Town Center at Corte Madera
Town Center Corte Madera is an upscale shopping center located in Corte Madera, California. It is located off U.S. Route 101 on Tamalpais Drive. It is anchored by a Safeway supermarket and Barnes & Noble. It is located across the freeway from The Village at Corte Madera and the two shopping centers provide much of the city of Corte Madera's income from retail sales tax. The Town Center is owned by 770 Tamalpais Drive, Inc. The owner of that corporation is Morgan Stanley.[2]
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| Location | Corte Madera, California, United States |
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| Opening date | 1958 |
| Management | Madison Marquette |
| Owner | Morgan Stanley |
| No. of stores and services | 68[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 370,151 sq ft (34,388.2 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | shoptowncenter.com |
History
The Town Center is a successor to the Corte Madera Center (CMC), which opened in 1958 next to Littleman's Supermarket (later Cala Foods) which opened in 1952 and closed in 1985 and was located where P.F. Chang's is.[3] Louis Thomas, a men's apparel and formalwear shop, opened in 1958 and is the oldest surviving tenant.[4] In 1985 CMC was largely redeveloped, significantly remodeled, and renamed the Town Center Corte Madera. Anchor tenant Montgomery Ward had closed. J.C. Penney added a second story, and then closed in 2000. There was a The Good Guys!, but it was bought out by CompUSA, and the location was closed. It now houses a P. F. Chang's China Bistro.
There was substantial local controversy in 2005 and 2006 when it was announced that a Barnes & Noble chain book store would be moving into the space vacated by Marshall's, as the Book Passage was nearby, one of Marin County's largest independent book stores, that opened in 1976.[5][6] Though many Barnes & Noble stores have closed, it remains open at the Town Center.[7] Book Passage also remains open in Corte Madera.[8]
Anchors and major tenants
As of 2007, the Town Center Corte Madera and Madison Marquette Realty Services identified the largest tenants:[9][10]
Stores
Restaurants
- California Pizza Kitchen
- Il Fornaio
- P. F. Chang's China Bistro
References
- Big Mall Rat Guide
- Madison Marquette Realty Services, Property Detail > Town Center Corte Madera Retrieved May 20, 2007
- Marin County Genealogy, Marin County – Our Towns – Corte Madera
- Louis Thomas.com: Store Locations Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 28, 2007; "The store was founded in San Francisco in 1946 as 'Louis George' and used that name when it first opened in Corte Madera."
- Bookpassage.com: Book Passage History
- Citizens Concerned about Strengthening Independent Bookstores. Retrieved April 28, 2007 Archived October 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- Barnes & Noble Corte Madera: store details . accessed 8.4.2015
- Bookpassage.com: Book Passage, book shop homepage . accessed 8.4.2015
- Town Center Corte Madera, Directory and Map. Retrieved April 28, 2007
- Madison Marquette Realty Services, Property Detail > Town Center Corte Madera Retrieved May 20, 2007