Mizner Park

Mizner Park

Plaza Real, Mizner's main street
Location	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates	26°21′17″N 80°05′07″W / 26.354651°N 80.085233°W / 26.354651; -80.085233Coordinates: 26°21′17″N 80°05′07″W / 26.354651°N 80.085233°W / 26.354651; -80.085233
Address	327 Plaza Real
Opening date	January 11, 1991
Developer	Crocker Partners, L. L. C.
Management	General Growth Properties, Inc.
Owner	General Growth Properties, Inc.
Architect	Cooper Carry & Associates, Inc.
No. of stores and services	40+
No. of anchor tenants	2
Total retail floor area	398,000 square feet (37,000 m2)
No. of floors	1
Website	miznerpark.com

Mizner Park is an upscale lifestyle center in downtown Boca Raton, Florida. Besides upscale shops, Mizner is also composed of rental apartments and offices. The Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park is a cultural center on the north end of the development, which is embodied by an amphitheater and the Boca Raton Museum of Art. The art museum, Robb & Stucky Interiors (formerly Jacobson's), and a Sunrise Cinema are the center's anchor stores. Cooper Carry designed the architecture of Mizner as a Mediterranean revival town center.

History

Previously, the site of Mizner Park was a conventional enclosed shopping center called Boca Mall, which opened in 1974.^[1] Boca Mall was originally anchored by Britt's and Jefferson Ward. The former closed in 1982 and was temporarily occupied by IBM offices until 1985, when it was converted to Levitz Furniture.^[2] In 1989, as part of the redevelopment, Levitz relocated and Jefferson Ward closed. The closure of these anchors led to the mall's redevelopment.^[3]

Crocker Partners, the developer of Mizner originally intended for a similar project, the McNulty Building, to be built on a more compressed site at Federal Highway and Palmetto Park Road.^[4] To this day, a parking lot occupies the space.

Gallery

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  The street median functions as a promenade

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  Art sculpture of an anthropomorphic pelican

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  Count de Hoernle Amphitheater at the Centre for the Arts

References

1. ^ Valley, Matthew (01 May 2002). "THE REMALLING OF AMERICA". National Real Estate Investor. http://nreionline.com/mag/real_estate_remalling_america/. Retrieved 20 April 2007. 
2. ^ Stokes, Stephanie (28 March 1985). "Boca Raton mall lands second anchor store". Boca Raton news. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yh1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6253,9768749&dq=boca-mall+britt%27s&hl=en. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
3. ^ Tompkins, Wayne; Carl Herzog (14 October 1988). "Boca Mall loses 5 stores, 2 to Village Market". Boca Raton News. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kEpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=do0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4561,3949683&dq=boca-mall+levitz&hl=en. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
4. ^ Wesley, Sandra (17 October 1982). "What will downtown plan change in Boca Raton?". Boca Raton News. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19821017&id=CRQQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rY0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5180,5417330. Retrieved 14 July 2009. 

External links

• Mizner Park official website
• Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park official website
• Cooper Carry: Mizner Park