Robert's was a department store based in

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. The chain began when Morris Burman opened the first store in

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. In 1950, Burman bought an existing store in North Long Beach at 5350 Long Beach Blvd., and opened it as the Jones Department Store. In 1951, they opened Robert's at 16630 Bellflower Blvd. in Bellflower. It had branches in: *

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- opened December 1967, 52,000 sq. ft., 4450 Atlantic Ave., closed in 1994, empty for 15 years, razed only in 2009 to make way for a new

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. The loss of the store was long symbolic of the decline of Bixby Knolls as a retail center * Bellflower, 16630 Bellflower Boulevard * Burbank (Burcal), 240 N.

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, 4771

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(now Fallas Paredes) *

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* Pomona, Indian Hills Mall * Santa Ana,

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, Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center * West Covina, Eastland Center

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{{History of Retail in Southern California Defunct department stores based in Greater Los Angeles Companies based in Long Beach, California