Puerta de Hierro () ("Iron Gate" in

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) is a neighborhood in

Zapopan Zapopan () is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, the population of Zapopan city proper makes it the second largest city in the state, very close behind the population of ...

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, as part of the metropolitan area of

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. It was developed through a joint venture by the Leaño family, owners of the

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and the Gómez Flores family, owners of GIG, Minsa, Grupo Geo and

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. The neighborhood is located on Avenida Patria, in the west-center part of Zapopan, in the northwest part of the

Guadalajara Metropolitan Area The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in es, Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It i ...

. It sits on roughly 500 acres, and includes a residential area, shopping mall, and business district. It is notorious for its affluent population as well as the large amount of high-rise development in the business district which includes the second-tallest building in the metro area, the ''Aura Altitude'', surpassed only by the RIU Plaza Hotel in south Guadalajara. It is also home to the ''Centro Médico Puerta de Hierro'', one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country, built using private funds and a US$14.5 million loan from the

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, the private-sector lending arm of the

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. The best known attraction is the

Andares Shopping Mall Andares is a shopping mall in Zapopan, Mexico, in the Guadalajara metropolitan area. This outdoor and indoor shopping center is located in the heart of the city. It opened on November 19, 2008. Anchors are Palacio de Hierro and Liverpool ...

, a high-end shopping mall located in the southeastern edge of the neighborhood. Andares is one of the most exclusive shopping centers in Mexico: a US$530 million complex, featuring some of the best known brands in the world, such as

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, and

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. As part of the complex and the surrounding area, ''the Andares zone'' includes a Hyatt Hotel-condo (construction starting in 2015), luxury residencies designed by Mexican architect

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, as well as

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, Maserati, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volvo and Lincoln dealerships. The zone is also home to the new offices of Oracle and U-Fit, one of the most exclusive gyms in Latin America. Since the opening of Andares in December 2008, and based on those investments as well as other developments, the property value has been increasing to prices never seen before in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area a continuous trend expected to grow even more. The price of land averages over US$1,000 per square meter, and the apartments range in prices from US$300,000 to US$2,000,000.

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