International Plaza and Bay Street
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| Location | Tampa, Florida, United States |
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| Opening date | 2001 |
| No. of stores and services | 200 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Parking | Available free on-site in two parking garages and surface lots, and valet. |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | http://www.shopinternationalplaza.com/ |
International Plaza and Bay Street is a large upscale shopping mall located in the Westshore business district of Tampa, Florida. The mall, which opened in 2001, was built to give travelers an option to shop and dine in high-class surroundings, while at the same time be able to stay near Tampa International Airport (which borders the property). In 2006, the Renaissance Hotel Tampa/International Plaza was opened on the premises, making International Plaza one of a handful malls in the U.S. to have a hotel directly on the mall campus.
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[edit] About
The mall proper is anchored by the department stores Nordstrom, Dillard's, Neiman Marcus, and Ballard Designs which only occupies half of its anchor wing. Robb & Stucky Interiors, formerly held the second half of the wing that Ballard Designs is in, but in 2010 the company went bankrupt and the store closed in early 2011. The mall opened with a Lord & Taylor as an anchor, but that store closed in 2004.
Popular stores include abercrombie kids, Abercrombie & Fitch, Aldo, Apple, BCBG Maxazria, Coach, Gap, GUESS, H&M, Hollister Co., J.Crew, Janie and Jack, Juicy Couture, LOFT, Lucky Brand, LUSH Cosmetics, M.A.C Cosmetics, Oakley, Quiksilver, Sephora, Sony Style, Sperry Top-Sider, Tommy Bahama, Tumi, Urban Outfitters, Victoria's Secret, Williams-Sonoma, XXI Forever, Z-Gallerie, Zara, and many more.
The mall also hosts a number of higher end stores including Anne Fontaine, Betsy Johnson, BOSS Hugo Boss, Burberry, Diesel, Gucci, Henri Bendel, Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Montblanc, Stuart Weitzman, Swarovski, Tiffany&Co., and Tory Burch.
Former notable tenants included Bang & Olufsen, Christian Dior, Harry and David, Kenneth Cole, Levi's Jeans, Oilily, Puma, Ruehl No.925, Sigrid Olson, Swatch, Tilly's, and Wolford.
Adjacent to mall itself are four corporate office towers; Corporate Center One, Two, Three, and Four. Center One was built in 1999, Center Two in 2001, and Center Three in 2004. Center Four, which encompasses 247,000 sq ft (22,900 m2) of office space, was completed in 2008. Corporate Centers One through Three are owned by Carter Property Management, Corporate Center Four by Eola Capital, while the mall itself is owned by Taubman Centers Inc..
[edit] Bay Street
Bay Street consists of upscale restaurants, bars and cafes in an intimate sidewalk café setting. Restaurants include The Cheesecake Factory, The Capital Grille, Champps, Gelateria Del Duomo, The Grape, and The Pub. Other restaurants found inside of the mall are California Pizza Kitchen and Nordstom Cafe Bistro.
This open-air area becomes a nightspot after mall closing hours, with most of the aforementioned restaurants open late. In addition, Bar Louie and Blue Martini are popular nightclubs with the 20 and 30-something professional crowd.
[edit] Section L
In 2008 International Plaza began working on a standalone project at the edge of their property along Westshore Boulevard. After many months of construction the mall opened the Bay areas first, multi-story Crate & Barrel along with upscale restaurant Ocean Prime. The tenants opened for business in May 2009 and the location was given the name Section L.
[edit] See also
- Hyde Park Village, open-air shopping district in Hyde Park
- WestShore Plaza, upscale mall located one mile away down Westshore Boluevard
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Coordinates: 27°57′52″N 82°31′15″W / 27.964447°N 82.520748°W
