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{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Otay Ranch Town Center
| image = Otay Ranch Town Center logo.png
| caption = Otay Ranch Town Center logo
| opening_date = {{Start date and age|2006|10|27}}
| location = [[Chula Vista, California]]
| developer = [[General Growth Properties]]
| manager = [[Brookfield Properties]]
| owner = [[Brookfield Properties]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.otayranchtowncenter.com/en.html}}
| floor_area = {{convert|654,646|sqft|m2|1}}
| number_of_stores = 103
| number_of_anchors = 4
| footnotes = <ref name=mall>{{cite web | url=https://www.brookfieldpropertiesretail.com/properties/property-details/otay-ranch-town-center.html | title=Otay Ranch Town Center | publisher=[[Brookfield Properties]]}}</ref>
}}
'''Otay Ranch Town Center''' is an open-air [[shopping mall]]/[[Lifestyle center (retail)|lifestyle center]] in the Otay Ranch area of [[Chula Vista, California]], south of [[San Diego]]. Owned and operated by [[Brookfield Properties]], it includes [[anchor store]]s such as [[AMC Theatres]], [[Barnes & Noble]], [[Planet Fitness]], and [[Macy's]].
Other retailers include [[Apple Inc.]], [[H&M]], and [[Hollister Co.]] Dining options include [[The Cheesecake Factory]], [[Chili's]], and [[P.F. Chang's China Bistro]].<ref name="mall" />
==History==
===2000s===
Otay Ranch Town Center opened on October 27, 2006 with anchors, [[Borders Group|Borders Books & Music]], [[Macy's]], [[REI]], and [[AMC Theatres|AMC]] theaters.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20061027005465/en/General-Growth-Properties-Opens-Otay-Ranch-Town | title=General Growth Properties Opens Otay Ranch Town Center | publisher=[[Business Wire]] | date=October 27, 2006}}</ref> There is also a [[Power center (retail)|power center]] east of the mall with big box retailers like [[Best Buy]] and [[Ulta Beauty]] and a few restaurants.
The Mall had originally been planned to be a high-end mall attracting additional anchors like [[Nordstrom]]. Due to the [[financial crisis of 2007–2008]], those plans were changed, and the site is now a soccer field.
In 2007, [[Borders Group]] moved to (nearby competing mall) [[Westfield Plaza Bonita]] and was replaced with [[Barnes & Noble]].
===2010s===
Since 2010, many national chain stores including [[Gap (store)|Gap]], [[Anthropologie]], [[Justice (store)|Justice]], [[Banana Republic]] closed.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/south-county/sd-se-otay-ranch-0202-story.html | title=Otay Ranch Town Center sees store closures in 2017 | first=Allison | last=Sampite-Montecalvo | work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] | date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> As more stores and eateries closed, Chula Vista Library opened a branch in the food pavilion in 2012 replacing the vacant [[Geppettos]] and three eateries to attract more foot traffic at the center. Around 2012, [[Party City]] and [[Designer Shoe Warehouse]] opened stores at the east end of the mall.
In 2017, [[Recreational Equipment, Inc.]] did not renew its lease and shuttered their location, and in 2018, [[Planet Fitness]] took its place.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.10news.com/news/new-businesses-coming-to-chula-vista-s-otay-ranch-town-center | title=New businesses coming to Chula Vista's Otay Ranch Town Center | first=Laura | last=Acevedo | work=[[KGTV]] | date=October 16, 2018}}</ref> In 2018 and 2019 new eateries opened in the south parking lot including [[Panera]] and [[Jack in the Box]]. In 2019, [[San Diego Metropolitan Transit System|MTS]] had a Rapid Bus Route 225 stop built for Otay Ranch Town Center. This new bus route also brought with it a new bridge over [[California State Route 125|SR 125]], which meant that residents of the Santa Venetia area could have direct access to the town center.
===2020s===
In 2020, a Barons Market opened in the former [[Designer Brands|DSW]] location after they had relocated to the former [[Gap (store)|Gap]] location/ [[Toys "R" Us|Toys “R” Us express]]. Also in 2020 the lease of the Library Branch had been extended to 2023. As of 2021 [[Brookfield Properties]] announced a reimagination of the town center, making it into a [[mixed-use development]] adding many more apartment complexes to what is the current surrounding parking-lot areas (which originally had been planned to be retail spaces in a future extension) as well as “pedestrian-friendly green spaces”. They mentioned that there are no plans to alter retail at the existing Town Center, but the project will help bring in much more foot traffic into the mall much like the few years when the town center had first opened. <ref>{{Cite web| title=Otay Ranch Town Center Version 2|url=https://www.otayranchtowncenterreimagined.com/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Otay Ranch Town Center Version 2|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Mall features==
* The mall hosts a farmer's market every Tuesday afternoon
* Dog park
* Pet-friendly shopping center
* Family-friendly shopping center, with water fountains for children and artificial grass area
* Has an annual tree lighting with Christmas entertainment
==See also==
* [[Westfield Plaza Bonita]]
* [[Chula Vista Center]]
* [[Las Americas Premium Outlets]]
* [[Fashion Valley Mall]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.otayranchtowncenter.com/en.html}}
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