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3 unusual facts about Henry Segerstrom


Henry Segerstrom

In March 1967, Segerstrom, along with his cousin Hal T. Segerstrom, Jr., opened a shopping center called South Coast Plaza in one of the family's lima bean fields in rapidly growing Orange County.

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It was built the same year as The Irvine Company's Fashion Island in neighboring Newport Beach.

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Originally anchored by a May Company that had opened in late 1966 and Sears, the initial phase of the center was designed by Victor Gruen.



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