Perfectly situated next door to Third Street Promenade - in the epicenter of California cool - sits the new Santa Monica Place. Designed to reflect the trend-setting, idea-creating, fashion-making appeal of Santa Monica, Santa Monica Place recently re-opened after a dramatic renovation that converted this once traditional suburban shopping center into an open-air destination. Down the coastline from Malibu, a fast freeway jostle away from the buzz of West L.A., the perfectly situated Santa Monica Place is set against a backdrop of sophisticated tastes and a mindset where the eclectic and the diverse is the everyday.