Del Amo Fashion Center is a two-level regional shopping mall in Torrance, California, USA. It is currently managed and co-owned by Simon Property Group. With a current gross leasable area (GLA) of 2.5 million ft², it is one of the largest shopping malls in the United States. The mall features three food courts, seven anchors stores, including three Macy's locations, JCPenney & Sears, more than 300 retailers, multiple full-service restaurants, a new fitness center and a new AMC Theatres multiplex.
Del Amo Fashion Center has evolved over the years from an amalgamation of several developments on the eastern side of the intersection of Hawthorne Boulevard and Carson Street in Torrance, California by Guilford Glazer (#384 on Forbes Richest 400).[3] From 1981 to 1992 it was the largest shopping mall in the United States, reaching 3 million ft² in size at its largest. It was eclipsed as the largest center with the opening of Mall of America in August 11, 1992. The Del Amo Fashion Center has been used as a backdrop for several movie and television productions. The mall's "International" food court was used in a scene from the 1983 romantic comedy movie Valley Girl, starring Nick Coppolla, who later changed his name to Nicholas Cage. The mall was also the setting for an important scene in the Quentin Tarantino film, Jackie Brown. In the movie, a subtitle stated that the Del Amo Mall was the "largest indoor mall in the world". The 2003 movie Bad Santa, co-starring John Ritter, had most of its mall scenes filmed inside and outside of the mall. Finally, the Comedy Central show Reno 911 has used Del Amo Mall for both interior and exterior shooting. The Old Navy was also featured in the movie "Sleepover" with Steve Carrell and Alexa Vega. An episode of Medium starring Patricia Arquette was filmed inside of Kelly's coffee and fudge.
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Used as a backdrop for the movie "Valley Girl", though in the movie it was referred to as the Sherman Oaks Galleria