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