No vacation plans? Take a walk in the mall

In this holiday period you do not have to leave your city to find entertainment options. According to the real estate firm CBRE Mexicodespite the rise of electronic commerce and the confinement due to Covid-19, the Mexican population continues to see the malls as recreational places, leisure and gatherings with family and friends.

“Two years after the start of the pandemic, it is reinventing itself (sector retail) and adapts to the new consumer who requires safer and sanitized spaces, the experiential factor in their purchases, the mix with entertainment and the ever-present possibility of returning home and buying online what they have seen in the mall” , explained Yadira Torres, director of market research at CBRE Mexico.

Here are some details of the commercial projects of the main developers in the country:

Fiber Danhos

One of the real estate groups with more shopping centers fashion mall in and around Mexico City is Fibra Danhos, which has in its portfolio commercial projects such as Parque Delta, Parque Tezontle and Toreo Parque Central.

This group also manages Parque Las Antenas, located between the city hall limits of Iztapalapa and Tláhuac, which is a work that premiered in 2018 and at the end of 2021 registered 98,468 square meters of gross profitable area. The first amusement park on a rooftop, Kataplum, by Grupo Diniz, is installed there.

Another work by Danhos with entertainment options is Parque Puebla, which is located on Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in the capital of Puebla. Here, in addition to having the option of a hotel integrated into the real estate complex, it is possible to visit the Michin Aquarium, with access prices and activities ranging from 80 pesos to family memberships of almost 2,000 pesos.

Fiber Sum

The real estate group that recently joined the stock market through the Institutional Stock Exchange (BIVA) has a portfolio in operation with malls high-end, for example, Artz Pedregal, which opened its doors in 2018.

Located in Periferico Sur, on a 50,500 square meter plot, this mall in the shape of a horseshoe, it has an offer of Premium brands such as Bvlgari, Cartier, Dior, Gucci, among others.

But, also due to its open spaces, it has outdoor entertainment and culture options such as exhibitions offered by the Open Art association, which offers both permanent and temporary exhibitions, open to the public.

Since March, every Friday there is also a setting in the gardens by different DJs who have the option of competing to be in charge of the mixes.

GICSA

Another company with an available offer of shopping malls with the entertainment component is Gicsa, which in its portfolio includes a series of projects under the “Esplanade” concept, with which part of the available activities are outdoors.

Thus, Gicsa has three developments of this type, Explanada Culiacán, in the process of opening, as well as Esplanada Pachuca and Explanada Puebla, already with their doors open.

In the case of malltertaiment Located in Cholula, Puebla, there is a Contender Go-Kars track, on a 320-meter-long terrain.

However, for Gicsa, tourist cities are important in its portfolio, since the company has participated in or manages projects such as Centro Maya and Forum Cancún, Quintana Roo, Puerta Sol, in Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur, among others distributed in cities. like Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara.