Plaza Satélite is a

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in the northwest part of

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Ciudad Satélite Ciudad Satélite (), commonly known as Satélite, is a Greater Mexico City upper middle class suburban area located in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. Officially, the name corresponds exclusively to the homonym neighborhood, Ciudad Satélite, found ...

on the Anillo Periferico ring road. Opened on October 13, 1971, it was Mexico's first American-style shopping mall. It has over 240 stores and services.

History

Plaza Satélite began construction in 1968 in Ciudad Satélite with the blueprints of architect

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. It was inaugurated on October 13, 1971 with four anchors:

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, and

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, with 150 retail units in total including restaurants, banks and the largest movie theater in Latin America with 1,400 seats. At that time it had

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for 3000 cars. By 1995 the mall was expanded, doubling in size to 240 commercial spaces. The fast food section was completed, and the movie theaters were completely renovated and expanded into a 15-screen

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multiplex. The expansion was concluded in 1998 with the addition of a branch of luxury department store

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. The parking lot was also expanded to 5472 parking spots, making it, at the time, the largest shopping mall parking lot in Mexico. In 2018, the mall was expanded to including of retail space. It was completely redesigned with an airier, more open feel and a large atrium. The orange-colored theme and orange-tinted roof with glass blocks was replaced with a more neutral, contemporary theme of stone, wood, and steel."Plaza Satélite, from architectural success to retail landmark", Sordo Madaleno Architects
/ref> A park of with a lake was added. All in all, with the expansion, Satélite became the third-busiest mall in

, behind

Multiplaza Aragón Multiplaza Aragón is a shopping center in Ecatepec, in Greater Mexico City, opened in 1978. As of 2018 it had the highest number of visitors of any shopping center in the metropolitan area, 2.8 million visitors per month. Gross leasable area is . ...

and

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. In 2021, the plaza replaced 900 parking spots with a green rooftop.

External links

Photos of renovation in ArchDaily Mexico
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Plaza Satelite Shopping malls in Greater Mexico City Shopping malls established in 1971 Naucalpan de Juárez 1971 establishments in Mexico