The Hahn Company, San Diego, California, alternately known as Ernest W. Hahn, Inc., was a major American shopping center owner and developer from the 1950s to the 1980s. Purchased by the Trizec Corp. in 1980 (which then took the name TrizecHahn), it became defunct.
The company was founded and managed by Ernest W. Hahn (1919–1992). During its 30 years of existence the company built 45 shopping malls in 18 states, from Florida to Oregon. Their first major project was the regional shopping mall La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara, California, which opened in 1967. Hahn went on to become the largest mall builder in the West.
The innovative Horton Plaza mall in Downtown San Diego, which opened in 1985, helped lead the rejuvenation of the city's downtown area. It was the first successful downtown retail center since the rise of suburban shopping centers decades earlier. Hahn had previously built the Fashion Valley and Parkway Plaza malls in San Diego.
In 1980 Trizec Corporation, Toronto, Canada, acquired the company's shopping center interests. Trizec took the new name TrizecHahn to reflect the purchase. TrizecHahn exited the shopping center business in 1998. The majority of its properties west of Las Vegas were acquired by Westfield America, Inc. (precursor to The Westfield Group) and those east of Las Vegas by The Rouse Company (now part of General Growth Properties).
La Cumbre Plaza (1967) - Santa Barbara, CaliforniaValley Plaza Mall (1967) - Bakersfield, CaliforniaFashion Island (1967) - Newport Beach, CaliforniaMontclair Plaza (1968) - Montclair, CaliforniaFashion Valley Mall (1969) - San Diego, CaliforniaGalleria at Tyler (1970) - Riverside, CaliforniaDowntown Plaza (1971; portions of the mall were demolished in 2014 and the remainder will be redeveloped into Downtown Commons in 2016) - Sacramento, CaliforniaLos Cerritos Center (1971) - Cerritos, CaliforniaSunrise Mall (1971) - Citrus Heights, CaliforniaWestfield Oakridge (1971) - San Jose, CaliforniaFashion Place (1972) - Murray, UtahParkway Plaza (1972) - El Cajon, CaliforniaLaguna Hills Mall (1973) - Laguna Hills, CaliforniaPuente Hills Mall (1974) - Industry, CaliforniaWestfield Santa Anita (1974) - Arcadia, CaliforniaMt. Shasta Mall (1975) - Redding, CaliforniaRimrock Mall (1975) Billings, MontanaNewmarket North Mall (1975; redeveloped as NetCenter in 2000) - Hampton, VirginiaWestfield Culver City (1975) - Culver City, CaliforniaPueblo Mall (1976) - Pueblo, ColoradoCapital Mall (1977) - Olympia, WashingtonHawthorne Plaza Shopping Center (1977) - Hawthorne, CaliforniaRedlands Mall (1977) - Redlands, CaliforniaVintage Faire Mall (1977) - Modesto, CaliforniaWestfield UTC (1977) - University City, San Diego, CaliforniaThe Oaks (1978) - Thousand Oaks, CaliforniaSanta Maria Town Center (1978) - Santa Maria, CaliforniaWestdale Mall (1979; demolished in 2014 and is currently under redevelopment) - Cedar Rapids, IowaMesa Mall (1980) - Grand Junction, ColoradoOgden City Mall (1980; demolished in 2002 and redeveloped as The Junction) - Ogden, UtahPlaza Pasadena (1980; demolished in 1999 and redeveloped into Paseo Colorado in 2001) - Pasadena, CaliforniaSanta Monica Place (1980) - Santa Monica, CaliforniaClackamas Town Center (1981) - Clackamas, OregonThe Courtyard (1981; redeveloped into Promenade on the Peninsula in 1999) - Rolling Hills Estates, CaliforniaFashion Island (1981; demolished in 1996 and redeveloped into Bridgepointe Shopping Center in 1997) - San Mateo, CaliforniaFashion Show Mall (1981) - Paradise, NevadaMall of Memphis (1981; demolished in 2004) - Memphis, TennesseeSolano Town Center (1981) - Fairfield, CaliforniaLong Beach Plaza (1982; demolished in 2000 and redeveloped into Long Beach City Place in 2003) - Long Beach, CaliforniaWestfield Palm Desert (1982) - Palm Desert, CaliforniaSanta Rosa Plaza (1983) - Santa Rosa, CaliforniaThe Village at Corte Madera (1985) - Corte Madera, CaliforniaWestfield Horton Plaza (1985) - San Diego, CaliforniaWestfield North County (1986) - Escondido, CaliforniaWestfield Valley Fair (1986) - Santa Clara, CaliforniaThree Rivers Mall (1987) - Kelso, WashingtonBridgewater Commons (1988) - Bridgewater, New JerseyEast Hills Mall (1988) - Bakersfield, CaliforniaSierra Vista Mall (1988) - Clovis, CaliforniaTowson Town Center (1990s renovation) - Towson, MarylandPark Meadows (1996) - Lone Tree, Colorado