The latest and final element of the redevelopment is 35,000 sfof new retail and restaurant space, helping to produce whatWestminster calls "a community center with a lifestyle flair." Thisfinal phase of the redevelopment culminates a process in whichWestminster scraped the site down to the dirt and re-graded fromcurb to curb, with the exception of a former Harris departmentstore, which is now a Gottschalk's.

In addition to the new Gottshalk's, the center on Central Avenuebetween the 91 Freeway and Magnolia Avenue now features BordersBooks, Regal Cinemas, Vons, Trader Joe's, Sav-on, Panera Bread andCalifornia Pizza Kitchen. The new center and the new design by Cityof Orange-based Architects Orange, culminate six years of planning,negotiating and development that went into re-creating the retailvenue.

Carol Scott, general manager for Riverside Plaza, says that thecenter now provides the kind of shopping venue that Inland Empirecommunities are demanding as a result of population growth,shifting demographics and changing times. "Satisfying demand inRiverside is requiring the redevelopment of existing projects dueto the dwindling supply of open space," Scott observes.