Multiplaza is a chain of shopping malls, owned by Grupo Roble of El Salvador (the real estate subsidiary of

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), in Central America.

Background

The first Multiplaza mall opened in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1990 as part of the expansion plan Grupo Roble. Additional Multiplaza locations opened in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, in 1995, Costa Rica (in Escazú in 1993), Evelyn Fernández Mora
Grupo Poma revela sus frentes de inversión en Costa Rica
''Elfinancierocr.com'', 9 November 2014 and Panama (in

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in 2004). Gina L. Buendía
Centro comercial Multiplaza Pacífica abre sus puertas
''Panamaamerica.com.pa'', 3 December 2004 After several years, Grupo Roble decided to create another chain of malls similar to Metrocentro CC. The most ambitious project of Grupo Roble a city within a city was built (in the first phase) in 2004 Panamericana Multiplaza located in San Salvador, El Salvador,
''Elsalvador.com'', 30 September 2003 which has the commercial centers and a tower of luxury apartments. Multiplaza Panamericana is the biggest Multiplaza, and it will also hold the two tallest buildings in Central America (excluding Panama). These buildings are

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each one with the height of and 28 floors. In 2009, the Multiplaza Panamá, designed by

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, was awarded the gold medal in the category Development and Design by the

International Council of Shopping Centers The International Council of Shopping Centers, doing business as ICSC, is the global trade association of what it calls the "Marketplaces Industry" (i.e., shopping centers, shopping malls, and all other retail real estate). Founded in 1957, it fea ...

.Roble construirá el primer Multiplaza en Guatemala
''Estrategianegocios.net'', 22 October 2014 The first H&M store to open in Panama was in September 2021 at a Multiplaza mall.Huw Hughes
H&M opens first Panama store
''Fashionunited.uk'', 7 September 2021

Locations

References

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* {{coord missing, El Salvador Shopping malls in Colombia Shopping malls in Costa Rica Shopping malls in Ecuador Shopping malls in El Salvador Shopping malls in Honduras Shopping malls in Mexico Shopping malls in Venezuela Ricardo Legorreta buildings