Past an ivy partition, a concierge greets a guest with bottled water.
As staff bustles back and forth asking customers for their names to confirm their appointments, partitions for 14 newly-built suites — each labeled with a different plant, such as camellia, jasmine and peony — are pulled backward to reveal the interior, equipped with a fitting room and minor furnishings for displays.
One guest examines a clothing rack while others wait in chairs for their boutique associate to escort them to their suite.
On Friday, Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza officially opened “the Pavilion” in its northern parking structure,
