As of this summer, the Promenade Mall is gone. Urbanize LA reported in August 2026 that the long-struggling mall had been "reduced to rubble." That clears the way for Rams Village, the mixed-use plan from Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who now owns the property and several neighboring Warner Center sites. The property covers roughly 52 acres.
You might expect a hole that size to empty out the middle of Warner Center for a few years. This fall points the other way. A circus is booked under the Promenade's name, a chef-driven residency has opened at the Westfield Topanga food hall, and more new openings keep being announced nearby. The site now gathers people more like a park or event ground than a mall, and the current plan for the land would make that permanent.
The Circus Is Still Booked Under the Promenade's Name
Circus Vargas lists a Woodland Hills run from October 23 through November 16, 2026, with tickets on sale now. The circus's tour page calls the venue "The Promenade." Its ticket page gives the address as 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd, West Hills, CA 91307. That's a West Hills ZIP on a listing headed "Woodland Hills," so check the address on your ticket before you plug it into your phone. The Woodland Hills–Warner Center Chamber of Commerce calendar shows the same October 23 to November 16 dates.
So the mall's name is still working as a landmark after the building is gone. For a few weeks this fall, the Promenade means a big top instead of a parking garage.
Here's the dated calendar from now through mid-November, using only events with posted 2026 dates:
- October 10: The Chamber calendar lists a "Shift Our Ways Grand Opening." The listing doesn't give a location, so check with the Chamber before you go.
- October 23 to November 16: Circus Vargas at "The Promenade," 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
- October 24: "Halloweentown Hills" at Woodland Hills Recreation Center, according to the Chamber calendar. The recreation center is at 5858 Shoup Ave. No 2026 hours or program details had been posted as of early October, so check the recreation center's page closer to the date.
The calendar is still open on Halloween and the holiday kickoff. As of early October, the Westfield Topanga and Topanga Village event pages had no dated 2026 trick-or-treat, costume event or tree lighting. Those pages are worth checking again as October goes on.
Across the Street, the Food Court Is the Draw
Urbanize LA called the Promenade "long-struggling" well before it came down. Now Westfield Topanga is putting a lot behind its own food hall, Topanga Social.
The biggest arrival is Chain, B.J. Novak's pop-up turned lifestyle brand, which reworks nostalgic fast food and chain-restaurant dishes. Eater LA reported in August that Chain would open its first long-term residency at Topanga Social on September 2. The residency features cooking from four chefs: Roy Choi, Mason Hereford, Mei Lin and Calvin Eng. Chain also partnered with General Mills on a menu of snacks and desserts built around the company's cereals. Chain's chief creative officer, Nicholas Kraft, told Eater:
"The mall food court is one of America's greatest dining institutions."
The residency is set for six months, and Kraft didn't rule out an extension. Six months from the September 2 opening lands around early March 2027. That's a calculation, not an announced closing date. Either way, the chefs are here through the circus run, Halloween and the holidays.
Chain has company. Westfield's Topanga Social page lists these concepts as open now: Brewser's Coffee, Chain, Chubby Cove, Chubby Social, Cilantro Lime, Goooey, Kabob Social, Mr. Chubby, Ozzy's Apizza, Pompadour Cafe, Red Door Escape Room, The Loop, Nugtown, UMARI and Wanderlust Creamery. Back in June, WhatNow reported that Chubby Social and Chubby Cove would roll out sometime in summer 2026 but gave no exact date. Westfield now lists both as open, though the exact day each one opened is unconfirmed.
With both on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, a night at the circus and dinner at Topanga Social fit into the same evening.
New Openings Keep Arriving Around the Edges
The empty lot hasn't slowed new arrivals on the blocks around it. Three new openings were reported in the last two weeks of September and the first day of October.
- Cache 58, a fine-dining Mexican restaurant from chef Ruben Barragan, is coming to Westfield Topanga at 6600 Topanga Canyon Blvd. As of WhatNow's September 29 report, no opening date had been announced.
- The Escape Game is headed to 6344 Topanga Canyon Blvd. WhatNow's October 1 report also had no opening date. It joins Red Door Escape Room, which already operates inside Topanga Social.
- Bread Head is slated for Topanga Village at 6316 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Suite 1180, in the former Veggie Grill space. Its fourth location is scheduled for December 2026.
All three have Topanga Canyon Boulevard addresses, the same street the circus lists for The Promenade. Businesses are still choosing this corridor while the land sits cleared.
The Plan for the Lot Keeps the Gathering Going
Rams Village is a revision of a project that was already entitled. Former owner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield had planned a high-rise mix of housing, a hotel and commercial space for the site. Kroenke's version calls for more than 5.2 million square feet of high-rise and low-rise buildings.
Several parts of the plan are about bringing people together in public. Here are the parts city officials reviewed in 2025, as listed by Urbanize LA:
- A new Rams headquarters, described as a three-story building with a public plaza
- A two-story indoor training facility with spectator seating
- Two four-story entertainment venues seating 2,500 and 5,000, with retail
- A 65,000-square-foot public park with a bandshell
- A new public restroom
- A 37-story mixed-use building with more than 700 homes, live/work units, a 182-room hotel and commercial space
- A 29-story tower with more than 500 homes
- A 32-story tower with more than 400 homes and commercial space
- A 19-story office tower with 425,000 square feet of offices, 100,000 square feet of medical offices and retail
In total, the plan calls for more than 3,100 homes, with five percent set aside for very low-income households, plus parking for more than 5,000 vehicles. Gensler is designing the project, which would be built in phases over several years.
The first piece to break ground is supposed to be housing, not the park or the venues. Revisions submitted to the Planning Department show a pair of residential buildings with 646 homes along the north side of the property. The first is an eight-story building of about 600,000 square feet, with 326 units, retail and parking.
The timing is uncertain. In June 2025, the Daily News reported the Rams were aiming to start construction by 2027. That target is more than a year old, and the August 2026 reporting confirms the demolition but not a groundbreaking date. For now, Rams Village is a plan under city review, not a construction schedule.
Until crews arrive, the cleared site and the blocks around it are doing a small version of what the plan describes. A circus booked under the Promenade's name is handling the live entertainment a bandshell would one day offer, and Topanga Social and the incoming tenants along Topanga Canyon Boulevard handle the dining the entertainment venues would someday share. If the plan goes forward as filed, the 5,000-seat venue, the bandshell park and the plaza in front of the Rams headquarters would take over that role for good.
If you own in Woodland Hills, the Promenade site is the biggest change you'll see from your own street in years, and the 646-home first phase is the next milestone to watch. Meghan Nyback and the team track what's happening at Warner Center so you can see how projects like Rams Village show up in your home's value. Make that move: get your free home valuation and see where your home stands while the lot is still taking shape.
