NoHo West is a mixed-use complex in

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. Developed on the of the former Laurel Plaza regional shopping mall, the development includes residential units, commercial offices and pedestrian-oriented shops and restaurants. Groundbreaking for NoHo West began in April 2017. The development was planned to be completed in phases. The Macy's department store was converted into of office space. Major retail tenants that were announced prior to opening included

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, and

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. The first units in the residential section became available in December 2021 with the final units are expected to become available by April 2023. In the commercial retail section of the development, Trader Joe's had their grand opening in June 2020. while the Regal North Hollywood & 4DX theatre had their grand opening in May 2021.

Laurel Plaza

Laurel Plaza was a that opened in 1968.

May Company California May Company California was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California and Nevada, with headquarters in North Hollywood, California. It was a subsidiary of May Department Stores and merged with May's other Southern California s ...

was the department store anchor and it had 30 specialty and high fashion shops, an ice skating rink, restaurants, snack facilities and a central mall. Prior to the opening of the Laurel Plaza mall, May Co. marketed itself as part of

Valley Plaza Valley Plaza was a shopping center in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, one of the first in the San Fernando Valley, opened in 1951. In the mid-1950s it claimed to be the largest shopping center on the West Coast of the United States and the third-la ...

, a catch-all name for diverse shopping areas along Laurel Canyon and Victory boulevards. After the

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, the mall was closed due to damage but the department store May Co. remained open. It became a

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in 1993, later

Macy's Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...

in 2006 which operated until 2016, after the property was sold for redevelopment.

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* {{Shopping malls in California Shopping malls in the San Fernando Valley North Hollywood, Los Angeles Shopping malls established in 1968