Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza and neighborhood signage, May 2022.
Location	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates	34°00′36″N 118°20′14″W / 34.010079°N 118.337142°W / 34.010079; -118.337142
Address	3650 West Martin Luther King Boulevard
Opening date	November 21, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-11-21)
Management	CBRE
Owner	Harridge Development Group
No. of stores and services	100+ (as of 2021)
No. of anchor tenants	4 (1 open, 3 vacant)
Total retail floor area	870,000 sq ft (81,000 m2)
No. of floors	2
Public transit access	Martin Luther King Jr.
Website	baldwinhillscrenshawplaza.com

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (alternately BHCP)^[1] is a shopping mall located in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. This was one of the first regional shopping centers in the United States built specifically for the automobile. Two anchor buildings, completed in 1947, retain their original Streamline Moderne style. Since the mid-1960s, the mall has become a major economic and cultural hub of surrounding African American communities which include a spectrum of socioeconomic classes.

Its remaining anchor store is TJ Maxx after the closure of Macy's, Sears and Walmart. An additional net 2 million square feet (190,000 m²) of new development was approved by the city in 2018. The approved plan includes apartments, condominiums, a 400-room hotel, office space and additional stores.^[2] The mall has been seeking a buyer who would build out the approved plan. The sale has been challenged with community protests including a group of neighborhood activists who made a play to acquire the property and develop it as a community-owned project. In 2021, Harridge Development Group bought the mall for about $111 million.