 At its dedication in 1969, Plaza Camino Real encompassed 548,000 leasable square feet, making it nearly three times the size of the region's first fully enclosed shopping complex, Escondido Village Mall (1964).The 90-acre Plaza Camino Real site was located 32 miles north of San Diego's urban core.It extended along the southern side of the Vista Way / California Route 78 expressway, which had been dedicated in April 1962.