| Tustin Market Place (sometimes referred to as | | | | |
| the "Tustin/Irvine Market Place" or simply | | | | Construction of Phase I began in 1988 on the |
| "The TMP") is a shopping retail center | | | | Tustin side of Jamboree Road, and this phase |
| located in Tustin, California and Irvine, | | | | was opened in three distinct sections. The |
| California. The Market Place opened in 1988, | | | | first section opened in 1988, with 400,000 |
| and it is located on Jamboree Road at the | | | | square feet of space allotted for home |
| Interstate 5 in Tustin/Irvine. Its stores | | | | improvement and furnishings/decor retail |
| include Circuit City, Best Buy, Linens 'n | | | | stores. The second section of Phase I opened |
| Things, Barnes & Noble, Lowe's Hardware, | | | | in 1989, with 240,000 square feet of soft |
| Babies R' Us, and two Edwards Theaters. | | | | goods, apparel and electronics stores. The |
| | | | third and final section of Phase I opened in |
| Design | | | | 1990, with 120,000 square feet of |
| | | | restaurants, services and a six-screen |
| The Tustin Market Place covers an area of 1.6 | | | | Edwards Theater. |
| million square feet. The Market Place has | | | | |
| more than 120 stores, restaurants, cafes and | | | | Phase II |
| theaters, and is a rare example of a | | | | |
| late-century Brutalist design. Designed by | | | | In 1996, Phase II of the Tustin Market Place |
| Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, it | | | | opened on the Irvine side of Jamboree Road. |
| consists of monumental but extremely | | | | This phase expanded the Market Place by |
| simplified cubic forms, with anchor stores | | | | 420,000 square feet, adding stores, |
| marked by massive towers roughly 70 feet high | | | | restaurants and a 10-screen Edwards Stadium |
| displaying the store name. The center is also | | | | Theater. |
| unique in that all the store signs are | | | | |
| displayed in neon. The buildings are arranged | | | | Phase III |
| in a ring around a large central series of | | | | |
| parking lots and fast-food restaurants. The | | | | Construction of Phase III followed this, also |
| center on the whole has a "desert" look to | | | | on the Irvine side of Jamboree Road, opening |
| it, with parking lots shaded under groves of | | | | in 1999. Another 420,000 square feet of |
| date palms, and extensive rock landscaping | | | | retail space was added to the Market Place in |
| around the perimeter of the center. The | | | | this phase, which included home improvement |
| parking lots are illuminated by arrays of | | | | and furnishings stores, a large food court, |
| xenon floodlights set inside the peaks of | | | | and a Target store. |
| 100-foot-high towers. The buildings | | | | |
| themselves are uniformly surfaced in bright | | | | Jamestown Village Center is a quaint shopping |
| orange, purple, and pink stucco. | | | | center located in Old Town Tustin, |
| | | | California. |
| History | | | | |
| | | | It has antique shops, a variety of |
| The Tustin Market Place was constructed in | | | | restaurants, a beauty salon, health food, and |
| three phases. | | | | a dance studio. The "Village" is known for |
| | | | the "Little Tree Church" in the parking lot. |
| Phase I | | | | |