Stanford Shopping Center
Typical walkway at Stanford Shopping Center
Mall facts and statistics
Location	Palo Alto, California, USA
Opening date	1955
Developer	Stanford University
Management	Simon Property Group
Owner	Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services	140
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	1.4 million square feet (GLA)
No. of floors	1
Website	http://www.stanfordshop.com/

Stanford Shopping Center is an upscale shopping mall located on El Camino Real at Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, California. It is adjacent to the Stanford University campus and the underlying land is owned by the University. However, both the shopping center and the neighboring Stanford University Medical Center are actually part of the City of Palo Alto. The Center is approximately 45 minutes from San Francisco and 30 minutes from San Jose. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 166 KB) Summary A typical walkway at Stanford Shopping Center, an upscale shopping center near Palo Alto, California. ... Location of Palo Alto within Santa Clara County, California. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ... Simon Property Group, Inc. ... Simon Property Group, Inc. ... Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. ... It has been suggested that Retail park be merged into this article or section. ... El Camino Real in California is historically the road built in 1769 by Father Junípero Serra to connect the Catholic missions in Alta California between Sonoma in the north, and (what is now Presidio Park in) San Diego in the south, during the Spanish colonial era, and now a... The Sand Hill Road freeway exit. ... Location of Palo Alto within Santa Clara County, California. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ... Stanford University Medical Center is one of four hospitals affiliated with Stanford University and Stanford University School of Medicine, along with the Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital, the Veterans Administration Hospital in Palo Alto and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...

The outdoor center is 1.4 million square feet (130,000 m²) and includes four major department stores: Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom. Bloomingdales is a chain of upscale American department stores owned by Federated Department Stores, which is also the parent company of Macys. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ... Nordstrom, Inc. ...

The buildings that comprise the Center are owned by Simon Property Group, which manages the property and leases the land from the University. This upscale shopping center offers top notch shopping, classy restaurants, and an expansive outdoor area where patrons often lounge or enjoy summer music concerts. Simon Property Group, Inc. ...

Designed like a small European town, the Center is an open-air, street level shopping mall well-known for its extensive collection of trees, ferns, ivies, and flowers. The Center also showcases art by well-known California artists such as David Gilhooley’s “Merfrog Fountain”, Albert Guibara’s bronze “fat men” sculptures; Larry Binkley’s “Flying People;” and John Pugh’s 180 ft (55 m) long mural of an eighteenth century Parisian street scene. John David Pugh (b. ...

Since its founding, the Center has maintained a distinctly elite market focus with its predominantly upscale retail offerings. It draws customers from throughout the Bay area and claims to be one of the top-tier malls in the country.

History

Leland Stanford and Jane Stanford endowed Stanford University with inalienable land, meaning the University cannot sell any of the Stanfords' original 8,800 acres (35.6 km²). After a drop in student enrollment and tuition revenues during World War II and then the sudden boom in enrollment after the war, Alf Brandin, the vice president for business affairs at Stanford, decided to look at real estate development as a way to generate revenue for the University.^[1] Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American business tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University. ... Jane Stanford (August 25, 1828–February 28, 1905), was the wife of Leland Stanford and cofounded Stanford University with her husband. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

In 1954, excavators broke ground on what was once Leland Stanford's vineyards. Nine buildings housing 45 businesses were built. The Roos Brothers clothing store opened as the first retailer in September 1955 and Blum's Restaurant opened on October 22, 1956, marking the completion of the center. Board of Trustees chair Lloyd Dinkelspiel and University President J.E. Wallace Sterling presided at the opening and Shirley Temple Black cut the first slice of a nine-tiered cake.^[1] San Francisco department store The Emporium and luxury specialty department store I. Magnin & Co. were the original anchors. John Ewart Wallace Sterling (1906–1985) was a U.S. (Canadian-born) educator. ... Shirley Temple Black was a former child actress and United States diplomat. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City; The City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... It has been suggested that Emporium-Capwell be merged into this article or section. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...

The center opened with great success and became one of the largest sources of unrestricted income for the University.

Macy's California joined the center in 1961 and Saks Fifth Avenue opened a store in 1962. Further expansion came again in 1972 with the addition Los Angeles-based Bullock's, owned by Bloomingdale's parent company Federated Department Stores. Bullock's only lasted eleven years, closing its Northern California stores in 1983 and selling its Stanford location to Nordstrom, which opened in November 1984. Neiman Marcus became the sixth anchor in August 1985. The Macys West flagship store decorated for Christmas at Union Square in San Francisco. ... A Saks Fifth Avenue store in Phipps Plaza, Atlanta. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City  498. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Bloomingdales is a chain of upscale American department stores owned by Federated Department Stores, which is also the parent company of Macys. ... Federated Department Stores, Inc. ... Nordstrom, Inc. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ...

Saks Fifth Avenue closed their store in 1994 and was replaced by Crate and Barrel and Andronico's food market. By 1995, Federated Department Stores had acquired the Macy's, I. Magnin, and Emporium chains. As part of the company's rationalization, the I. Magnin chain was closed, and the location at Stanford became a separate Macy's Men's Store in 1995. The Emporium store was shuttered and rebranded as Bloomingdale's in November 1996, this being the first northern California location for that division of Federated. Crate & Barrel Headquarters Crate & Barrel is a chain of American retail stores, based in Northbrook, Illinois, specializing in housewares, furniture (indoor and out), and home accessories. ... Andronicos is a supermarket chain based primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

Throughout the years, the center has continued to evolve in terms of both tenants and construction and was managed by the University through its investment affiliate Stanford Management Company since 1991. However, in 2003, taking advantage of the high prices that shopping centers were fetching, the University's Board of Trustees agreed to sell the center for $333 million to Simon Property Group which, in turn, leases the underlying land from the University under a 51-year lease. the University's lease includes an annual rent equal to a 25% percent of the Center's revenues.^[1] Simon Property Group, Inc. ...

Anchors

• Bloomingdale's (228,986 sq. ft.)
• Macy's (225,830 sq. ft.)
• Macy's Men's Store (94,337 sq. ft.)
• Neiman Marcus (120,000 sq. ft.)
• Nordstrom (180,000 sq. ft.)

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2004/julaug/features/shop.html, accessed August 18, 2006

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