Photo: Jeff Jeffrey
CitiPlace/Corporate Boulevard
Tommy Spinosa spent just under $1.3 million for 67 acres between Corporate Boulevard and Interstate 10 in 1994. He profited a year later when he sold about 6 acres of land to the Brinker International restaurant chain for $2.1 million. Today, CitiPlace is a mix of restaurants, small boutiques, Barnes & Noble, apartments, office buildings and a United Artists multiplex. CitiPlace’s concept of shared parking, where spaces that are occupied by bank employees during the day are used by diners and movie-goers at night, has spread to Towne Center. And the successful development has led to all sorts of retail activity along Corporate.