Plaza Carso
Large mixed-used development in Mexico City, Mexico
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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]
LocationCorner of Lago Zurich and Cervantes Saavedra streets, Nuevo Polanco (officially, colonia Granada). Miguel Hidalgo borough, 
Mexico City, 
Mexico.
Mexico City, 
Mexico.ArchitectFernando Romero (master plan)[1]
Architecture firmFR-EE (master plan)
| Plaza Carso | |
|---|---|
View from Museo Jumex | |
 Interactive map of the Plaza Carso area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Corner of Lago Zurich and Cervantes Saavedra streets, Nuevo Polanco (officially, colonia Granada). Miguel Hidalgo borough, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| Coordinates | 19.441406°N 99.204083°W |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Fernando Romero (master plan)[1] |
| Architecture firm | FR-EE (master plan) |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access | Polanco and San 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 The museum contains the Slim's extensive art, religious relic, historical document, and coin collection.[7] The museum holds works by many of the best known European artists from the 15th to the 20th century including a large collection of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 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 82,500 sq ft (7,665 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 ft2).[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]
- Torre Telcel - the headquarters of América Móvil are here[11]
- Torre Falcon
- Torre Zurich
- A 6-level underground parking garage[9]