12 Facts About Palisades Village

Palisades Village is a local shopping village located in Pacific Palisades, California, in the downtown area of the neighborhood known as the "Village", from which the shopping center derives its name.

In contrast to a typical shopping mall, Palisades Village is an outdoor shopping center designed to look like a typical American main street with an array of smaller storefronts and mid to high-end boutiques, rather than a collection of stores centered around anchor department stores like the nearby Westfield Century City and The Grove at Farmers Market shopping malls.

The majority of stores in the Village are women-owned businesses, and most are small chains with few locations.

Some larger chains who have storefronts in the Palisades Village operate smaller than average locations, such as Sephora Studio and Chanel Beauty.

Business district of the Palisades Village was centered around the historic Business Block building located between Antioch and Sunset.

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The construction of Palisades Village took more than two years to complete and cost more than $200 million.

Each building in Palisades Village was designed by a different architect, to create the look and feel of a longstanding downtown shopping district, so that no two buildings adjacent to each other looked alike.

All the walkways and paths in Palisades Village are paved with brick pavers, which is a first in the Los Angeles area.

Palisades Village is the "first LEED Gold certified ground-up business district" in the state of California.

Palisades Village Green is on the site of the original public park founded in 1923 which was later leased to Standard Oil for use as a gas station in 1945.

The Palisades Village Green was formally dedicated and opened to the public on August 17,1973.

The Palisades Village was developed around the Village Green and it is surrounded by storefronts that are a part of the shopping district.