   copley place is an upscale shopping mall in the back bay section of boston, massachusetts, as part of a larger complex that includes office buildings, two hotels, and a parking garage. it was designed by the architects' collaborative and is managed by simon property group, which acquired it in the 2002 breakup of the then-dutch owned urban shopping centers, inc. simon currently on 98.1% of it. the mall is noted for its upscale stores, including ralph lauren, christian dior, john varvatos, michael kors, tory burch, victorinox swiss army, porsche design, tiffany & co., jimmy choo, david yurman, louis vuitton, and salvatore ferragamo. the mall is connected directly to the shops at prudential center via a skybridge over huntington avenue. the mall is also connected to the back bay mbta station via an underground tunnel beneath dartmouth street. the mall had also housed one of the few major-chain owned movie theatres within boston city limits until the loews copley place cinemas closed january 2005. in 2011, plans for a  addition of retail space to the facility and a  expansion of its neiman marcus anchor were approved by the boston redevelopment authority.http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/planning/planninginitsindividual.asp?initid=132&action=viewinit as of february 2013, the project is awaiting final design plans.http://seekingalpha.com/article/1155301-simon-property-group-management-discusses-q4-2012-results-earnings-call-transcript?page=3 ==tenants== ;anchors *barneys new york (46,000 sq ft.) *neiman marcus (166,900 sq ft.) (expansion) ;restaurants *legal sea foods *au bon pain ;hotels *copley place marriott *westin copley place the boston regional office of the u.s. census bureau is in suite 301 of 4 copley place."the boston region." u.s. census bureau. retrieved 2010-01-17. canada and germany maintain consulates-general for the new england region in suites 400 and 500, re
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