Mayagüez Mall is a shopping mall located in the municipalities of Mayagüez. It is the third largest shopping center in Puerto Rico with a total of 1,050,000 square feet (98,000 m2)[1] 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.
Starting development in 1970 with a $6.5 million dollar permanent mortgage put in place.[2] The mall opened in 1972 with 60 stores,[3] parking for 2,000 cars,[4] and two of its later three concourses open. During that time, its main tenants were Woolworth, Walgreens and Sears.
Throughout the late 1990s up to late 1991, the mall underwent extensive renovations, including the construction of its third and largest concourse anchored by JCPenney.
Walmart would open a 110,000 square-foot store at the mall in late 1991 as an addition to the ongoing renovations that underwent the mall during this period of time.[5]
Walmart store during 2008
González Padín department stores an original opening day tenant which co-anchored the Sears concourse, closed in October 1995 when the chain ceased operations.[6] Its former space was occupied later on by Sears Brand Central.
The former CineVista Theatres building shuttered with the rest of the chain in November 2008 and was demolished by 2010. Later on being replaced by a Romano's Macaroni Grill.
Cinevista Theatres during Demolition
In December 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 23 stores nationwide. Both the main Sears store and Sears Brand Central closed in February 2021.[7]
Gallery
JCPenney's concourse
Mall's helipad
References
^"Empresas Puertorriqueñas de Desarrollo, Inc. v. Hermandad Independiente de Empleados Telefónicos, 150 D.P.R. 924 (2000). – Biblioteca PopJuris". www.popjuris.com.
^"Mayaguez Mall". The Miami Herald. 25 October 1970. p. 169.
^"Mayaguez Mall". The Herald-News. 12 September 1973. p. 19.
^"Mayaguez Mall". The Miami Herald. 25 October 1970. p. 169.
^"Wal-Mart & Sam's Club open in Puerto Rico". Baxter Bulletin. 1991-01-31. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^"Gonzalez Padin Closes". El Nuevo Herald. 1995-10-31. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^"Sears and Kmart closing more stores. Is your location closing in 2021? See the updated closure list". USA Today.
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