Opened on February 10, 1964, Topanga Plaza was one of
California's first major enclosed shopping malls. The original anchors were
May Company,
Montgomery Ward, and
The Broadway. The "Rain Fountain" on the south end consisted of several circular arrays of vertical monofilament lines stretching from the ceiling to a raised landscaped area on the floor. The effect of the rain was created by droplets of recirculated glycerine slowly descending along the wetted lines. An indoor ice skating rink,
Ice Capades Chalet, was located on the first floor of the southern section of the mall, surrounded by the original food court. The ice skating rink was closed in the late 1970s. In April 1984,
Nordstrom opened as the mall's fourth anchor. In 1992, the original developer
May Centers, Inc., was renamed
CenterMark Properties and was sold by parent company
May Department Stores in 1993 to a consortium led by Westfield Holdings, Ltd., a predecessor of
Westfield Group. In 1993, the May Company store became
Robinsons-May. Three years later, The Broadway shuttered. As a result,
Sears retrofitted the outpost and relocated from its nearby
Fallbrook Center mall. In 2001, Montgomery Ward shuttered as a result of the chain ending operations. In 2005, Nordstrom relocated on the Sears side of the mall. Alongside, the Wards store was razed, replacing it with a two-story
Target store, which opened a year later on October 6, 2006. In 2006, Robinsons-May became
Macy's, and Target opened. In 2008,
Neiman Marcus opened as its fifth anchor, which replaced the original Nordstrom store. On January 28, 2015, it was announced Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format. In September 2015, Westfield opened a major expansion of Westfield Topanga, called The Village at Westfield Topanga. The open-air shopping destination was located along
Topanga Canyon Boulevard, and sits between the Westfield Topanga and the largely-inactive
Promenade mall. The Village was purchased in January 2023 for $325 million by Rams owner Stan Kroenke, bringing his total property ownership in Warner Center to . The Village, since renamed
Topanga Village, will continue to operate as an open-air lifestyle and retail destination. The Promenade mall and a former Anthem office building are being redeveloped into the
Rams Village at Warner Center which is their headquarters and practice facility. In 2020, the Islands restaurant, which had been located at two different locations of the mall, lost its lease and closed its doors. Westfield turned the previous Sears outpost into an entertainment district featuring a new food hall named "Topanga Social," a retail center, and 12-screen
AMC Theatre. The theater, dubbed "AMC DINE-IN Topanga 12", opened on June 2, 2022. Some food options include bacon chicken mac & cheese bowl, chicken cobb salad, royal bacon brie burger, chocolate hazelnut churros, and mega milkshakes, which are cooked on the premises and delivered directly to the patron's assigned seating area. By 2023, after the
government lockdown, Westfield Topanga had announced several newest additions, among them are
Hermès,
Levis,
Bottega Veneta,
Dior,
Saint Laurent,
Swatch,
Celine,
Uniqlo,
FYE, and
Abercrombie & Fitch. On March 6, 2026, Saks Global announced the closure of 12 Saks Fifth Avenue and 3 Neiman Marcus locations nationwide in an effort to further cut costs and focus on more profitable locations, including the Neiman Marcus store at Westfield Topanga. == In popular culture ==