Bella Terra is an outdoor shopping mall in Huntington Beach, California. It was built on the site of the former Huntington Center. The center's current anchors are; Kohl's, Burlington Coat Factory, Barnes & Noble, Cinemark Theaters, Whole Foods Market, and Costco Wholesale. History Huntington Center opening The Huntington Center was the first enclosed, all-weather mall in Orange County. It opened in 1966 at a cost of $20,000,000 with 55 retailers occupying a total of of retail space on a lot, and parking for 3,700 cars. Department store anchored the center: The Broadway 2 stories, on a lot, Charles Luckman and Associates, architects JCPenney 2 stories, plus a auto service center Montgomery Ward 2 stories, plus a auto service center on a lot Barker Brothers a 2 story furniture store (built with the same architectural style as The Broadway) across the parking lot and an unenclosed strip of several shops adjacent. Additional tenants at opening included Lerner's, Judy's, Harris & Frank, Leed's, Kinney Shoes, Thom McAn, Security First National Bank, Crocker-Citizens National Bank Food Fair supermarket and Thrifty Drug Stores. An eight-ton statue from Budapest, Hungary was installed in the center of the mall. Later developments 1986: New wing was built with Mervyn's added as its fourth anchor store and a new food court added and all opened in November. 1993: JCPenney closed in November and relocated to Westminster Mall. 1995: Burlington Coat Factory replaced JCPenney. Barnes & Noble opened in October, moving into the long-vacant former Barker Bros. building. 1996: The Broadway closed in August due to the company being purchased by Macy's and liquidated and the wing between the closed The Broadway building and Burlington Coat Factory was closed and sealed off shortly thereafter as the mall's business begins to decline rapidly. Closedown 2000: Burlington Coat Factory sued mall owners, claiming they are being "forced out" during the mall's redevelopment. 2001: Montgomery Ward closed in March due to liquidation making it the last original anchor store to close. 2003: Mall closed, except for Mervyn's and Burlington Coat Factory, which closed shortly after the mall closed. The mall was demolished soon afterward, except for Burlington Coat Factory, Mervyn's and the empty Montgomery Ward and The Broadway. Rebirth as Bella Terra 2006: Bella Terra opened with Kohl's in the old The Broadway building. The empty Montgomery Ward building was left standing and was demolished in 2010. 2008: Mervyn's and Circuit City