South Coast Plaza is a regional shopping mall located in Costa Mesa, California. It is the largest shopping mall in California and the 4th largest in the United States. The Plaza is home to 275 retailers which represent the highest concentration of design fashion retail in the U.S. It has the second highest sales-volume in California and the highest annual sales in the United States.
As a renowned international destination for shopping and dining, South Coast Plaza celebrated 50 years of quality in 2017. It is home several critically acclaimed restaurants and the celebrated Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Its unparalleled collection of diverse retailers, from Gucci, Hermès, Cartier and Harry Winston to Saint Laurent, Givenchy, Bottega Veneta, COACH and more, along with its customized concierge services, makes it the West Coast’s premier shopping experience. In 2004, South Coast Plaza received the Federal Trademark as “The Ultimate Shopping Resort”. Since 2007, South Coast Plaza has held “Fashion Plates”, an annual 10-day Restaurant Week-like promotion of its high-end restaurants at discounted rates.
The West Coast’s biggest mall is elegant and aesthetic. One of the most striking additions to the mall was the angular 1973 Bullock’s wing designed by Welton Becket and the 1977 I. Magnin wing designed by Frank Gehry. In 2000, the pedestrian bridge, known as Bridge of Gardens, and accompanying Garden Terrace were completed by landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson. In 2006, Anton Segerstrom decided that the center was well overdue for a remodeling and brought in Bentley Management Group as the project manager and Gruen Associates as the architect. Howard S. Wright was selected as the general contractor and construction began in summer 2006 on a $30 million remodeling project to update the center. This is the largest remodel for the center since the construction of the Bridge of Gardens.
