Midtown Crossing

I LOVE this shopping center; it has Ross, Ulta, G Stage, Great Clips Hair Salon, Pizza Rev, Smart and Final, etc… And the parking is FREE!
I wish they had a Target and Trader’s Joe instead of Smart& Final and Sports Authority.

I get in the line I always say good morning she (Jennie the Head Cashier) didn’t say anything! So after she rings me up she doesn’t bag my groceries I told her if I wanted to do my own I would be at Food 4 Less! Then she says you didn’t give them to me ! They in the basket on the top part. I wanted to smack her but she was a Mexican girl and I’m an African American Women.

I like how this area is a great midway point from Westside to DTLA. Also, the shopping plaza gives the drab area revitalization. There is a Lowes as the anchor store below and bulk of the retail is on the third level such as Petsmart (which I shop regularly for my doggy). There are also a Smart & Final, Ross for Less, Ulta Beauty, Sport Authority, and other smaller stores & a Chipotle. The only reason why I didn’t give this location a 5 stars is because the design of the exit from the third level parking & where the stores are located (it may be only way up and down) is tight and usually congested on the weekends.

I truly enjoy coming up to this location. I love the fact that they have a ton of parking which god knows that if you are from L. A that is a huge plus!
They have tons of stores to select from. One of My Favorite being Ross, which I will tell you is clean and has a ton of good offers.
Take a stroll and check it out. They also just opened a smart & final which is super convientent

Midtown Crossing is simply the best little shopping center on this side of town. Conveniently located, lots of parking, great shops and a variety of restaurants to eat at. (Chipotle, Panda Express, Pizza Revolution)
I mean this place has it all, Lowes, Petsmart, Ross, Carters, Smart& Final, etc. They also have an ULTA which I absolutely just love!!! The staff is extremely friendly and very helpful. Right next door to ULTA is G-​Stage, your one stop shop for cute and fashionable clothes for the low. Overall this place rocks.

I’m glad to see some good store at Midtown Crossing. I feel so bad for the tenants because the parking structure is ridiculous. So the stores are worth 5 stars, but the parking lot is a solid 1 star… and that’s only because the parking is free.
It’s the most poorly designed parking lot I’ve ever seen. Really it is… and this is NEW construction, so there’s no excuse for the major SNAFU they’ve created there.
First of all, good luck actually getting IN the parking lot. If you’re coming south on Rimpau, and you could drive straight, you’d drive right into the entrance. BUT, you can’t do that. You MUST turn right, going west on Pico and completely miss the entrance, forcing you to make an illegal u-​turn or find a way to turn around. Same goes for leaving the structure at the north entrance. You MUST turn east or west on Pico, but you can’t go straight through to RImpau. So stupid. It might be a city thing, but they had plenty of time to plan this hot mess of a parking structure.
The parking lot signage is sparse, confusing, and poorly displayed.
Wait, it gets worse! Please see my pictures of the sharp turn going up the ramp to the third floor. You reach the top and take sharp a blind right turn. There are also cars trying to go down. That’s when the fun begins. See my pics. You’ll see for yourself how badly they screwed this up. Utterly ridiculous. Ludicrous. Seriously, a third grader could have done a better job planning. Can’t believe all the millions spent and make such a serious oversight. The person who designed it must have never even seen a car before.
Get this, they have a height clearance on the upper lot, that is OUTSIDE. Apparently the sky is only 8’4″ there. See my pic.
I suggest you enter and exit from Venice heading west if you can. The ramp is much wider… still a bit of a blind curve, but way safer than the other ramp.
Again, I feel so bad for the tenants. There are some really nice stores there. Do try to patronize them. Just be super careful and patient trying to find your way into the parking structure and getting out of there again.

The internet speed at this place sucks! It is mediocre at best!
Don’t come to this location if what you want is to spend some time online!
You’ll walk out of here a year older with nothing to show for it!

Wow! I had no idea so many stores opened in the newly built Midtown Crossing plaza. I only come here for the Lowe’s, but I got a mailer for the grand opening of the Smart & Final Extra! and came to check it out. I was in a rush to do my grocery shopping so I only remember that there was a Petsmart, Ross, Chipotle, a pizza place, ULTA beauty, a dentist’s office and a soon to open Sports Authority. It’s kind of a pity that the layout of the plaza and the parking is a bit confusing, as it is located between Pico Boulevard and Venice Boulevard with the elevation of Venice Boulevard being higher than Pico. Lowe’s is basically on the 1^st floor while the entrance from Venice takes I you into the structure on the 2^nd floor and the shops are all on the 3^rd floor. However there is PLENTY of parking! You can enter on Pico, but you’d have to go up 2 floors. I’m glad that I discovered the many stores on the 3^rd floor. I can tell you I’ll be back for the Smart & Final, which is the largest and well stocked one I’ve seen, and also for the Chipotle and Sports Authority.

Okay so its 2014, and alot has happened… Some of ratings need to be adjusted because this place is definetly a great place to find some good food. First off we have chipotle, then we also got starbucks and panda express. There’s a foot locker, wells fargo, Lowes, GNC, I think petsmart is opening up here as well. I mean this place is really coming together… Oh yea My bank, Chase, the best bank ever is also there and that branch is awesome!

It’s starting to shape up. I’m slightly disappointed we didn’t get a trader joes but as a nearby resident it just feels great to have something like this when we had to suffer through passing by a big open ugly lot for many years. I can’t wait for the opening of the remaining businesses.

«Just noticed a sign „ROSS coming soon“ and also an application from Chipotle! Finally stores are moving in upstairs. Would have preferred a Target, but Ross will be a busy upstairs anchor, more so than the Lowe’s. Now let’s get Trader Joes to move in too!!!»

I think it’s great that this place is developing, but it’s time to UPGRADE on the restaurants, retail and grocery stores in Midtown Crossing. We bought up the street and I’d love to see higher end restaurants than crap like Panda Express. I don’t want to have to drive to out of my way to find decent food or shops. We need Gelsons, Trader Joes or Whole Foods. We need some cool restaurants and bars, too.

This place has been in development since 2000 & it’s taking this long to finally be complete. The 1^st step was building the new transit center to replaced the old one that opened between 2003 & 2004. 2^nd was the new shops behind it on Pico between San Vicente & rimpau around 2006. Now the lowes hardware store, which originally was suppose to be a Home Depot finally opened in march 2012. The 3^rd level above lowes needs to be filled with more retail possibly another grocery store as another anchor & other stores.

A great new development in an area of the city that was sorely lacking in shopping and commercial options. As they fill in the empty spaces this will turn help turn midtown into a more vibrant area and improve life for everyone around. Generating more commerce is desperately needed in the middle of Los Angeles, and this is a great start. I hope Pico continue to improve and this new shopping development is the catalyst to make it happen.

Unfortunately grand opening of Lowe’s was preceded by the intersection of Rimpau and Pico being transformed into a «right turn only» situation. The convoluted mess of u-​turns and trying to bust a left across traffic across Pico has made Midtown Crossing nearly impossible visit to despite living less than 6 blocks away.
It’s been nice knowing you, Panda Express. Good thing you’re not a one-​stop shop.

I put the 3 star «A-​OK» because I think it’s heading in the right direction, but we still need more businesses to move in, to be a full out Shopping Center. I disagree with the user who called Lowes and Starbucks an «eyesore». Didn’t you see what was there BEFORE all this?
I personally welcome businesses and people it brings into this area. I’d love if more independent shops (and RESTAURANTS, hopefully.) came in, but I’m ok with the chains too. Just so long as it’s not empty, rundown, poorly lit lots.
Also, lots of homeowners appreciate having a home improvement store so close. OSH is great but doesn’t have a lot of the stuff that Lowes does.
Of course, not everyone will agree with me. .but that’s my two cents!

Just wanted to mention that there is also the Rimpau Transit Center where Metro and Santa Monica Big Blue buses can pick you up, including ones that take you downtown. So you can grab some coffee and 2x4s while you wait for the bus.
I hope Midtown Crossing carves out some space to support small and local businesses — I think that would make a lot of the neighborhood peeps exclaim «Woohoo! As good as it gets!»

Its new and still growing! too early to rate too early to give it 5 or 1 stars. They are still developing the midtown crossing. Lowes is already an eyesore in the community with osh hardware just a block away it was not a good idea to move in. From what i hear they are planning on expansions that could hinder the community. Not a good start when you are trying to fit into the community.
On top of that rimpau was just reduced to a right turn only street coming onto pico. This has increased traffic onto the smaller adjacent streets.
We will see how it goes a year downy he road.
right now we have lowes, panda express, starbucks (like we need another one of these eyesores), a bank, ATT, and foot locker.
The only good thing is tawada across the street the first business to come in before everyone else did when it was tuff to even run a business.

Midtown Crossing is a new shopping complex development in what they call Mid-​City. The Mid-​City name comes from the fact that this area is centralized between downtown LA and Santa Monica (Makes sense right?).
Midtown Crossing itself is a brand new 3 story shopping complex with tons of parking and a lot of new shops that are either open now or under development. The whole project has been underway since before 2006, and they had their grand opening on March 5.
The most notable store in Midtown Crossing at the moment is a brand new Lowes Hardware store. If this store is any indication of what the final complex is going to look like then it’s got a bright future. Lowes is often viewed as a more upscale version of Home Depot, and this store doesn’t disappoint. It is massive in size, brightly lit, and filled with everything you can imagine. (Tip: when I was there today they were passing out $ 10 gift cards for getting on their mailing list. I love those new opening promotions!)
Right next door they have a number of street level shops that were completed in 2006 as phase 1 of the project, such as Starbucks, AT&T, Foot Locker, Panda Express, etc. This whole area is definitely something to keep an eye on as the remaining shops in the main Midtown Crossing complex start to open up. Since it is on Pico, not far from the 10, it might even be a good place to stop and take a break for those commuters between downtown and the west side.