The original complex was surrounded by bi-level parking for 5,000 autos. Mall entrances on the south accessed the Upper Level, while those on the north brought patrons into the Lower. The main entrance provided access to both levels. In this original incarnation, TOPANGA PLAZA encompassed approximately 950,000 leasable square feet and housed eighty-three stores and services.

TOPANGA PLAZA TENANTS 1965:

MAY COMPANY (with Terrace Restaurant, May Mart budget store, Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / THE BROADWAY (with Gourmet Shop, optical department and freestanding Tire Center) / MONTGOMERY WARD (with Brentshire Room restaurant, Beauty Salon, Optical & Hearing Aid Center, Garden Shop and freestanding Auto Center) / FOOD FAIR supermarket  / JOSEPH MAGNIN / A La Card / Albert's Hosiery & Dancewear / Alroe Fashion Accessories / Art & Frame Galleries / Bar's C-M Center /  Barton's Chocolatier / Bea Lewiston Fashions / Beauty Tree / Berman-Corson Shoes / Bond Clothes / Cabot's Children's Shoes / Candle Shop / Camera Shop / Chucksburger Square / City National Bank / Don Paul's 7 Kitchens Cafe / Fiesta Footwear / Flower Circus / Gallenkamp Shoes / Glamour Accessories / Greene's Men's Wear / Hardy Shoes / House of Fabrics / House of Lords Clothiers of Men / Hudson's Jewelers / Innes Shoes / International Avenue / J.J. Golden and S.K. Kaseno, Optometrists / Joan Bari Bag & Gift Shop / Jolly Roger restaurant / Judy's ladies' wear / Kaplan's Bakery / Kaplan's Restaurant & Delicatessen / Kay Jewelers / Kinderphoto / Kinney Shoes / Lane Bryant / Leeds Qualicraft Shoes / Lindberg Nutrition / Mandel's Shoes / Manning's / Maris Cleaners / Martin Berens Tall Fashions ladies' wear / Marty's Sportswear / Mason Interiors / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Modern Woman ladies' wear / Monte's For Men / Moran Drapery Stores / Mullen & Bluett apparel / National Key / Orange Julius / Pacific Savings & Loan Association / Pickwick Bookshop / Poise 'N Ivy Fashions / Raj of India Imports / Roberts Art & Framing Galleries / See's Candies / Shirley's Maternity / Silverwoods Men's & Boy's / Slumber Shop / Sporty Knit / Sunset House Distribution Company / Sutton Brothers Home Decorating / The Show Off / The Swiss Colony / Tall Fashions / Tamara's Feminine Fashions / Thom McAn Shoes / Thrifty Drug (with luncheonette) / Top Hat Barbers / Topanga Plaza Ice Arena (with snack bar, sport shop, meeting room and warming lounge) / Topanga Plaza Medical Clinic / Topanga Plaza Pet Shop / Topanga Plaza Vacuum Cleaner & Sewing Machine Shop / Tot Toggery / Toy World / Treasure Isle Gifts / Wallich's Music City / W.V. Shearer Jeweler / Wetherby-Kayser Shoes / Zukor's ladies' wear