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# Macerich Scraps Towers Plan for Santa Monica Place, Will Remodel Instead
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/060606-story/
- Published: 2006-06-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:15:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Real Estate & Housing, Downtown, #archive-import

It’s good they had erasers. Last week, The Macerich Co. — owners of the embattled Santa Monica Place mall — announced that they had made a mistake by assuming residents would welcome a complex with three 21-story towers, and went back to the drawing board. Now comes news they plan to instead remodel. So this week, Q-Line wants to know: “What would you propose for the shopping complex in the heart of downtown?” Call (310) 285-8106 and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 6, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/060606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)