The Shops at La Cantera is an open-air regional shopping mall located in La Cantera, San Antonio, near the Texas State Highway Loop 1604 and Interstate 10 interchange, on the city's Northwest Side. The initial phase of the project opened on September 16, 2005. The 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m2) center sits on a 150-acre (0.61 km2) site in La Cantera, a 1,700-acre (6.9 km2) master-planned resort community developed by USAA Real Estate Company. The anchor stores are Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Dillard's, Macy's, Barnes & Noble, and H&M.
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| Location | La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas, USA |
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| Opening date | 2005 (phase I) 2008 (phase II) |
| Developer | The Rouse Company |
| Management | Brookfield Properties |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties[1] |
| Architect | Alamo Architects |
| No. of stores and services | 194 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,246,938 sq ft (115,844.3 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | theshopsatlacantera |
Design
editThe concept for the center was originally developed and conceived by The Rouse Company under a joint venture with USAA Real Estate Company. (The Rouse Company also developed San Antonio's North Star Mall.) General Growth Properties acquired The Rouse Company in November 2004.[2]
Local architectural firm Alamo Architects designed The Shops at La Cantera, constructed as a single-level, garden-like "retail village" with varied storefronts, shared arcades, and subtle water features. The overall architectural style of the center has a Texas Hill Country vernacular vibe designed to ease environmental concerns about land usage and nature conservation. The shops reflect the preservation of natural landscape and evolution in modern shopping patterns.[3] Austin-native J. Robert Anderson, FASLA conceived the landscape architecture style, that also reflects Hill Country.
The Shops at La Cantera includes the first Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom in San Antonio and new stores from Dillard's[4] and Foley's (now Macy's). There are also more than 150 other shops and restaurants.
The second phase of the mall was opened in October 2008 and had 300,000 new square feet of retail space and contained an additional 40 stores (about 30 of which are new to the market), restaurants, a bookstore and office space.[5] Like the original mall, the second phase was designed by Alamo Architects.
On September 2, 2023, a second LEGO store in San Antonio was opened, and it's the 1000th LEGO store that will ever be opened.
Awards
edit- Superior Achievement in Design & Imaging (SADI) 2006 Grand Award Winner[6]
References
edit- ^ "The Shops at La Cantera". Brookfield Properties.
- ^ Silva, Tricia Lynn (May 28, 2004). "Shops at La Cantera to be a retail slam dunk, Rouse says". American City Business Journals.
- ^ "The Shops at La Cantera". Alamo Architects. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Image:Dillard's Firewheel.jpg
- ^ Webner, Richard (July 22, 2015). "The Shops at La Cantera declared best S.A. mall". San Antonio Express-News.
- ^ "SADI 2006 Grand Winner: THE SHOPS AT LA CANTERA". Retail Traffic Magazine. Prism Business Media. May 1, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15.
