Plaza Carso
| Plaza Carso | |
|---|---|
 Part of the Plaza Carso development, with the Museo Soumaya in the foreground | |
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| General information | |
| Address | Corner of Lago Zurich and Cervantes Saavedra streets, Nuevo Polanco (officially, colonia Granada). Miguel Hidalgo borough |
| Town or city | Mexico City |
| Country | Mexico |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Fernando Romero (master plan)[1] |
| Architecture firm | FR-EE (master plan) |
Plaza Carso is a large mixed-use development in the Nuevo Polanco area of Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City,[2] backed by billionaire Carlos Slim. The total cost of the complex is quoted between USD 800 million[3] and 1.4 billion.[4] The complex claims to be the largest mixed-use development in Latin America.[5] It was built on the site of a former Vitro glass factory.[6]
The complex includes the following components:
- Museo Soumaya, owned by the Carlos Slim Foundation. The museum contains the Slim's extensive art, religious relic, historical document, and coin collection.[7] The museum holds works by many of the best known European artists from the 15th to the 20th century including a large collection of casts of sculptures by Auguste Rodin. The building is a shiny silver cloud-like structure reminiscent of a Rodin sculpture.[7]
- Museo Júmex, opened November 2013, to house part of the Colección Jumex, the contemporary art collection of the Jumex juice company.
- The Plaza Carso shopping center, featuring an 82,500 square feet (7,660 m2) Saks Fifth Avenue store, the second to have opened in Mexico.[8] Together with the atrium this section measures 48,090 square metres (517,600 sq ft).[9]
- Teatro Cervantes theater
- Residential towers: Torre Dalí, Torre Monet and Torre Rodin[5]
- Office towers,[10] two of 23 floors each, and one of 20 floors. The three buildings are joined on the lower 3 levels by an atrium and the shopping center.[9]
- Torre Telcel - the headquarters of América Móvil are here[11]
- Torre Falcon
- Torre Zurich
- A 6-level underground parking garage[9]
External links
References
- ^ "Plaza Carso Masterplan", FR-EE website
- ^ "Mapa de Ubicación." Plaza Carso. Retrieved on April 12, 2016. "Plaza Carso, Lago Zurich Esq. Cervantes Saavedra, Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, D.F., México" (click on blue pointer to see the address)
- ^ "Emperor's New Museum", Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2011
- ^ ICSC website
- ^ a b "Quiénes somos", Plaza Carso website, retrieved April 13, 2013
- ^ "Factories left a mark on Miguel Hidalgo borough", Obrasweb
- ^ a b "Carlos Slim: At home with the world's richest man". The Telegraph. 21 February 2011.
- ^ VMSD website
- ^ a b c Glass on Web news site
- ^ "Corporativo", Plaza Carso website
- ^ "Contact Information", América Móvil website
