Indian Hill Village

Indian Hill Village is a former shopping mall in Pomona, California. It has been redeveloped into a multi-use retail, commercial and educational facility and is now known as The Village @ Indian Hill, comprising 650,000 square feet (60,000 m2) on 39 acres (16 ha).

Indian Hill Village
LocationPomona, California, United States
Coordinates34.062°N 117.721°W / 34.062; -117.721
Address1460 E. Holt Avenue
Opening date1955
Closing date1995
DeveloperJohn S. Griffith[1]
No. of stores and services50+
No. of anchor tenants2
Total retail floor area650,000 sq ft (60,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Websitevillageatindianhill.com

History

The original, open-air mall was built in the mid-1950s as Pomona Valley Center. Its anchor store, a 111,500-square-foot (10,360 m2) Sears, had been dedicated in November 1954. Inline stores included Long's Drugs, F.C. Nash and J.J. Newberry. Between 1967 and 1969, the mall was expanded westward. A 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) Zody's discount store opened in June 1969, as the center's second anchor. One year later, the F.C. Nash store was sold to Roberts Department Store.[2]

In 1974, the mall was renamed to Indian Hill Village, a name chosen by the mall owners in a contest.[3] An enclosing renovation was completed in September 1982. The project was described as "the largest single commercial development in the city's history".[4] In 1985, Sears moved to the Montclair Plaza Mall.

In 1995, part of the property was acquired by the Pomona Unified School District,[5] which created the nonprofit Pomona Valley Educational Foundation to manage it; the foundation was dissolved in 2010.[6] The conversion of the failing mall into an "impressive" educational facility has been cited as one of the chief accomplishments of then-school superintendent Patrick Leier.[7]

The expanded property now houses multiple educational facilities which serve more than 2,000 students in grades pre-Kindergarten to 14.[5] An eight-screen movie theater formerly in the mall was closed in September 2005, prompting the theater owner to sue the school district, alleging that the lease had been improperly terminated.[8]

References
  1. "Newberry plans million dollar Pomona store". Pomona Progress Bulletin. June 1, 1955. p. 15. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  2. "Nash's store sold in Pomona Valley Center". Pomona Progress Bulletin. April 28, 1970. p. 7. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  3. "Indian Hill Village now: Shopping center gets new look, name". Pomona Progress Bulletin. November 4, 1974. p. 17. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  4. Landsbaum, Mark (December 21, 1980). "'Blue Collar' Mall Will Set Pomona Development Record". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  5. "Welcome to The Village at Indian Hill". Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. Rodriquez, Monica. "Pomona Valley Educational Foundation to fold". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  7. "Pomona schools need new style of leadership". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. March 4, 2006. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  8. Ruiz, Kenneth Todd (October 4, 2005). "Ex-theater owner sues Pomona schools". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
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