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Opening date2003
No. of floors3 plus basement
Public transit access"1" train​"A" train​"B" train​"C" train​"D" train at 59th Street-Columbus Circle (New York City Subway)
Websitewww.theshopsatcolumbuscircle.com

The Shops at Columbus Circle is an upscale shopping mall in Deutsche Bank Center, a skyscraper complex in Manhattan, New York City. It is located at Columbus Circle, next to the southwestern corner of Central Park.

Description[edit]

Known during planning as the Palladium, it was designed with 347,000 square feet (32,200 m2).[1][2] The mall was designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, although Deutsche Bank Center in general was designed under a master plan by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It is owned by The Related Companies.[3][4]

The mall is designed to follow the curve of Columbus Circle,[5] measuring 450 feet (140 m) long.[6] It contains an atrium measuring about 150 feet (46 m) high, leading west from Columbus Circle. A passageway, extending north and south from the atrium, includes 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2).[7]

Basement[edit]

Among the first retail tenants in the mall's basement was a Whole Foods Market, as well as an Equinox gym.[8] The Equinox location covered 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) and also extended to the ground floor, with a gym and a spa.[9]

When opened, the Whole Foods Market at Columbus Circle sold liquor from an attached room near the cash registers away from the main shopping aisles. However, this configuration was in violation of New York's liquor licensing laws, which require grocery stores to have a separate street entrance to their liquor departments, ostensibly to avoid minors from buying liquors. In 2005, Whole Foods settled with state authorities and closed its liquor operations at Columbus Circle, hoping to transfer its license to a new location it would be opening on the Lower East Side.[10] The space formerly used for liquor now sells Whole Foods' ECO line of cotton/hemp clothing, Whole Foods' health line Whole Body, and a restaurant, On Tap.

Ground and second floors[edit]

The shopping mall includes Amazon Books, H&M, L'Occitane, Michael Kors, Hugo Boss, Tumi, Coach, Cole Haan, Thomas Pink, J.Crew and Stuart Weitzman. The mall also has the East Coast flagship of Williams Sonoma.

The center has ground floor tenants including designer shops and restaurants.[11]

Restaurants[edit]

The third and fourth stories contain the Restaurant Collection, with restaurants such as Masa, Per Se, and Porter House New York.[12] Among the first restaurants to open in the mall was Gray Kunz's Cafe Gray, on the third floor, designed by Diego Gronda.[13]

New York Times critic Roger Mummert disapproved of the arrangement, writing: "I'm not sure that driving into the city to spend $500 per person for an imitation of the dining experience that we enjoy here in the suburbs is really my cup of tea".[14]

History[edit]

Construction[edit]

In July 1998, Time Warner and the Related Companies won their bid to develop a mixed-use development, which later became Time Warner Center. The plan included a mall at the base of the development.[15][16][17] The Palladium Company, jointly owned by Kenneth A. Himmel and the Related Companies, was hired to operate the retail space at the complex.[18] A groundbreaking ceremony for the complex occurred on November 14, 2000.[19] Insignia/ESG was hired as the leasing agent for AOL Time Warner Center.[20] The mall was one of five projects that were planned to provide over 1 million square feet (93,000 m2) of new retail space in Manhattan by 2003.[21]

The first large retail tenant, Hugo Boss, had leased space in the mall in early 2001.[22] Around that time, Time Warner Center's developers were interviewing numerous restaurateurs to operate six eateries in the mall. The leasing faced several challenges, including the fact that malls in New York City had historically been unpopular for restaurants, and the most lucrative spaces for restaurants in the city was at ground level. Even so, AOL Time Warner was charging $100 per square foot ($1,100/m2) for the unfurnished space, slightly less than the rate charged for ground-floor restaurants on the Park Avenue South restaurant district.[23] Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, leasing slowed at Palladium, as with other retail spaces in Manhattan.[24] Even so, five storefronts were leased between the attacks and early 2002.[25] This included 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) by Equinox Fitness and 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) by Elizabeth Arden, Inc..[26]

By 2002, eighty percent of the space had been leased.[24][27] The occupants included clothing stores Joseph Abboud, Cole Haan, Armani Exchange, J.Crew, and Eileen Fisher, as well as Godiva Chocolatier and apparel brand United Colors of Benetton.[24] In October 2002, California pension fund CalPERS and MacFarlane Partners offered to buy a half-ownership stake in the retail space and two other sections of Time Warner Center.[28][29] The sale to CalPERS and MacFarlane was finalized in early 2003, with the partners receiving a 49.5 percent stake.[30][31] At the time, about 90 percent of the 330,000 square feet (31,000 m2) had been or was being leased, including space for Borders Books,[31] as well as space for Sephora and Cache Inc.[32]

Opening[edit]

The complex opened in 2004 along with what was the rest of Time Warner Center.[8]

Among the other retailers in the 2010s were an Amazon bookstore that was announced in 2017.[33][34]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Wax, Alan J. (August 5, 2002). "Mini-City Under One Roof". Newsday. p. 106. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Johnson, Dora (November 2001). "A media giant's giant HQ". Shopping Center World. 30 (12): N8. ProQuest 214886933.
  3. ^ Dunlap, David W. (June 28, 2000). "How an Architectural Camel Shed Its Hump; Columbus Center: Introducing A New Version, In Angled Glass". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Stern, Fishman & Tilove 2006, pp. 762–763.
  5. ^ "Expectations Soaring With Start of High Rise". Newsday. November 15, 2000. p. 65. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  6. ^ Dunlap, David W. (March 3, 2002). "Columbus Circle's Towers Start to Tower". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  7. ^ Dunlap, David W. (June 12, 2003). "Blocks; Reclusive Developer Conjures Accessible Space". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Whitehouse, Beth (February 19, 2004). "Inside the Time Warner Center; The retail complex at the new Time Warner Center lures shoppers with luxe stores in a spectacular setting". Newsday. pp. 74, 75, 76. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Quittner, Jeremy (May 12, 2003). "Special Report Commercial Real Estate: Landlords Find Gyms a Trend Fit to Be Tried". Crain's New York Business. 19 (19): 36. ProQuest 219196934.
  10. ^ Fabricant, Florence (May 24, 2005). "Whole Foods's Wine Shop Closes at Columbus Circle". Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ Kusisto, Laura. "It's Free to Look: 25 Columbus Circle". The New York Observer. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  12. ^ Stern, Fishman & Tilove 2006, p. 764.
  13. ^ Duecy, Erica (October 20, 2003). "Designers, chefs fashion style for eateries at new AOL-TW Center". Nation's Restaurant News. 37 (42): 88. ProQuest 229342200.
  14. ^ Mummert, Roger (December 21, 2003). "Out of Order; Food Courts: The Real Thing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  15. ^ Grant, Peter (July 28, 1998). "Victory in battle for Columbus Circle". Daily News. p. 6. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  16. ^ Berkowitz, Harry (July 29, 1998). "A Grand Plan For Coliseum Site". Newsday. p. 40. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  17. ^ "Time Warner Group Wins Bid to Develop New York Coliseum". Wall Street Journal. July 29, 1998. p. B5B. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 398677248.
  18. ^ Dunlap, David W. (September 6, 1998). "At Columbus Circle, A Circuitous Path To Columbus Centre". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "Expectations Soaring With Start of High Rise". Newsday. November 15, 2000. p. 65. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  20. ^ Grant, Peter; Rich, Motoko (July 24, 2002). "Plots & Ploys". Wall Street Journal. p. B4. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 398793455.
  21. ^ Bagli, Charles V. (October 15, 2000). "As Retail Space Grows and Spending Wanes, Some Stores Feel Pinch". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  22. ^ Dunlap, David (January 24, 2001). "Metro Business Briefing; New Hugo Boss Store". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  23. ^ Kramer, Louise (February 5, 2001). "Fedding Columbus Circle". Crain's New York Business. 17 (6): 1. ProQuest 219126644.
  24. ^ a b c Curan, Catherine (June 17, 2002). "AOL Time Warner Center shaping up as retail central". Crain's New York Business. 18 (24): 14. ProQuest 219160717.
  25. ^ Dunlap, David W. (March 3, 2002). "Columbus Circle's Towers Start to Tower". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  26. ^ Bagli, Charles V. (February 6, 2002). "Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Columbus Circle Deal Set". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  27. ^ Herman, Eric (July 10, 2002). "Clothes, Loans New Coliseum Chapter". Daily News. p. 44. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  28. ^ Herman, Eric (October 10, 2002). "Columbus Circle deal cooking". Daily News. p. 74. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  29. ^ "Pension Fund May Put Money In AOL's HQ". Newsday. October 10, 2002. p. 55. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  30. ^ "CalPERS JV to Buy Stake in NYC's $1.7Bln AOL Time Warner Project". Commercial Real Estate Direct. February 4, 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  31. ^ a b Dunlap, David W. (February 4, 2003). "Developers Sell Half Interest In Mall at Columbus Circle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  32. ^ Curan, Catherine (January 20, 2003). "Tony shops embrace Manhattan status". Crain's New York Business. 19 (3): 14. ProQuest 219170255.
  33. ^ Wingfield, Nick (January 5, 2017). "Amazon to Open Retail Store in Manhattan at Time Warner Center". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  34. ^ Morris, Keiko (January 5, 2017). "Amazon to Open First Manhattan Bookstore". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

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