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The Oaks is a two-level indoor/outdoor, regional
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located in
Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles, approximately from the city of Los Angeles and from Downtown. It is named after the many oak tr ...
. It is owned and managed by
Macerich Macerich ( ) is a real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers. It is the third-largest owner and operator of shopping centers in the United States. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned interests in 52 properties comprisi ...
. Accessible from
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(the
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) midway between downtown Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, it is the largest shopping center in
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. Over five million visit the mall each year.


Overview

The mall was originally built in 1978 and was renovated in 1993. Starting in February 2007, the center has undergone an extensive upgrade including interior finishes, restrooms, entrance canopies and skylights to reflect a modern Spanish and Santa Barbara-influenced design. The expansion to , demolished the then-vacated May Company building with a
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tile. Centered on the theatre are four sit-down restaurants:
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and
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, which are both connected to a retail expansion in an outdoor environment, while Olive Garden is located across the parking lot.
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is located inside the Shopping Center with patio dining available. Larger tenants include
Anthropologie Anthropologie is an American clothing retailer with approximately 200 stores across the U.S., Canada, and the UK that offers an assortment of clothing, jewelry, home furniture, decoration, beauty products, and gifts. Anthropologie is part of ...
,
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,
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, Sephora, LUSH Cosmetics,
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,
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and Dick's Sporting Goods. It has featured several fashion shows highlighting the latest fashion in the retail stores. The shows were produced by Marilyn Shore Studios. The Oaks Shopping center also offers a variety of activities for all holidays such as photos with Santa for Christmas, photos with the Easter bunny in April, and handing out candy on Halloween. The annual ArtWalk presented by Conejo Valley Art Museum takes place at The Oaks. It features arts, designer crafts, outdoor exhibitions and live music. Taxable annual sales at the 1.3 million sq. ft. mall are estimated at $300 million, generating yearly $3 million in sales taxes to the City of Thousand Oaks.


Anchors

It is anchored by: *
AMC Theatres AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain fou ...
Dine-In Thousand Oaks 14 (106,000+ sq ft) (formerly
May Co The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in Leadville, Colorado, by David May in 1877, moving to St. Louis in 1905. After many c ...
,
Robinsons-May Robinsons-May was a chain of department stores operating in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, from 1993 until 2006. It was created when May Department Stores combined two of its chains, May Company California and J. W. Robinson's cha ...
East,
Carmike Cinemas Carmike Cinemas was a motion picture exhibitor headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. As of March 2016, the company had 276 theaters with 2,954 screens in 41 states, and was the fourth largest movie theater chain in the United States. The company ...
, and
Muvico Theaters Muvico Theaters was a movie theater chain headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.J. C. Penney (148,165 sq ft.) *
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 ...
/ Women / Children's (127,410 sq ft.) (formerly J.W. Robinson's and Robinsons-May West) * Macy's / Men's / Home (144,000 sq ft.) (formerly
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) *
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(138,000 sq ft.) (formerly
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, Macy's Women / Children's (''original location''))


Salto Ranch landmarks

Several trees planted by Richard Orville Hunt at the 19th century Salto Ranch can be seen at the intersection of Lynn Road and Hillcrest Drive. Hunt Olive Tree, which is located at 600 W. Hillcrest Dr., is designated Ventura County Historical Landmark No. 64 and City of Thousand Oaks Landmark No. 4. It is the last
olive tree The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...
once part of an orchard planted by Hunt. Large
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s planted by the Hunt family in the 1880s can be seen across the street, on the northwest corner of Lynn Road and Hillcrest Drive. The Hunt family originally moved to a house at today's corner of Lynn Road and Hillcrest Drive in 1888.Begun, Miriam and Ruthanne Sprankling (2009). ''Ladies of The Conejo''. Conejo Valley Historical Society. Pages 38 and 133. .


Popular culture

In 2005, The Oaks got featured in S1 E8 of
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. Some of the stores shown in that scene are
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and Sephora. The glass elevator is also seen as well.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oaks Shopping Center, The Buildings and structures in Thousand Oaks, California Shopping malls in Ventura County, California Economy of Thousand Oaks, California Shopping malls established in 1978 Macerich 1978 establishments in California