Backstory: The-900,000-square foot mall has been vacant for 25 years. Instead of attracting shoppers, the gutted mall in the ...

West Hollywood-based property development firm The Charles Company owns the Hawthorne mall property. The firm also owns several abandoned buildings in North Hollywood's Valley Plaza shopping center, ...

City officials have obtained a permanent injunction against the long-vacant Hawthorne Plaza, which has served as a ...

The long-abandoned Hawthorne Plaza building in Hawthorne on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Hawthorne code enforcement officer Oscar Lugo took photos during his ...

The City Council made a land deal that outgoing City Attorney Robert Kim felt was not in the best interest of the city.

Hawthorne officials have obtained a permanent court injunction, requiring the owners of the long-vacant Hawthorne Plaza Mall to redevelop or demolish the property by the end of August of next year.

Graffiti is scrawled on the walls. Light fixtures have been torn out. The roof is partially collapsed and code violations abound – from plumbing to electrical. Welcome to Hawthorne Plaza, an ...