What was once a thriving luxury shopping mall in Southern California is now grappling with a large vacancy.

Nordstrom at Santa Monica Place permanently closed its doors on Aug. 26, ending a 15-year run as one of the mall’s key anchor tenants. The closure had been previously announced, though no official reason was provided.

However, the announcement in early July came less than a week after a police officer was shot at the mall while attempting to arrest a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of two teenagers elsewhere in Santa Monica.

The 527,000-square-foot shopping center, located at the southern end of Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade, has experienced a rise in vacancies since the pandemic.

In April, the property was acquired by Prism Places, a commercial real estate

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