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The store was a subsidiary of Pueblo International, which had purchased the franchise for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for an undisclosed amount, from the BLOCKBUSTER Entertainment Corporation (BEC), which was the largest video-movie rental chain in the world at the time. At the opening ceremony, then Pueblo International president ...
Two years later, the first Topeka store in Puerto Rico reported sales of $2 million. After the success of the Loiza Street store, the Estrellas expanded their operation, opening new stores in Hato Rey, Río Piedras, Caguas, Carolina, and Arecibo. As for the Topeka name, its origins became somewhat cloudy with time.
The new store would comprise 170,000 square feet of floor space, and would be the largest department store ever built in Puerto Rico, as well as one of the largest in the Penney chain In its first stage, Plaza Las Américas would have 550,006 square feet of floor space, and would feature a completely enclosed, air-conditioned, all weather mall ...
The new store would open with 77,000 square-feet of sales space and would be the largest of eight retail units at the time operated by the Sears subsidiary, Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc. [15] Through the rest of the 1960s the chain would continue to expand opening a store in Ponce in 1964, Caguas in 1966, Arecibo in 1967, [16] and Bayamón ...
González Padín was a high-end department store based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.The chain which operated in Puerto Rico at its peak had 10 stores. The chain closed in 1995, and at the time of closure it was the biggest and oldest department store on the island.
Bad Bunny holds a Puerto Rican flag in a demonstration calling for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's resignation in San Juan, Puerto Rico in July 2019. ERIC ROJAS/AFP/Getty Images
San Patricio Plaza is a 640,000 square feet (59,000 m 2) three-level enclosed shopping mall located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.The mall is located at the intersection of PR-2, PR-23, and PR-20, and has over 120 stores with its anchors being T.J. Maxx, Capri, Walgreens, PetSmart, Caribbean Cinemas and Office Depot, and Burlington, plus an outdoor shopping area known as "Liberty Square".
The chain's first store was opened by Facundo Colon, a Puerto Rican businessman, at Hato Rey. In 1978, a store was opened at Plaza Carolina, a large mall in Carolina. The Plaza Carolina location is still open. [5]