Plaza Carsois a largemixed-use developmentin theNuevo Polancoarea ofMiguel Hidalgo,Mexico City,[2]backed by billionaireCarlos Slim.The total cost of the complex is quoted between US$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 formerVitroglass factory.[6]
| Plaza Carso | |
|---|---|
 View fromMuseo Jumex | |
 | |
| 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 |
| Coordinates | 19°26′29″N99°12′15″W/ 19.441406°N 99.204083°W |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Fernando Romero(master plan)[1] |
| Architecture firm | FR-EE (master plan) |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access | PolancoandSan Joaquín metro stations(both at distance) |
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 The museum contains the Slim's extensive art, religious relic, historical document, and coin collection.[7]The museum holds works by many of the best known European artists from the 15th to the 20th century including a large collection of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 byAuguste 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 theColección Jumex,the contemporary art collection of theJumexjuice company.
- The Plaza Carso shopping center, which from 2010 through 2020 was home to an 82,500 sq ft (7,665 m2)Saks Fifth Avenuestore, 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 Telcel theatre
- 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]
- TorreTelcel- the headquarters ofAmérica Móvilare here[11]
- Torre Falcon
- Torre Zurich
- A 6-level underground parking garage[9]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^""Plaza Carso Masterplan", FR-EE website ".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-04-28.Retrieved2013-04-13.
- ^"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".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-23.Retrieved2013-04-13.
- ^ab"Quiénes somos", Plaza Carso website, retrieved April 13, 2013
- ^""Factories left a mark on Miguel Hidalgo borough",Obrasweb".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-23.Retrieved2014-07-30.
- ^ab"Carlos Slim: At home with the world's richest man".The Telegraph.21 February 2011.
- ^saks-expands-presence-mexico-cityVMSD
- ^abc"Glass on Web news site".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-23.Retrieved2013-04-15.
- ^"Corporativo", Plaza Carso website
- ^""Contact Information", América Móvil website ".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-07-05.Retrieved2013-04-15.