The Centro Comercial Galerias is a shopping center in San Salvador, El Salvador. Among the mall's attractions is a mansion known as La Casona dating from the late 1950s and kept in perfect condition , which was home to a family of Palestinian origin. It is the only mall to have such an attraction. The complex is owned by Grupo Siman.

History

The idea of building the mall, born in early 1990 due to the great development and strength of the capital , its construction lasted almost four years and was responsible for SIMCO (sister company Almacenes Siman business group), the first excavations were conducted in order to shape the three levels of underground parking currently to the mall. One of the main challenges for the construction of the mall was to maintain the mansion called Casona, as more than 2,000 workers had to take extreme security measures to avoid damaging the European architecture. With the help of a Swiss company, managed to build a ring of security that would protect the mansion, as the excavation depth of 12 meters jeopardized the work. Currently, Galerias has an area of 115 thousand square meters and has over 133 local and foreign stores.{{Citation needed, reason=your explanation here, date=January 2014 In 2006 it made its biggest remodeling, where one floor was built (in addition to the three with which the count) and was adapted for cinema

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Mexican chain.

Shops

Some stores that owns this mall are: * Almacenes Siman * Zara *

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* Guess *

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* United Colors of Benetton * Ralph Lauren * Starbucks * Cinepolis

External links

Galerias.com.sv

Siman.com

Archive.laprensa.co.sv

History

Shops

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See also