Country Club Plaza
Shopping mall in Missouri, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Country Club Plaza (often called The Plaza) is a privately owned regional[1] shopping center in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri. Opened in 1923, it was the first planned suburban shopping center and the first regional shopping center to accommodate shoppers arriving by car.
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Location | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
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Coordinates | 39.041323°N 94.591813°W / 39.041323; -94.591813 |
Opening date | 1922 (established); 1923 (opened) |
Developer | J.C. Nichols |
Management | Taubman Centers |
Owner | Macerich and Taubman Centers |
Public transit access | RideKC |
Website | countryclubplaza |
Planned in 1922 by J. C. Nichols and designed in Baroque Revival and Moorish Revival style echoing the architecture of Seville, Spain, the Plaza comprises high-end retail establishments, restaurants, and entertainment venues, as well as offices.[2] The Country Club Plaza is named in the Project for Public Spaces' list 60 of the World's Great Places.[3]
The center consists of 18 separate buildings representing 784,000 square feet (72,800 m2) of retail space and 219,000 square feet (20,300 m2) of office space.[4]