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# Demolition Begins on Santa Monica Place Redevelopment Along Fourth Street
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/042408-story/
- Published: 2008-04-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:55:28.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Real Estate & Housing, Santa Monica, #archive-import

RIPPING THE PLACE APART Brandon Wise Major progress is being made on a redevelopment project that promises to remake Santa Monica Place into a radically different shopping center than its previous incantation. Workers removed much of the wall facing Fourth Street on Wednesday afternoon. Work will continue until 2009.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 24, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)