Carmel Plaza

Carmel Plaza[1] is a 111,980 sq ft (10,403 m2) self-described "upscale, outdoor lifestyle shopping center" in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in the block bounded by Ocean, Junipero, Mission and 7th streets.[2] It is currently anchored by Sur la Table, and Anthropologie and is home to luxury goods retailers such as Tiffany. Three stories of shops surround an open-air courtyard.

Despite its small size, the center has been host to small branches of three department stores. At opening on August 18, 1960,[3][4] I. Magnin opened a 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) store here.[5] Both the store and the center were designed by architect Olof Dahlstrand.[6] Joseph Magnin opened in 1974.[7] After the Joseph Magnin chain closed in 1984, Saks Fifth Avenue opened on May 31, 1986.[8]

The shopping mall was built in 1960 by Gerson Bakar and Steve Jacobs. It was sold to Macerich in 1998, and again to the O'Connor Group in 2012.[9]

References
  1. Fodor's Northern California 2013 (2013 ed.). Fodor's. 2012. ISBN 9780891419280. Worth Noting, Carmel
  2. "Leasing Information, Carmel Plaza" (PDF). O'Connor.
  3. Longstreth, Richard (1010). The American Department Store Transformed 1920–1960. Yale. p. 111. ISBN 9780300149388.
  4. "Finding Aid to the I. Magnin & Co. Records 1893-1998 (bulk 1930-1994) SFH 2", Online Archive of California
  5. "Dahlstrand, Olof". University of California Berkeley CED Archives.
  6. "I. Magnin to Open Store at Carmel Early in 1960". San Francisco Examiner. May 11, 1959. p. 38.
  7. "Two Level Cocktail Party". Los Angeles Times. May 2, 1974. p. 67.
  8. "Advertisement for Saks Fifth Avenue". The Californian (Salinas, CA). May 29, 1986. p. 26.
  9. http://www.pineconearchive.com/120706-2.html

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