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BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — The East Hills Mall in Bakersfield will be auctioned at the Los Angeles Courthouse of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, on Sept. 22. The 410,000-square-foot East Hills Mall sits on 36 acres and was originally built by the Hahn Company in 1988. The portion to be sold at auction consists of the mall shops and a theater, which contains about 178,000 leasable square feet on 17.8 acres. The mall was previously anchored by Mervyns and Gottschalks, but after both retailers were liquidated in 2009, East Hills struggled to pay its debts and its owner, BH Mall LLC, subsequently filed for bankruptcy. The auction’s minimum starting bid will be $4.1 million.