California Marketplace

Upon completion, California Marketplace is expected to be a three-story 213,000-sf commercial complex on 5th & Western in the lot formerly occupied by the historical and iconic Gaju Market.

The design calls for fifty-four (54) retail stores ranging in size from 239 to 36,848 square feet. It will have a five-level parking structure. Among confirmed tenants are Tous Les Jours, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Rodeo Cosmetics. The food court will have at least eight stalls.

California Marketplace plans to be open 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.

The original Gaju Market was opened in 1987 by the late Richard Rhee.

 
Kimbap Udong: California Market

Kimbap Udong


Address: 450 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: 213-568-3128

Inside California Market on the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Western Avenue… as of August 2016.

Upscale Korean hair salon in LA

Etude W Salon


Address: 450 S Western Avenue, Suite #221, 90020
Phone: (213) 448-0155

Second floor of California Marketplace

Caffe Bene at California Marketplace – Canceled


Address: 450 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020

What would’ve been the third location of Caffe Bene in the Koreatown LA area was announced in 2015 as one of the tenants of the reopening California Marketplace. As of April 2016 / February 2018, there is still no Caffe Bene at Gaju Marketplace. Instead, there is a franchise of The Coffee Bean & Tea […]

Rodeo Cosmetics – Status Unknown


Address: 450 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020

It had been announced in 2015 that Rodeo Cosmetics would open a location at California Marketplace. Gaju opened in December, but still no Rodeo Cosmetics. The original store is in the 800 block of Western Avenue, at Rodeo Galleria.