Plaza Carso Explained
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 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 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 The museum contains the Slim's extensive art, religious relic, historical document, and coin collection.[7] The museum holds works by many of the best known European artists from the 15th to the 20th century including a large collection of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, which from 2010 through 2020 was home to an Saks Fifth Avenue store, the second to have opened in Mexico.[8] Together with the atrium this section measures 48090m2.[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]
- A 6-level underground parking garage[9]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: "Plaza Carso Masterplan", FR-EE website . 2013-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130428041644/http://fr-ee.org/projects/plaza-carso-master-plan-mexico-city-mexico/ . 2013-04-28 . dead .
- "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)
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703300904576178381398949942 "Emperor's New Museum", Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2011
- Web site: ICSC website . 2013-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061838/http://blog.icsc.org/?p=362 . 2013-10-23 . dead .
- http://www.plazacarso.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=133 "Quiénes somos", Plaza Carso website, retrieved April 13, 2013
- Web site: "Factories left a mark on Miguel Hidalgo borough", Obrasweb . 2014-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423115443/http://m.obrasweb.mx/noticias/arquitectura/2012/10/18/las-fabricas-dejaron-un-hueco-en-miguel-hidalgo-df . 2016-04-23 . dead .
- News: Carlos Slim: At home with the world's richest man. The Telegraph. 21 February 2011.
- http://vmsd.com/content/saks-expands-presence-mexico-city saks-expands-presence-mexico-city
- Web site: Glass on Web news site . 2013-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023062726/http://www.glassonweb.com/news/index/18808/ . 2013-10-23 . dead .
- http://www.plazacarso.com.mx/index.php?option=com_mtree&Itemid=114 "Corporativo", Plaza Carso website
- Web site: "Contact Information", América Móvil website . 2013-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160705203400/http://www.americamovil.com/amx/en/cm/investor/infostake.html?p=29&s=51 . 2016-07-05 . dead .