[3][4] Palisades Village is an outdoor shopping center designed to look like a typical American main street with an array of smaller storefronts and mid to high-end boutiques.
[7] Retailers such as Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and what would've been the first Los Angeles location of San Francisco-based chain Bi-Rite Market were under consideration to open in the village.
Notable people in attendance included John Legend, Charlize Thereon, Mindy Kaling, Michael Keaton, Jon M. Chu, Rita Wilson, Molly Sims, Kate Beckinsale, and Rachel Zoe.
The parking garage uses all-LED lighting, which reduces energy by 90 percent, and also features charging for 30 electric cars, with the potential to scale this up to 100.
Permavoid and biofiltration systems to drain storm water, purity it for later use and store it under the village green, which results in the water-usage of development being almost nonexistent.
[14] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Palisades Village had a bike share project that let shoppers and residents borrow bicycles is enabled by a concierge program that delivers packages to their home or cars.
The park is supported solely by donations and maintained by volunteers, it also hosts community events and is home to 77 different tree and plant species to help satisfy Palisadians concerns about light and noise pollution.
[15] The Village Green is on the site of the original public park founded in 1923 which was later leased to Standard Oil for use as a gas station in 1945.
Finally in 1968, the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce contacted the Standard Oil and begaN to negotiate a closure of the filling station and restoration of the former park upon the expiration of their lease fornthe property beginning in June 1972.
The Village Green Committee signed a lease which gave them the option to buy the lot if it could raise enough money from the community.
Since opening, movie stars such as Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, John Legend,[12] Kevin Nealon,[12] Billy Crystal,[12] Kate Beckinsale[12] have been spotted shopping there, among others.