A festival marketplace is a shopping market in the United States which uses a mix of local tenants instead of regional or national chain stores, shop stalls and common areas to energize the space, and uncomplicated architectural ornaments to highlight the goods. Festival marketplaces were a leading strategy for revitalization of downtowns in American cities during the 1970s and 1980s.

List of festival marketplaces

Malls that are italicized are defunct. Malls with an asterisk (*) are still in operation as a shopping center, but no longer as a festival marketplace.

  • Aloha Tower Marketplace* — Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Arizona Center* — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Bandana Square — Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Bayside Marketplace — Miami, Florida
  • Broadway Market – Baltimore, Maryland
  • Cambridgeside Galleria — Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Canalside — Buffalo, New York
  • Catfish Town — Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Church Street Station Exchange — Orlando, Florida
  • The Continent — Columbus, Ohio
  • Cray Plaza — Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Faneuil Hall Marketplace — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Festival Market — Lexington, Kentucky
  • Fountain Square — Nashville, Tennessee
  • Ghirardelli Square — San Francisco, California
  • Harborplace — Baltimore, Maryland
  • The Shoppes at Harbour Island - Tampa, Florida
  • Harbourside Shopping Centre – Sydney, Australia
  • Jack London Square — Oakland, California
  • Jackson Brewery — New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Jacksonville Landing — Jacksonville, Florida
  • McCamly Place – Battle Creek, Michigan
  • Mercado Mediterranean Shopping Village — Orlando, Florida
  • Navy Pier — Chicago, Illinois
  • Old Post Office Pavilion — Washington, D.C.
  • Pier 39 — San Francisco, California
  • Portside Festival Marketplace — Toledo, Ohio
  • The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk* — New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Rainbow Centre Factory Outlet – Niagara Falls, New York
  • The Shops at National Place – Washington, D.C.
  • eat at National Place<!--closed 2020-->
  • 6th Street Marketplace — Richmond, Virginia
  • South Street Seaport Festival Marketplace (Pier 17 Pavilion<!--This mall was demolished in 2013. It is italicized instead of the Seaport Marketplace name above because the only original component of the marketplace still in operation is Fulton Market.--> and Fulton Market Building)— Manhattan, New York City
  • Saint Anthony Main — Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Union Station Mall — St. Louis, Missouri
  • Station Square — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Tower City Center — Cleveland, Ohio
  • Trolley Square — Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Underground Atlanta Mall<!--closed in August 2017--> — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Union Station — Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Union Station — Washington, D.C.
  • Water Street Pavilion — Flint, Michigan
  • Waterside Festival Marketplace<!--This mall now primarily functions as an entertainment district known as Waterside District. While it does still include restaurants, it is no longer considered a shopping center. Therefore, it should not be changed to "Waterside District".--> — Norfolk, Virginia
  • West End Marketplace — Dallas, Texas
  • Westfield Horton Plaza — San Diego, California
  • Yamhill Marketplace - Portland, Oregon

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See also

  • Lifestyle center (retail)

References