Mayagüez Mall facts for kids
Official Mayaguez Mall logo
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| Location | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
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| Address | 975 Hostos Ave. Mayagüez, PR 00680 |
| Opening date | 1972 |
| Developer | Empresas Villamil |
| Owner | Empresas Villamil |
| No. of stores and services | 150+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 11 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,050,000 sq ft (97,500 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | 6,000 |
| 1 heliport | |
Mayagüez Mall is a shopping mall located between the municipalities of Mayagüez and Hormigueros. It is the third largest shopping center in Puerto Rico with a total of 1,050,000 square feet (98,000 m2) of retail space, and it is the main shopping center in western Puerto Rico. Its main stores include Sears, JCPenney, Shoe Carnival, Old Navy, Marshalls, Summit Trampoline Park and Office Max. It also has stores such as Tous, Clarks, Aldo, PacSun, Sunglass Hut, Totto, Lids, Journeys, Pandora, Invicta, Foot Locker, Champs Sports, The Children's Place, Van Heusen, Adidas, Pueblo Supermarket and much more. For dinner the mall has various restaurants such as Chili's Grill & Bar, Romano's Macaroni Grill and Pizza Hut. and fast food restaurants such as Burger King, Church's Chicken, El Meson Sandwiches, KFC, Krispy Kreme, Pollo Tropical, Taco Maker and a Wendy's. There is also a heliport within the mall property. The mall is made up of three concourses which connect at a central atrium. The former theater building was demolished in May 2010 and was replaced with a Romano's Macaroni Grill. A Ponderosa Steakhouse on the outparcel closed in 2016.
History
The mall was opened in 1972, when two of its current three concourses were opened. During that time, its main tenants were Woolworth's, Walgreens and Sears. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the mall underwent extensive renovations, including the construction of its third and largest concourse, anchored by JCPenney. One of the mall's lesser entrances was later expanded to connect to Walmart, which opened in the mid 1990s. A Gonzalez Padín department store once co-anchored the Sears concourse, but it closed in the mid 1990s when the parent company went bankrupt. Its former space is occupied today by Sears Brand Central.
In December 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 23 stores nationwide. The store will close in February 2021.
Images for kids
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Walmart store during 2008
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Cinevista Theatres during Demolition
