Plaza Mayor
When the first phase of Plaza Mayor was opened it housed a total of 103 commercial units including:-
The largest Multiplex cinema in Andalucia. The 20 screen, 4,900 seat complex was operated by Yelmo and incorporated the latest state of the art technologies.
The largest bowling and family entertainment unit in Andalucia with 20 bowling lanes.
The largest gymnasium with 4,270 m2 and 2 indoor swimming pools
The largest variety of restaurants ever assembled in one complex with over 70 restaurants of all types including, both of the major American burger outlets, Mexican, Italian, Brazilian, Turkish, Spanish, Indian and Israeli.
It also had various retail outlets, had its own railway station as well as 2350 car parking spaces.
Over 20,000 m2 of green space was created, 1,100 trees were planted and over 1,000 new jobs were created. It was an instant success and attracted some 6,000,000 visits in its first year of operation.
It was awarded the prize for the” best realisation of new formulas for integrated commerce” by the Spanish Association of Shopping Centres in 2004
The second phase was opened some time later and was predominately commercial. It attracted all of the major retail tenants such as Zara group, H & M, Mercadona etc.
Altogether it comprised over 60,000 m2 over retail and leisure space brought together in its own unique format.