San Patricio Plaza
| San Patricio Plaza | |
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| Alternative names | San Patricio |
| General information | |
| Type | Shopping mall |
| Address | 100 Ave. San Patricio Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 |
| Inaugurated | 1964 |
| Owner | Empresas Caparra |
| Management | Adolfo González Santini[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Interstate General |
| Other information | |
| Number of stores | 120+[2] |
| Number of anchors | 8 |
San Patricio Plaza is a 640,000 square feet (59,000 m2) three-level enclosed shopping mall located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The mall is located at the intersection of PR-2, PR-23, and PR-20, and has over 120 stores with its anchors being Kmart, T.J. Maxx, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Capri, Walgreens, PetSmart, Caribbean Cinemas and Office Depot.
History
San Patricio Plaza was designed and built by Interstate General, who leased the land to the Gonzalez Giusti family during 1964. By the early seventies, because of the high interest rates and oil costs, Interstate General decided to sell certain properties, including San Patricio Plaza, to the Giusti family.
At that time San Patricio Plaza was a strip mall with four large buildings with shops on each of them, all united by common hallways. The main shops were Kmart, Pueblo Supermarket, Walgreens and New York Department Store.
During the night of December 31, 1968, a fire consumed the building where Kmart was located. As a result, the mall's management decided to enclose the facilities becoming one of the first enclosed malls in Puerto Rico.[3]