AKA: Tustin Market Place, Tustin, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - shopping centers

Designers: Legorretta Arquitectos (firm); Ricardo Vilchis Legorretta (architect)

Dates: constructed 1988

2915 El Camino Real
The Market Place, Tustin, CA 92618

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Mexican architect Ricardo Legorretta (1931-2011) received the $90 million commission from the Irvine Company to design The Market Place in Tustin, CA, completed in 1988. Characteristic of Legorretta's work, the Tustin Market Place featured spare modern forms, faced in stucco, tinted with a bold, and by American standards, unconventional, palette. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Christopher Hawthorne noted in Legorretta's obituary: "As his fame and commissions grew, so did opposition to the sharp colors that had become his trademark. In the mid-1980s, Legorreta was hired by the Irvine Co. to design a $90-million shopping center in Tustin. His design featured purple walls, but complaints from residents and the Tustin mayor prompted the developer to repaint them in a more conservative reddish-brown shade." (See Christopher Hawthorne, "Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80; Mexican modernist architect,"Accessed 01/12/2012.)

Tel: 714.730.4124 (2011). In 01/2012 the following stores operated at the Irvine Company's Tustin Market Place: 24 Hour Fitness, Active Ride Shop, Alcove Lighting, Anaheim Patio & Fireside, Arizona Leather, AT&T, Babies R Us, Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, Bank of America, Barbeques Galore, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Bath & Body Works, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, Buca di Beppo, BuildASofa, California Pizza Kitchen, Carl's Jr., Carter's, Chevron, Chick-fil-A, Christopher Perry Salon, Coffee Bean &Tea Leaf, Color Me Mine, Comerica Bank, CorePower Yoga, Corner Bakery, Dairy Queen, Daphne's California Greek, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dumpling & Noodle House, EasyLife Furniture, Edwards Stadium 10 - Irvine, Edwards Tustin 6, El Pollo Loco, Ethan Allen, Frame It For Less, GameStop, Garden Patch Farmers Market, GNC - General Nutrition Center, Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, Happy Nails & Spa, Home Depot, Home To Garden, Howard's Appliance and Flat Screen Superstore, IHOP, In-N-Out Burger, Jamba Juice, Jennifer Convertibles, Jerry's Wood-Fired Dogs, Jin Jin Asian Diner, JM Rugs, Joey's Smokin BBQ, Justice for Girls, Keyboard Concepts Piano Superstore, Kirkland's Home, La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, Lane Bryant, The Lazy Dog Cafe, LensCrafters, Levi's Dry Goods, LifeWay Christian Stores, Loehmann's, LOFT, Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, Macaroni Grill, Make It Fit, Manny's Family Hand Wash, Market Place Dentistry, The Market Place Guest Services, Mattress Gallery, Merle Norman Cosmetics, Natraj's Tandoori, Off Broadway Shoes, OfficeMax, Old Navy, On The Border, OPAH Restaurant & Bar, Ortho Mattress, Panda Express, Party City, Payless ShoeSource, Peninsula Luggage & Gifts, Performance Bicycle Shop, PetSmart, Pier 1 Imports, Postal Annex, Quiznos Subs, Radio Shack, Red Robin Restaurant, REI, Relax the Back, Ritz Camera, Ross Dress For Less, Royal Cleaners, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill, Sandwich World, Skechers, Sports Authority, Sprouts Farmers Market, Star Nails & Spa, Starbucks Coffee, Supercuts, T-Mobile, T.J. Maxx, Taco Bell, Taco Rosa, Target, Thai Spice, Thomasville Home Furnishings, Total Wine & More, Toys R Us, Tustin Market Place Optometry, VANS Shoes, Verizon Wireless, WaSa Sushi, Weight Watchers, Wescom Credit Union, White House Black Market, Yogurtland.

PCAD id: 17245