FIGat7th is an open-air shopping mall located in the

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of the

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, California, United States. It is nestled between three skyscrapers, 777 Tower, Ernst & Young Plaza and the residential tower, The Beaudry. Some of its current retailers include Target,

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, Morton's Steakhouse,

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, and

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. There are also weekly and monthly events hosted by the mall, such as a

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and art exhibitions. The mall primarily catered to office workers in Downtown Los Angeles. With the rapid growth of the area's population, however, the mall has started to reposition itself to better serve the needs of the residential community.

History

The mall opened on April 9, 1986 as Seventh Market Place, part of the new Citicorp Plaza development. The adjacent Citicorp Center office tower had opened the previous October. The mall's anchor stores were

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and May Company. Both had closed their nearby standalone anchor stores to move to the new mall. Bullocks closed in 1996. The May Company became

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in 1993, then

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in 2006. It closed in 2009. The mall was renamed 7+Fig in 2000. In late 2010,

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announced a CityTarget store would open as part of a redesign of the mall by the

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architecture firm. The mall is owned by

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. The mall reopened, following extensive renovations, as FIGat7th in Fall 2012. In 2016,

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closed due to bankruptcy. It was replaced by

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in fall 2017.

References

External links

Official FIGat7th websiteBrookfield Properties
(owner)

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Brookfield Properties buildings Seventh Street (Los Angeles) {{US-mall-stub

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