CityPlace

For other uses, see Cityplace (disambiguation).

CityPlace

A palm tree lined promenade at CityPlace
Location	West Palm Beach, Florida  United States
Coordinates	26°42′30″N 80°03′24″W / 26.708442°N 80.056534°W / 26.708442; -80.056534Coordinates: 26°42′30″N 80°03′24″W / 26.708442°N 80.056534°W / 26.708442; -80.056534
Address	700 South Rosemary Avenue
Opening date	October 27, 2000
Developer	The Palladium Co.
Management	The Related Companies, L. P.
Owner	The Related Companies, L. P.
Architect	Elkus/Manfredi Architects, Ltd.
No. of stores and services	100+
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	600,000 square feet (56,000 m2)
No. of floors	2
Website	cityplace.com

CityPlace is an upscale lifestyle center in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida along South Rosemary Avenue. Besides from shops, the center also includes rental apartments, condos, and offices.

The property, which constitutes several city blocks, is chiefly credited for West Palm's urban renaissance. The area where CityPlace stands was formerly a poverty-stricken and high crime area.^[1]

Macy's, Muvico Parisian 20 and IMAX, and Publix are the center's anchors. Apart from shopping, dining, and cinema, the center is now at the forefront of West Palm Beach's entertainment complementing establishments located on nearby Clematis Street.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts are located within walking distance to CityPlace, as is the Palm Beach County Convention Center. An early-century trolleybus circles downtown between CityPlace and Clematis.

Concept

The shopping center is the epitome of a New Urbanist mixed-use development. Most of its architecture is West European-inspired, with mainly Mediterranean and Venetian elements. However the CityPlace Tower constructed in 2007, and associated with the original property, is postmodern. This tower has been downtown West Palm Beach's first office development in over twenty years. Later phases of CityPlace, including Montecito Palm Beach (formerly called The Mark at CityPlace) and CityPlace South Tower, retain loyalty to the original development's architecture. Excluding these more recent additions, CityPlace proper contains 570 private residences.^[2]

The Harriet Himmel Theater, a former Methodist church, is located at the center of CityPlace. Built in 1926 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, it has undergone a six million dollar restoration, and serves today as a cultural center. Surrounding squares, arcades, and promenades feature 3.5 million dollars of 2,000-square-foot (190 m²) water fountains and lush landscaping.

Anchors

• Macy's; 110,000 square feet (10,000 m²)
• Muvico Parisian 20 and IMAX; 92,000 square feet (8,500 m²)
• Publix; 24,000 square feet (2,200 m²)
• Barnes & Noble

Former anchors

• FAO Schwarz (closed in 2004, became Panera Bread and Taverna Opa; 16,000 square feet (1,500 m²)

Gallery

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  Live entertainment on a weekend night

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  The street entrance to the Harriet Himmel Theater

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  The back of the theater, featuring an entertainment stage

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  Macy's, one of the anchors of CityPlace

References

1. ^ Wingate, Tina (March 2003). "Downtown West Palm Beach: long considered just a professional service center for upper-crust Palm Beach across the intracoastal, West Palm Beach has come into its own as a younger, hipper urban setting. Now, new high-rise condos and apartment buildings are enhancing the residential core - Neighborhoods West Palm Beach". BNET. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0OQD/is_3_6/ai_112800246/. Retrieved 15 May 2009. 
2. ^ "CityPlace - West Palm Beach.com". http://www.westpalmbeach.com/cityplace/. Retrieved 15 May 2009. 

External links

• CityPlace official website
• CityPlace Tower official website
• CityPlace South Tower official website
• CityPlace Real Estate website