Bella Terra, Huntington Beach,
California www.bellaterra-hb.com
California
shopping
Bella Terra (formerly Huntington
Beach Mall)
Bella Terra mall in Huntington Beach
is the re-opening of a former indoor
mall to an outdoor entertainment,
dining and shopping venue that's
instantly become a destination.
Launched in September 2006, a
special attraction is the
entertainment village designed in
the vein of the Italian San
Gimiguano in Umbria. This community
gathering spot with its open spaces
includes an amphitheatre in
Greco-Roman style with stone seating
and grass lawns surrounded by a
multiplex theatre, paseos, open air
outdoor lounge areas, dining and
shopping. On Friday or Saturday
nights the plaza sizzles with
excitement as crowds of people meet,
dine, shop or take in movies at the
20 screen theater.
Bella Terra is an outdoor dining,
shopping and entertainment
destination featuring 71 retailers
in a Tuscan-themed village that
lends itself to pedestrian-friendly
strolls in the year-round pleasant
weather Southern California and
Orange County beaches such as
Huntington Beach enjoy.
The mall stood nearly vacant for two
decades until a master plan finally
brought the elements together to
form a cohesive entertainment and
shopping venue the public would
support. With early design concepts
from the famed Jerde Partnership,
the formerly enclosed mall was
transformed into a 770,000
square-foot regional center with a
large parking structure to
facilitate traffic and allow for
more retail space.
The entertainment village anchored
by a multiplex theater was designed
to offer the dramatic scale and
skyline of an Italian village.
Meandering paseos strategically
radiating from a centrally-located
Greco-Roman amphitheatre facing a
fountain wall on which permanent
sculpture installations costing over
$1 million were placed, offers bench
seating and grassy lawns that
enhance the visitor experience,
inviting guests to stay longer. A
marquis center with LED lighting
that says, "Bella Terra" is visible
from the San Diego Freeway.
Included in the mall are:
REI,
Free Concerts,
Grand Opening,
Restaurants & nightlife
