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 ...

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.

A pedestrian passes Wednesday by the old Hawthorne Plaza in Hawthorne that has been closed for decades. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Hawthorne city officials are fed up with the owners of ...

Hawthorne City Attorney Robert Kim resigned recently after the City Council approved a land deal that he said was not in the best interest of residents. In a closed-session council meeting on Sept. 30 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hawthorne city officials are fed up with the owners of long-vacant Hawthorne Plaza and have obtained a permanent court injunction requiring them to either redevelop or demolish it by August 2026. The ...