Dorian's was a department store chain based in

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, Baja California, Mexico. Dorian's was established in downtown Tijuana in 1959. On November 9, 1977, a fire ripped through the block where Dorian's was located, however after only 17 working days the store was back open, with half the square footage housed in tent-like structures built in a nearby parking lot. Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso bought Dorian's Tijuana, S.A. de C.V. in 2004 and operated it as a subsidiary of Inmuebles Borgru, S.A. de C.V. which in turn was a subsidiary of Inmuebles Carso, S.A.B. de C.V. In that same year, Dorian's expanded to Cancun, Chihuahua, Leon, Merida, and Monterrey after purchasing five

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stores, which operated in Mexico since 1995. A store opened in the new Las Misiones mall in

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in 2004 and closed shortly thereafter (now

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). In 2009, Dorian's had 14 stores in *Tijuana: ** Downtown Tijuana (Corner of 2nd and Niños Héroes) ** Plaza Río Tijuana ** Plaza Carrousel **Centro Comercial Mesa de Otay,

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* Cancun - Plaza Las Américas (formerly

) *

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- Plaza de Sol (formerly JCPenney) * Ensenada - downtown *

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- **Downtown **Forjadores *

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- Plaza Mayor (formerly JCPenney) * Mérida - Plaza las Américas (formerly JCPenney) *

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- Centro Comercial Cachanilla *

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area -

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(formerly JCPenney) * San Luis Río Colorado,

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Starting in April 2009, the 14 Dorian’s department stores were integrated into Sears México and operated under the name Sears. However, the Downtown Tijuana store was closed in May 2009 and is now the Plaza de la Tecnología, a

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of retail technology vendors.

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