Previously branded “Tustin Market Place” (1988) on one side of Jamboree Road and “Irvine Market Place” (1996) on the other, The Market Place today is a sprawling, Irvine Company-owned shopping, lifestyle, and dining center (note: not a mall) spread out across over 1.6 million square feet (and 165 acres). Known for its boxy, orange-brown buildings, The Market Place hosts over 125 businesses including an Edwards movie theater for entertainment, 24 Hour Fitness, Strive Fitness, and StretchLab for fitness, and numerous retailers: Amazon Fresh, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, PetSmart, See’s Candies, and Target, to name a few. Freestanding restaurants include BJ’s Brewhouse, Cha Cha’s Latin Kitchen, Chick-Fil-A, and Texas de Brazil, with Palette Dim Sum opening in late 2025. Additional options include BenGong’s Tea, dumpling house Ja Jiaozi and Pandor bakery, plus an outdoor food court area with 399 Vietnamese Kitchen, Class 302 Cafe, Handel’s Ice Cream, Natraj’s Tandoori, Sushi Rev, WingStop, and Yogurtland.
Though newly built Colonnade apartments in the center are intended to foster more of a mixed-use development over time, The Market Place’s size – akin to six or more city blocks – and the nature of many of the retailers limit the center’s end-to-end walkability. Just one of the plaza-like sections hosts big box stores Best Buy, Home Depot, REI, multiple furniture stores, Total Wine & More, as well as In-N-Out, Snooze, Starbucks, and Taco Bell… but you’ll need to cross a busy street to visit Everspring Modern Chinese, Happy Lemon, I Can Barbecue, and more streets to see the others. Thankfully, there’s plenty of parking; just be prepared to drive between destinations, and potentially wait in a line of cars for your burgers.
