Los Angeles'
Hollywood & Highland Complex / Ovation Hollywood

Hollywood, L.A.'s seventy-five-store shopping and entertainment extravaganza opened in November 2001. Originally known as the HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX, it got off to a less than stellar start. Things did pick up in later years, with the venue eventually serving as a catalyst for a revitalization of Hollywood Boulevard.
Photo from Wikipedia / Gary Minnaert

The H&H COMPLEX was built on the northwest corner of the Hollywood Boulevard / Highland Avenue intersection; the epicenter of Hollywood. Originally, Hotel Hollywood occupied the site. This circa-1902 photo shows the initial stage of the building.
Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library's Photo Collection

Hotel Hollywood was expanded between 1904 and 1908. Here we see the completed structure, which was the area's first major lodging establishment. By the 1920s, it was officially known as the Hollywood Hotel and was home to several silent-era movie stars. Its grand Orchid Ballroom was the place to see and be seen in Roaring '20s Tinseltown.

Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library's Photo Collection

Just down The Boulevard was the majestic Grauman's Chinese Theatre, with its famed Forecourt. Here is where the creme de la creme of Hollywood came to etch their names in wet cement. The first to do so was actress Norma Talmedge, in May 1927. Today, there are nearly 200 celebrity signatures.

"MM" was so immortalized in June 1953, as a promotion for Twentieth Century

Fox's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."

The 2-block area, that would eventually host the H&H COMPLEX, as it was situated in 1953. The Hollywood Hotel, in the lower right, would be bulldozed 3 years later. Of course, it was considered out of the question, at the time, to have renovated the historic structure...

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. The First Federal Savings & Loan Building, which replaced the Hollywood Hotel in early 1959. The remainder of the old hotel site was covered with asphalt and four small retail buildings. These joined the plethora of cheesy souvenir shops that now lined the formerly fabulous Boulevard.

In March 1960, the illustrious -or so they hoped- Hollywood Walk of Fame premiered. It remade a 1.7 mile stretch of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street into a sidewalk tribute to various Tinseltown luminaries. Director Stanley Kramer was the first artist to be commemorated with a star.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Richardw"

Marilyn Monroe's WOF star. It resides at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Hollywood & Highland McDonald's. The fast foodery is located near the southeast corner of the intersection.

The site of the H&H COMPLEX, in 1980. A high-rise Holiday Inn had opened in 1970. Grauman's Chinese Theatre was rebranded as Mann's Chinese Theatre in 1973. The Mann's Chinese II & III Theatres were added in April 1979. 

A rendering of the proposed HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX. Originally, there was to be a "Premier Theatre" (it was branded by Kodak in July 2000). Q's Juke Joint, a nightclub envisaged by Quincy Jones, never came to fruition. Its space became a Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley. Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Motion Picture Collection, announced in the summer of 2001, never panned out either. 
Drawing from http://www.marketingwithstyle.com / McCarthynews 

An aerial view of the H&H COMPLEX construction site, taken in October 1999. I was visiting So-Cal during this stage. Looking down into the incredibly deep excavation, I was almost certain I could see a city block of Beijing, lol.
Drawing from http://www.marketingwithstyle.com / McCarthynews

Among my souvenirs...a photo that I snapped at the Hollywood-Highland intersection in June 2000. The H&H COMPLEX, under construction at the time, is seen on the right. That's the famed El Capitan Theatre on the left.

A circa-2002 site plan of the shiny new HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX. The existing "Chinese Theatre" has been worked into the 640,000 square foot shopping and entertainment venue. A circa-1970 Holiday Inn had closed in April 1999, in anticipation of a 130 million dollar expansion and renovation. It re-opened, as the Renaissance Hollywood, in December 2001.

A more contemporary view of the structure, which was renamed HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER in 2004. The stairways lead up to what was originally known as the "Babylon Court." Today, it is referred to as the "Central Courtyard."
Photo from Wikipedia / Gary Minnaert

The open Central Courtyard, with its gigantic "Grand Portal" Arch. This was modeled after a set built for D.W. Griffith's silent-era epic "Intolerance" (1916).
Photo from http://communitybenefits.blogspot.com 

A still from "Intolerance," showing the original Arch. After shooting was completed, the set was moved to the intersection of Sunset and Vine. It stood there for several years before being demolished.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Ihcoyc"

Moving back to the present, we see a trainset on L.A.'s Metro Red ("B") and Purple ("D") Line subway. The system was inaugurated, with the 4.4 route mile Union Station-to-Westlake-MacArthur Park line, in January 1993. Metro's Hollywood-Highland station opened, as part of the North Hollywood Red Line Extension, in June of the year 2000. 

Photo from Wikipedia / "The Port of Authority" 

An interior view of the Hollywood-Highland Metro Red Line station.
Photo from http://www.metro.net

That famed -and coveted- statue. Originally known as The Academy Award of Merit, it is now commonly referred to as "The Oscar."

Photo from The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

[see Fair Use Rationale at end of article]

OSCAR NIGHT VENUES

1. ROOSEVELT HOTEL, Hollywood, Los Angeles (1929)
2. & 3. Alternated between the AMBASSADOR HOTEL, Mid-Wilshire,
Los Angeles and BILTMORE HOTEL, Downtown Los Angeles (1930-1943)
4. GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE, Hollywood, Los Angeles (1944-
1946)
5. SHRINE AUDITORIUM, West Adams, Los Angeles (1947-1948)
6. ACADEMY AWARD THEATRE [American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Headquarters], Hollywood, Los Angeles (1949)
7. PANTAGES THEATRE, Hollywood, Los Angeles (1950-1959)
[Awards ceremony held simultaneously at NBC INTERNATIONAL THEATRE,
New York City (1953) and NBC CENTURY THEATRE, New York City (1954-
1957)]
8. SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM, City of Santa Monica (1960-1968)
9. DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION, Downtown Los Angeles (1969-2001)
10. KODAK THEATRE, Hollywood, Los Angeles (2002-2012) / DOLBY THEATRE (2013-)


A list of the ten Academy Award ceremony venues. The presentation has been a Tinseltown tradition since the first was held on May 16, 1929. After 43 years of being staged in various parts of Los Angeles, the annual Oscar Night ceremony moved back to Hollywood. This occurred with the 74th soiree. It was held at the HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX Kodak Theatre, on March 24, 2002.

Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel, which hosted the first Academy Award ceremony in 1929. The building is located along Hollywood Boulevard, directly southwest of today's H&H CENTER.
Photo from Wikipedia / Gary Minnaert

Hollywood's Pantages ["Pan-tay-jus"] Theatre, which was an Oscar Night venue for the years between 1950 and 1959. It is located at the Hollywood & Vine intersection, several blocks east of the H&H CENTER.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Captain-tucker" / LA Times

Central city Los Angeles' Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Oscar Night venue between 1969 and 2001.
Photo from Wikipedia / Carol M. Highsmith 

The Kodak Theatre, which was the site for Oscar presentations between 2002 and 2012. Billy Crystal referred to the venue as the "Bankruptcy Theatre" at the 2012 presentations. As a facet of the camera company's demise, the Kodak branding had been removed in February of that year. In May, a new sponsor was announced and the auditorium was bequeathed a new name. On June 11, 2012, it officially became the Dolby Theatre.
Photo from Wikepedia / "DirectorG"

 

The HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND California Pizza Kitchen is a circa-2001 charter tenant.

Photo from http://hollywoodandhighland.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

The Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley opened in late 2002.

Photo from http://hollywoodandhighland.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

A circa-2016 plan shows that much has changed since our 2002 layout. The original Street Level, Level 1, Level 2 and Dining Level orientation has been altered. The floors are now named Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4. As previously mentioned, the Kodak Theatre has been rebranded as the Dolby Theatre. Lastly, Grauman's Chinese Theatre has had -yet- another corporate name tacked on. As of January 2013, it is officially known as the TCL Chinese Theatre. Boo Hiss to this.

We continue our HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND induction with a montage of logos used to promote the shopping hub between the years 2001 and 2022.

Graphics from http://hollywoodandhighland.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine) 

A massive renovation of the shopping hub commenced in 2020. As part of this endeavor, the name of the complex was changed to OVATION HOLLYWOOD in March 2022. 

Graphic from https://www.ovationhollywood.com

OVATION HOLLYWOOD TENANTS 2023:

SHOPPING:

Aldo shoes / Baly’s apparel / Bric’s Milano / Dodgers Clubhouse / Foot Locker / Forever 21 young ladies' wear / Gelato Festival / Hot Topic apparel / Japan House / Lids hats / M.A.C. Cosmetics / Pandora / Pink / Q Fashions / Sephora cosmetics / Shoe Palace / Skechers shoes / Sun’s Up / Victoria’s Secret lingerie / Walgreen Drug / Wuitusu

  

DINING:

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream / Cabo Wabo Cantina / California Pizza Kitchen / Capital One Cafe / Chado Tea Room / Cho Oishi Japanese cuisine / Cold Stone Creamery / Cookie Dough Dreams / Hard Rock Cafe / Japan House / Jinya Ramen Express / Johnny Rockets restaurant / Latin Fusion Kitchen / Pokinometry / The Tea & Coffee Exchange / Waffle Jack / Wolfgang Puck Catering

THEATRES & ENTERTAINMENT:

DOLBY THEATRE / CHINESE THEATRE / CHINESE 6 THEATRES / Anvio VR / Dave & Busters Grand Sports Cafe / Lucky Strike Lanes (with bar & grill) / Starline Tours / The Ray Dolby Ballroom

HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX / OVATION HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, California

Tinseltown's post-modern urban mall, originally known as the HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX, was developed by Toronto's TrizecHahn and designed (primarily) by New York City's Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn. The shopping and entertainment hub was built on an 8.5-acre site, lying 5.7 miles northwest of center city Los Angeles

The HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX was officially dedicated on November 8, 2001. Encompassing 4 retail levels atop a 6-level, subterranean parking garage, the complex spanned approximately 640,000 leasable square feet and contained over seventy-five stores and services. There were no large department store anchors, but the center did include the 3,400-seat seat Kodak Theatre, which has been a venue for the annual Academy Awards presentation ceremony since March 2002.

The area now known as Hollywood has a short but event-filled history. By the 1870s, an agricultural community referred to as Cahuenga ["kuh-wang-uh"] Valley had been established. Its main thoroughfare, Prospect Avenue (later Hollywood Boulevard), was an unpaved gravel road for several years.

The name Hollywood was in place by 1887 and residential development was underway. The area was incorporated as a city in 1903. In 1910, it was annexed into the City of Los Angeles. The locality's first major lodging establishment, Hotel Hollywood, had opened in December 1902. It was located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in a plat called Ocean View. 

Hotel Hollywood was expanded between 1905 and 1908 and became the home of many players in the fledgling motion picture industry. In the 1920s, its name was changed to Hollywood Hotel. By the early 1940s, its glory days had passed. The run down building was demolished between May and August 1956.

A groundbreaking was held in January 1957 for the 13-floor First Federal Savings & Loan Association Building, a Mid-Century Modern high rise built at the east end of the old hotel site. It was officially dedicated in February 1959. The remainder of land previously occupied by the hotel became a parking lot with five small retail buildings. On the adjacent block to the west, between Orchid Avenue and Orange Drive, sat Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Dedicated May 18, 1927, its oval Forecourt became famous for its collection of movie star autographs written in wet cement. 

By the late 1950s, the Hollywood area was in decline. Cheesy souvenir shops lined Hollywood Boulevard and the high-caliber nightclubs of yore, such as Brown Derby, Mocambo and Ciro's, were either closed or well past their prime.

A plan was devised to reinvigorate the community via a star-studded Walk of Fame. The sidewalks along a 1.7-mile stretch of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street would be rebuilt. A series of terrazzo and brass stars would be installed honoring icons of motion pictures, television, recording and radio (a fifth category, for live performance, was added in 1984).

In September 1958, a sample -8-star- Hollywood Walk of Fame section was unveiled along the sidewalks at the northwest corner of the Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue intersection (in front of the future First Federal Building). The project was met with controversy and courtroom drama. Construction work was temporarily halted. It resumed after all legal challenges were overcome, in October 1959. 

Sample stars were relocated along a final version of the Walk of Fame. It was dedicated March 28, 1960, with director Stanley Kramer being the first Tinseltown luminary commemorated. Unfortunately, the decline of Hollywood was not reversed by the project. Interest waned, with no new stars installed between 1960 and 1968. Things picked up in the 1970s and '80s. Eventually there would be 2,600 Walk of Fame stars.

Several retail-based projects were proposed in the 1980s to help revitalize America's decaying movie mecca. These included HOLLYWOOD PROMENADE, HOLLYWOOD URBAN VILLAGE and HOLLYWOOD GALAXY. Only HOLLYWOOD GALAXY (1991) ever came to fruition. It was less than successful.

TrizecHahn's David Malmuth had been instrumental in a successful reinvention of Manhattan's Times Square. In the mid-1990s, he announced a proposal for the HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX, which was to be a mixed-use retail and entertainment project. 

It would be the largest development in Los Angeles since the mid-1980s, with its construction being accompanied by renovation of the adjacent Grauman's Chinese Theatre and 22-floor Holiday Inn. The hotel was to be expanded and rebranded as the Renaissance Hollywood. Moreover, an extension of the Los Angeles Metro Red Line subway would service a new Hollywood-Highland Station. This would connect into the prospective HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX. The train station was inaugurated on June 24, 2000.

Meanwhile, ground had been broken for the H & H COMPLEX in October 1998. Demolition of existing structures was complete by January 1999. An 80-foot-deep excavation was made. 90 million dollars in public funding, provided by the local Community Redevelopment Agency, would be used to build the mall, whose cost had been estimated at 430 million dollars. 

The project would be plagued by cost overruns. A 615 million dollar structure was officially dedicated on November 8, 2001. In addition to its Kodak Theatre, the H & H COMPLEX housed tenants such as Banana Republic, 4 You, Versace Classic, Planet Funk, Attack of the Killer B's and Aveda. There were also restaurants, such as Trastevere Ristorante Italiano, Fresh-Fire Kabob, Mongolian Grill, California Pizza Kitchen, Monkees Seafood and Burger King. Night spots included Club One Seven, The Highlands and Elixir.

At the center of the center was the opulent outdoor Babylon Court, with its gigantic replica of an arch used as a set for the 1916 silent-era epic "Intolerance." A multiplex, the Mann's Chinese 6 Theatres, operated on Level 2. On Level 5 was the Grand Ballroom, with cuisine provided by Wolfgang Puck. 

Shopping malls in the vicinity of the H & H COMPLEX included WESTFIELD FASHION SQUARE (1962) {6.6 miles northwest, in Los Angeles}, WESTFIELD CENTURY CITY (1964) {5.3 miles southwest, in Los Angeles} and BEVERLY CENTER (1982) {2.8 miles southwest, also in Los Angeles}.

Promoted as "The new epicenter of popular culture," the H & H COMPLEX failed to live up to previous expectations. In January 2004, the Los Angeles-based CIM Group acquired the property at a rock bottom price...less than half of its construction cost. They performed a small renovation, brought in tony tenants, and renamed it HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER. 

In April 2007, the Curbed LA website presented the shopping and entertainment facility with the dubious distinction of "Ugliest Building In Los Angeles." Nonetheless, H & H CENTER endured a less-than-stellar start and emerged as a catalyst for a successful revitalization of Hollywood Boulevard. 

In February 2012, the bankruptcy of the Eastman Kodak Company resulted in that corporate name being removed from the center's Kodak Theatre. In May 2012, it was announced that Dolby Laboratories would assume sponsorship of the venue. It officially became the Dolby Theatre on June 11, 2012. Soon after, new entertainment venues opened at H & H CENTER. The OHM Nightclub held its grand opening on February 22, 2014. Dave & Buster's Grand Sports Cafe welcomed first patrons on August 21, 2014.

In August 2019, the CIM Group sold the majority of H & H CENTER to a joint venture of San Jose's DJM Capital Partners and Gaw Capital, of Hong Kong. The Dolby Theatre was not included in the transaction. The new proprietors started a 100 million dollar renovation in 2020. The Babylon Court was reconfigured and new office space created. As part of the project, the name of the complex was changed to OVATION HOLLYWOOD in March 2022.  

Sources:

https://variety.com

http://www.laweekly.com

http://www.marketingwithstyl.com/McCarthynews

http://la.curbed.com

http://www.hollywoodandhighland.com

https://www.ovationhollywood.com

https://www.businesswire.com

http://web.archive.org / www.hollywoodandhighland.com (website on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

http://www.movie-theatre.org / Mike Rivest

"Hollywood & Highland Center", "Hollywood", "Hollywood Hotel"  and "Hollywood Walk of Fame" articles on Wikipedia

Fair Use of "The Oscar" Image: 
 
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Johannesburg's Killarney Centre (Mall)

A rendering of the open court area at KILLARNEY CENTRE. In the Afrikaans language, its name is pronounced "Ki-lah-nee." The complex, which opened for business in 1966, was the first mall-type shopping complex on the continent of Africa. 

Drawing from "Urban Continuum" / Tahira Toffa / Killarney Mall Management

A second contender for the distinction of "first mall in Africa" might be SOUTHDALE CENTRE, which is located in south Johannesburg. Named after an historic Minnesota shopping hub, this complex opened for business in the 1960s. The exact year is in question. We find references to 1962, 1963 and 1969. The official SOUTHDALE website indicates that the mall was completed in 1969.

Graphic from https://www.southdalesc.co.za

A vintage photo of the original, open-air KILLARNEY CENTRE. Its lofty Clock Tower was a distinctive feature that could be seen for several miles.
Photo from "Urban Continuum" / Tahira Toffa / Killarney Mall Management

Another vintage view of the 1960s shopping hub. Its Woolworths anchor store is seen on the left.
Photo from http://www.skyscrapercity.com

Our first KILLARNEY site plan was created primarily from the few vintage photos that exist of the complex. There is not a wealth of internet-based information about the early days of the shopping hub. With this said, we can add that the original open-air mall was incorporated with the adjacent Killarney Film Studios. The motion picture production facility, often referred to as the "Hollywood of South Africa," had been established in 1916.

KILLARNEY CENTRE was no more than 5 years old before its first renovation was undertaken. South and East Wings were added and the entire structure fully-enclosed and climate-controlled.
Photo from "Urban Continuum" / Tahira Toffa / Killarney Mall Management

To accommodate its expansion, the mall was extended over the entirety of the 13-acre plot. The 56-year-old film studio was relocated and then demolished. When the construction dust settled in 1972, the shopping complex had been renamed KILLARNEY MALL.

The KILLARNEY MALL renovation was done as a keeping up measure with several super-sized shopping hubs that were under development on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The first of these, SANDTON CITY, was dedicated in 1973. EASTGATE CENTRE, seen here, opened in 1979.
Photo from "Urban Continuum" / Tahira Toffa / Norwich 1986: 76

A second major renovation and expansion of KILLARNEY MALL was done between 1998 and 1999. The south end supermarket was enlarged, mallways reconfigured and a 2-level Southeast Wing (in dark gray) constructed.

Based in Capetown, the South African Woolworths chain traces its origins back to 1931. Today, Woolworths variety-type stores carry lines of apparel, shoes, accessories and sporting goods. In 2017, there were 282 locations in eleven African nations. Note: the chain was never affiliated with the similarly-named North American or Australian retail chains.
Graphic from Woolworths Holdings, Limited

Pick n Pay, a Capetown-based grocer, has anchored the south end of KILLARNEY MALL for a number of years. The chain's first stores were established in 1967. As of 2017, Pick n Pay operated 536 supermarkets in seven African nations. Note: the official trademark was written "Pick 'n Pay" before 2007, when the apostrophe was removed.
Graphic from Pick n Pay Stores, Limited

As part of an early 2000s refurbishment, a new KILLARNEY MALL logo was commissioned. It made its debut in October 2004.
Graphic from Octodec Investments, Limited

The early 2000s renovation was completed in two stages. The first, conducted in 2001-2002, is indicated in dark gray. The Riviera Road Parkade was built as part of this project. The second stage, in lighter gray, was done in 2004-2005. Among other things, it added the Killarney Avenue Parkade. With these modifications, the mall encompassed approximately 505,300 leasable square feet and 100 stores. Its parking facilities could now accommodate 1,400 autos.

KILLARNEY MALL TENANTS 2006:

SHOPPING CENTRE:

EDGARS department store / PICK 'N PAY supermarket / WOOLWORTHS variety store (with deli and coffee shop) / @Home furniture and accessories / Absa Bank / Barrington's Grill & Food Emporium / Carrol Boyes functional artwork / Barbers At Killarney / Burnham's Shoes / By Design Jewellers / Cape Union Mart apparel / Cappo's Italian cuisine / CBJ Country Clothing / Cellars wine and liquor store / Cell C mobile phones and accessories / Chinese Supermarket / Clicks cosmetics / C N A stationery, music and video / Congo Joe home decor & gifts / Donna by Marco Adamo ladies' wear / Dream Nails / Edgars Red Square cosmetics / Elegant Dry Cleaners / Exclusive Books / First National Bank / Flight Center travel bureau / Flower & Garden Shed / Foschini ladies' wear / Fresh natural products / Glomail / Good Times jewelry and accessories / Hair Art styling salon / Hayward Original Jewellers / High Fidelity cds, dvds and tapes / House of Coffees / Huberto Ice Cream Parlour / Ideal Leather / Indigo footwear and accessories / Juicy Lucy health food restaurant / Killarney Coins & Collectables / Killarney Hardware / Killarney Jewellers / Killarney Post Office / Killarney Public Library / Killarney Riviera Pharmacy / Killarney Toyota / Koshika / Laurence Strouss Optometrists / Levinger's Dry Cleaners / Light Touch laser skin treatments / London Pie Company / Manuka Cafe & Fine Wines / Marco Adamo men's wear / Matis Beauty Salon / Mr. Pet / Mr. Price apparel / Mr. Price Home linens and bath accessories / MTN - Cosmo Net mobile phone service / Mugg & Bean coffee shop / Multiserv mobile phone service / Musica cds, dvds and tapes / Nathan's Optometrists / Nedbank / Nu Metro Theatre (six screens with Barry Ronge's Movie Club) / Old Mutual Bank / Out Of The Blue apparel / P & G Coin Company / Pen & Art writing implements / Perfect 10 / Photo Connection / Rage Footwear / Red Square footwear / Rennies Foreign Exchange / Sacha's of Killarney ladies' wear / Scent-Sation / Seattle Coffee Company / Sheri Shoes / Shirley's ladies' wear / Spice Of India / Standard Bank / Step Ahead / Sunglass Company / Shop / Sweets From Heaven / Sydney Kaye Optometrists / The Baron Tobacconist / The Body Shop cosmetics / Tower Bureau de Change / Truworths ladies' wear / Video Spot / Vodashop mobile phones and accessories / Wimpy hamburgers

OFFICE TOWER:

Academy For Maths / Archiconsult / Aromatic Essential Oils / Bradford Personnel Agency / Bregman Mitchley Attorneys / Bhikha Incorporated Attorneys / Blueprint Human Resources / Cape Union Mart Regional Office / Career Consortium / Centre Management / Chevreau Projects / Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture Clinic / City Property Management Boardroom / Dalkeith Management / David Lieberman & Associates / DCD South Africa / Donen Property Consultants / Doctor R. Levy, General Practitioner / Eagle Corporate Travel / Equistock Properties - Auto City / Falco Domestic Appliances / FAITZ Chartered Accountants / Friends Of Hebrew University / Garb & Joffe Attorneys / Georgiou & Associates / GQ Fashions / HR Solutions for Tomorrow / Idea Exchange / Ignition Management / Index Human Resources / I.R. Lisus Attorneys / Leyden Gibson Town Planners / Levingers / Lithuanian Consulate / Maxshell (ND Consulting) / Mitchell & Company / Momentous Sports Corporation / Morris Segal, Propriety Limited / Nexus Paralegal / Nochumsohn & Teper Attorneys / Northplan Chartered Accountants / Online Communications & Publishing / Phillip Jacobson / Profile Placements / Psychological Society of SA / QSTC Solutions / Ramasedi Travel / Site Architects / Stellar Africa / Sundar Systems / The Tower Group / Trevor Traube / TSG Tax Professionals / Vibe Marketing / Vunani Aquaculture Projects

MEDICAL SUITES:

Dr. K. Bakos, Dental Surgeon / Dr. E. Ichilcik, Dental Surgeon / Dr. S. Ossip, Dental Surgeon / Laurence Strouss, Optometrist / Nathan's Optometrists  

Johannesburg-based Edgars opened a KILLARNEY MALL store in late 2005. The chain, established in 1929, carries lines of apparel, shoes, accessories and sporting goods. In 2017, there were thirty-seven Edgars locations in six  African nations.
Graphic from Edgars Consolidated Stores, Limited

Apparently (and this could not substantiated), a 5-screen multiplex was installed in KILLARNEY MALL during its 1990s makeover. Originally a Nu Metro venue, it was upgraded into a state-of-the-art facility. The theater re-opened, as today's CineCentre, in May 2011.
Graphic from the Avalon Group

The mall's Edgars store shut its doors for good in February 2015. The ground level was retenanted by Dis-Chem, which welcomed its first shoppers in November of the same year. This chain of "chemists" (drug stores) is based in "Joburg" and originated in 1978. In 2017, there were 118 South African stores and two in neighboring Namibia.
Graphic from the Dis-Chem Group

Our fifth -and final- KILLARNEY MALL plan dates to 2023. The complex was given a 7 million Rand face lift in the 2010s. The exterior was substantially renovated, with the movie theatre upgraded to the aforementioned state-of-the-art venue. New mall stores include PNA stationery & books and Pick n Pay Clothing. 

We now embark on a 2020s KILLARNEY MALL photo tour. Here, we see the Northwest Entrance and Killarney Avenue Parkade. 
Photo from http://www.cityproperty.co.za / City Property

Directly above is a vista view of the east side of the shopping complex, showing its close proximity to the De Villiers Graaff (or "M 1") Motorway. The Killarney Mall Office Tower (the 3-level structure at the center of the image) was built as part of the 1972 enclosing renovation.
Photo from http://www.cityproperty.co.za / City Property

In our first interior view, we see the Rotunda of the 2-level Southeast Wing. This Lower Level, known as the "Banking Mall," has five financial institutions along its concourse. 
Photo from http://www.cityproperty.co.za / City Property

Here we see a concourse in the single-level section of KILLARNEY MALL. The photographer has just stepped inside the Northwest Entrance (seen above). On the right is Clicks, another "chemist," who set up shop in this store space in April 2005.
Photo from http://killarneymall.co.za / Killarney Mall

Woolworths, a charter mall tenant, opened their first KILLARNEY store in 1966. The original location was on the north end of the complex. It eventually moved to this space, which is beneath the 3-storey Killarney Mall Office Tower. 
Photo from http://killarneymall.co.za / Killarney Mall