About this mall
Formerly University Towne Centre (UTC), Westfield UTC is an open-air shopping mall in the University City community of San Diego, California. Westfield UTC is just east of La Jolla, near the University of California, San Diego campus. Owned by the Westfield Group, Westfield UTC is anchored by: Macy’s, Nordstrom and Sears.
Acquired by the Westfield Group in 1998, Westfield UTC was renamed “Westfield Shoppingtown UTC”, dropping the “Shoppingtown” name in 2005. Westfield bought both the closed Robinsons-May store and the freehold of the Macy’s store in 2006.
Ice Town, one of the few public ice skating rinks in San Diego, is still running in the same building as the shopping center’s food court which now houses Ice Skating, Hockey, Football, Baseball, Soccer, and many other sports.
A six-movie Mann Theatres franchise was at Westfield UTC fr om 1977 to 1999, situated wh ere the Sports Chalet is today.
