The Shops at Tanforan
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| Location | San Bruno, California, USA |
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| Coordinates | 37°38′11″N 122°25′04″W / 37.636367°N 122.41779°W |
| Address | 1150 El Camino Real |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Developer | Wattson Breevast LLC (2003) |
| Management | Forest City Enterprises |
| Owner | Forest City Enterprises |
| Architect | Altoon + Porter Architects LLC (2003) |
| No. of stores and services | 108 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 973,500 sq ft (90,440 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Public transit access | San Bruno (BART) |
| Website | www.theshopsattanforan.com |
The Shops at Tanforan is a redeveloped, regional shopping mall in San Bruno, California. It is located in the Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area, 10 miles south of San Francisco. It is served by the adjacent San Bruno Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station, as well as several local SamTrans bus lines and the Brisbane Shuttle. The complex is located minutes away from San Francisco International Airport.
The mall underwent a 3-year reconstruction, and reopened in 2005. It continues to be anchored by two of its original major retailers Sears, and JCPenney, as well as a Century Theatres that opened in 2008. However, one of the anchoring retailers: Target actually purchased the space from The Emporium in 1996.
The site that The Shops at Tanforan mall is built on has served as a racetrack, at various times as an airfield, a military training center, a Japanese American internment camp, as well as a golf course.
The Tanforan Racetrack was built in 1899. It was named after Toribio Tanforan, the grandson-in-law of Jose Antonio Sanchez, the grantee of Rancho Buri Buri.Horse, dog, motorcycle, and auto races were held year round at the track. One of Tanforan's most famous residents while it was used as a racetrack was Seabiscuit, who was stabled there for a time. Today, a statue of Seabiscuit may be found on the grounds of the Tanforan mall.
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