomodoro
  Pasta Pomodoro (restaurant)
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• Starbucks Coffee
• Zeke's Smokehouse