Mayagüez Mall

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)[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.

Mayagüez Mall
Official Mayaguez Mall logo
LocationMayagüez, Puerto Rico
Address975 Hostos Ave. Mayagüez, PR 00680
Opening date1972
DeveloperEmpresas Villamil
OwnerEmpresas Villamil
No. of stores and services150+
No. of anchor tenants11
Total retail floor area1,050,000 sq ft (97,500 m2)
No. of floors1
Parking6,000
Websitemayaguezmall.com
1 heliport

There is also a heliport within the mall property. The mall is made up of three concourses which connect at a central atrium.

History

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. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the mall underwent extensive renovations, including the construction of its third and largest concourse anchored by JCPenney.

Cinevista Theatres during Demolition

One of the mall's lesser entrances was later expanded to connect to Walmart, which opened in the mid 1990s. A Gonzalez Padin department store once co-anchored the Sears concourse, but it closed in the mid 1990s when the parent company went bankrupt. Its former space was occupied later on by Sears Brand Central.

The former CineVista Theatres building shuttered in November 2008 and was demolished in 2010. Being replaced with a Romano's Macaroni Grill.

In December 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 23 stores nationwide. The store closed in February 2021.[5]

  • JCPenney's concourse
  • Mall's helipad

References
  1. "Empresas Puertorriqueñas de Desarrollo, Inc. v. Hermandad Independiente de Empleados Telefónicos, 150 D.P.R. 924 (2000). – Biblioteca PopJuris". www.popjuris.com.
  2. "Mayaguez Mall". The Miami Herald. 25 October 1970. p. 169.
  3. "Mayaguez Mall". The Herald-News. 12 September 1973. p. 19.
  4. "Mayaguez Mall". The Miami Herald. 25 October 1970. p. 169.
  5. "Sears and Kmart closing more stores. Is your location closing in 2021? See the updated closure list". USA Today.

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