Highlights from 55 Years at South Coast Plaza
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KEDRIC FRANCIS
Director of Public Relations and Communications
1967
On March 15, South Coast Plaza opens with 70 stores, anchored by May Company and Sears
1973
The center expands with a new wing featuring Bullock’s and 60 more stores
1976
South Coast Plaza introduces luxury boutiques such as Courrèges, Halston and Mark Cross
1978
Nordstrom opens its first store outside the Pacific Northwest
South Coast Repertory opens across from South Coast Plaza on land donated by the Segerstrom family
1979
Saks Fifth Avenue opens
1982
Yves Saint Laurent opens its only Orange County boutique
1986
South Coast Plaza expands, adding a new building with 60 stores, J.W. Robinson’s and The Broadway
Nordstrom expands to 235,000-square-feet, the company’s largest store
Orange County Performing Arts Center opens across from South Coast Plaza on land donated by the Segerstrom family and names the main theater Segerstrom Hall
1988
Tiffany & Co. opens its only Orange County location
1990
Chanel debuts its only Orange County location
1997
Hermès opens its only Orange County location
2000
Designed by renowned landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson, the Bridge of Gardens and Garden Terrace open, connecting the two main wings of South Coast Plaza
2002
South Coast Plaza surpasses $1 billion in annual sales
2006
The Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall debuts at Orange County Performing Arts Center
2007
Bloomingdale’s opens its 300,000-square-foot Southern California flagship
2008
Balenciaga, Rolex, Harry Winston and Piaget open boutiques
2010
Louis Vuitton opens a private VIP atelier
2011
Cartier expands to nearly 6,000 square feet, becoming the second largest Cartier boutique in the U.S.
Orange County Performing Arts Center is renamed Segerstrom Center for the Arts in recognition of the Segerstrom family’s leadership and support for the arts
2012
Roger Vivier opens its West Coast flagship
Vacheron Constantin, IWC Schaffhausen and Jaeger-LeCoultre open Orange County- exclusive boutiques
2014
Din Tai Fung, the Taiwanese restaurant group famous for its dumplings, opens its exclusive Orange County location
2015
Chanel opens an expanded boutique, an Orange County exclusive, designed by starchitect Peter Marino
Dolce&Gabbana, Celine and Moncler debut exclusive Orange County locations
A. Lange & Söhne debuts on the West Coast
2016
The Webster opens its first West Coast location
Vaca, a Spanish-inspired restaurant by “Top Chef” finalist Amar Santana, opens
2017
Dior Men and Stella McCartney open exclusive Orange County boutiques
Gianvito Rossi opens its first and only West Coast boutique
2018
Givenchy debuts its only West Coast boutique
Alexander McQueen opens its only Orange County boutique
Louis Vuitton opens an expanded Peter Marino-designed boutique, which features the largest single- level retail floor in the Americas for the brand, the first permanent home for the Objets Nomades furniture collection, the first in-store workshop and resident artisan studio in the U.S.
Terrace by Mix Mix, a restaurant by award-winning chef Ross Pangilinan, debuts
Orange County Museum of Art opens a temporary location at South Coast Plaza Village
2019
South Coast Plaza launches By Design, a comprehensive digital guide to personalization, customization, made-to-order, made-to-measure and bespoke services at its boutiques – the first of its kind in the U.S.
Moynat opens its exclusive West Coast boutique
Knife Pleat, a contemporary French restaurant by Michelin-starred chef Tony Esnault and restaurateur Yassmin Sarmadi, debuts in The Penthouse
Marugame Udon opens its exclusive Orange County restaurant
2020
Tiffany & Co., an Orange County exclusive, opens its expanded new boutique, doubling its previous footprint.
Thom Browne opens its first West Coast boutique
Monique Lhuillier opens its exclusive Orange County boutique, the largest showroom for the fashion house
Celine debuts an expanded boutique
2021
Audemars Piguet, an Orange County exclusive, opens
Baccarat, an Orange County exclusive, debuts an expanded boutique at The Penthouse
Knife Pleat receives a Michelin star
South Coast Plaza achieves record annual sales of more than $2 billion
2022
Hermès opens a more expansive and redesigned Orange County-exclusive boutique, which features the full breadth of the collections from the French luxury house
Buccellati debuts an exclusive Orange County boutique
Louis Vuitton opens a second boutique, dedicated to men’s fashion and accessories
