Ambitious new plans unveiled this week would transform the hulking, abandoned Hawthorne Plaza mall from a ramshackle haven for feral cats and vagrants into a state-of-the-art place to shop ...

The Hawthorne Plaza mall has been closed since 1999 and in the time since then, has just been sitting eerily empty, save for the occasional film crew (it appeared most recently in Gone Girl).

Once the centerpiece of Hawthorne, the abandoned Hawthorne Plaza mall is an eery, decrepit reminder of more vibrant times in this section of town. The hulking, boarded-up structure reveals an ...