Paramount Pictures and Caruso partner to reopen Pacific Palisades' only cinema, the Bay Theater. Luxury dine-in company THE LOT will manage day-to-day operations at the Palisades Village theater. By Dolores Quintana There is finally news about the future of The Bay Theater in Palisades Village. It was one of the landmarks of the Caruso-owned shopping center that has been sorely missed on the Westside, especially among film fans. Today, Caruso and Paramount Pictures announced that they would bring The Bay, the only cinema in Pacific Palisades, back under a new long-term leasing agreement. David Ellison, Chairman & CEO of Skydance, said, "Together with Caruso, we are proud to help bring the Bay back to life as a place for the Pacific Palisades community to gather around the shared experience of cinema. This theater has always meant more than movies alone - it's woven into the fabric of this neighborhood, and helping restore it is a privilege. We're inspired by the resilience of Pacific Palisades residents, and we're honored to help support this community's comeback." Netflix formerly leased the theater starting in 2021, and it closed after the tragic Palisades Fire in 2025. The Bay Theater was built in 2018. Day-to-day management of the theater, which will screen first-run Paramount releases, repertory screenings, "experiential activations...curated events, and special programming," will be taken over by the luxury cinema company THE LOT. It is a luxury dine-in theater with four other locations in Northern California, Orange County, and San Diego. Culinary offerings are provided by ZENTRL Kitchen in the theater group's other locations, but it is not yet known if they will also run the kitchen at The Bay Theater. The theater will also have a craft cocktail menu. A grand opening date for the theater will be announced in the coming weeks. Rick Caruso, Founder and Executive Chairman of Caruso: "The Bay has always been at the heart of the Palisades, and its return is one of the most meaningful signs yet that this community, following the reopening of the Palisades Village this summer, is coming back stronger than ever. David Ellison and I have a shared ambition to make it one of Los Angeles' premier moviegoing destinations. I am grateful for David's leadership and commitment to Los Angeles and the entertainment industry."

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Rivian and Caruso expand partnership with 150 plus fast chargers and two new showrooms in Southern California. Rivian is going bigger on its Caruso partnership, adding more than 150 DC fast chargers across Caruso's Southern California properties along with two new showrooms opening in 2026. The news comes from Electrek's reporting, and it lines up cleanly with the strategy Rivian has been running for a while now. Put charging and brand experiences where people already are, instead of asking them to go out of their way. The two new showrooms are headed to The Commons at Calabasas and The Americana at Brand in Glendale. Rivian already has a presence at The Grove and Americana, and these new ones will follow the same gallery-style approach the company has used elsewhere. Less sales floor, more space to actually sit with the vehicles. The chargers are part of the Adventure Network, open to all EVs, and powered by renewable energy. Rollout is over the next year across LA, Glendale, Calabasas, Marina del Rey, and Thousand Oaks. If you live in any of those areas, this is just going to make charging part of your normal routine instead of something you plan around. Owners enrolled in Caruso Signature still get free annual parking across the portfolio, and there's now year-round ride and drive programming baked into the deal. Rivian is also staying on as the presenting sponsor for the 25th Christmas at The Grove, which is a small thing on paper but a pretty big moment for visibility in LA every year. What I keep coming back to is the timing. R2 deliveries are about to start, California is the biggest market for it, and Rivian is dropping showrooms and chargers in the exact spots where future R2 owners already shop and eat and park. None of that is an accident. Whether this scales the same way in other regions or stays a Southern California play is the part worth watching.