The Shoppes at Carlsbad was born enclosed
You step in from the bright coastal sun into a comfortable indoor space, and everything becomes just hallways, lights, and choices, stretched across two levels and designed to keep you moving.
The Shoppes at Carlsbad has always given people that simple pleasure: shopping as a kind of walk inside, a place made up of rented stores arranged to browse and pass the time.
It opened in March 1969 as Plaza Camino Real. At the time, it was described as San Diego County’s sixth mall, but the larger point was the roof…