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, the largest center in East

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which was built at the intersection of Anaheim-Olive Road (now Lincoln Avenue) and Placentia Avenue (now State College Boulevard). The center began with on 16.75 acres, and had amongst others, a Woolworth and a

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and in 1968-9 added a

W.T. Grant W. T. Grant or Grants was a United States-based chain of mass-merchandise stores founded by William Thomas Grant that operated from 1906 until 1976. The stores were generally of the variety store format located in downtowns. History In 1906 the ...

variety store, Jolly Roger restaurant, Commercial National Bank, and a Boston Store junior department store. In 1968 the center sales volume was $20,000,000. The Boston Store branch was rebuilt in 1984. In mid-2017, the

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closed and was replaced by a small-format

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store. The center today has of gross leasable area, with anchors

, Hispanic-focused supermarket Northgate Market (the population was 69% Hispanic within a 1-mile radius in 2018),

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, Goodwill,

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, a

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, and discount stores

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and

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