South Coast Plaza
One of the shopping center's west entrances
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Costa Mesa, California United States
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| Coordinates | 33°41′28″N 117°53′22″W / 33.69111°N 117.88944°WCoordinates: 33°41′28″N 117°53′22″W / 33.69111°N 117.88944°W |
| Address | 3333 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 |
| Opening date | March 15, 1967 |
| Developer | C.J. Segerstrom & Sons |
| Owner | Segerstrom family |
| Architect | Victor Gruen Associates |
| No. of stores and services | 250+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 2,800,000 square feet (260,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | Parking lot, parking garage |
| Website | Official Website |
South Coast Plaza is an upscale-luxury goods shopping mall in Costa Mesa, California in Orange County. The largest mall on the West Coast of the United States, its sales of over $1.5 billion annually are the highest in the United States. Its 250 retailers represent the highest concentration of design fashion retail in the U.S, with the second highest sales-volume in California at $800 per square foot ($8,600/m2)—second only to Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose-Santa Clara, at $809 per square foot ($8,710/m2). The national average is $411 per square foot ($4,420/m2). The mall is anchored by Macy's, Sears, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, and Saks Fifth Avenue.
In March 1967, members of the Segerstrom family, most notably, Harold (Hal) T. Segerstrom, Jr. and cousin, Henry Segerstrom opened a shopping center called "South Coast Plaza" in one of the family's lima bean fields in rapidly growing Orange County. Originally anchored by a May Company that had opened in late 1966 and Sears, the initial phase of the center was designed by Victor Gruen. It was built the same year as The Irvine Company's neighboring Fashion Island in Newport Beach.
The success of the center brought rapid expansion: an additional wing with Bullock's in 1973, I. Magnin in 1977, Nordstrom in 1978, and Saks Fifth Avenue in 1979. The opening of the Nordstrom store is considered a seminal event as it was the first Nordstrom store outside of the Pacific Northwest and marked the West Coast and later the nationwide expansion of its chain.
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