Multiplaza Escazú To Unveil Expansion On Monday
October 30th, 2009 | by admin |
On Monday, Multiplaza Escazú will unveil its “quinta etapa” (fifth stage) with the expansion of its floor area to include 86 additional stores, a new department store and more than 1.000 new parking spaces.The main focus of the expansion is the introduction of the Simán department store that is from Salvador and a host of other “pioneer” stores making their debut in Costa Rica for the first time.
Salvador Bolaños, general manager of Grupo Roble, the developer of Multiplaza Escazú, said that most of th new stores opening next week are from Panama and that he hopes at least 50 stores will ready for opening on inauguration.
Workers have been busy in finishing the expansion in time for the 2009 Christmas shopping season. This week attention has been focused on the exterior of the expansion, ready to greet the expected 150.000 plus shoppers to the mall. Bolaños said that at least 50.000 new shoppers are expected to be attracted by the new stores.
In addition to the retail stores, the expansion will have a food court with at least eight food outlets, including McDonalds, Café Illy, Inka Grill and Tintos & Blancos. This is in addition the existing food court and restaurants at Multiplaza.
Bolaños added that the existing stores and flood space will soon begin a renovation phase as part of the facelift of the entire mall.
The expansion will also mean an additional 1.000 to 1.500 more direct jobs and 3.000 indirect jobs being created, that adds to the current work force of 7.600 direct and 6.400 indirect employees at the mall.
The Simán department store alone is responsible for filling 300 jobs.
Multiplaza Escazú first opened its doors in 1993 and grew to a total floor space of 41.000 square metres. With the latest addition the total floor space will be 68.000 square metres and 2.600 parking spaces, 60% of which are covered parking.
The major stores in Multiplaza Escazú are Cemaco, Palacio de Moda, Zara and Carrión. Automercado supermarket and Cinermark multi screen theatre attract customers to the mall.
By Doug on Oct 30, 2009
This is pretty exciting news for expats living in the Escazu area. It’s good to see that the economy is doing decently despite the economic troubles in the States and subsequent decline in tourists traveling abroad.