{{Short description|Shopping Mall Chain}} {{Infobox company | name = Multiplaza | logo = logomulti.jpg | type = | foundation = 1990 | location = El Salvador | key_people = | industry = Commercial real estate | products = Shopping malls | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = Grupo Roble (Grupo Poma) | homepage = {{URL|https://www.multiplaza.com/}} }} '''Multiplaza''' is a chain of shopping malls, owned by Grupo Roble of El Salvador (the real estate subsidiary of Grupo Poma), in Central America.
==Background== The first Multiplaza mall opened in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1990 as part of the expansion plan Grupo Roble. Additional Multiplaza locations opened in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, in 1995, Costa Rica (in Escazú in 1993),<ref name="elfinancierocr frentes">{{in lang|es}} Evelyn Fernández Mora, [https://www.elfinancierocr.com/negocios/grupo-poma-revela-sus-frentes-de-inversion-en-costa-rica/APBW55U5Y5CZZJ2D3WXPYVMYMY/story/ Grupo Poma revela sus frentes de inversión en Costa Rica], ''Elfinancierocr.com'', 9 November 2014</ref> and Panama (in Panama City in 2004).<ref name="panamaamerica puertas">{{in lang|es}} Gina L. Buendía, [https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/economia/centro-comercial-multiplaza-pacifica-abre-sus-puertas-176781 Centro comercial Multiplaza Pacífica abre sus puertas], ''Panamaamerica.com.pa'', 3 December 2004</ref> After several years, Grupo Roble decided to create another chain of malls similar to Metrocentro CC.
The most ambitious project of Grupo Roble, a city within a city, was built (in the first phase) in 2004 Panamericana Multiplaza located in San Salvador, El Salvador,<ref name="elsalvador obreros">{{in lang|es}} [http://archivo.elsalvador.com/noticias/2003/09/30/negocios/negoc7.html 2,000 obreros construyen Multiplaza], ''Elsalvador.com'', 30 September 2003</ref> which has the commercial centers and a tower of luxury apartments. Multiplaza Panamericana is the biggest Multiplaza, and it will also hold the two tallest buildings in Central America (excluding Panama). These buildings are El Pedregal each one with the height of {{convert|106|m|abbr=on}} and 28 floors.
In 2009, the Multiplaza Panamá, designed by Ricardo Legorreta, was awarded the gold medal in the category Development and Design by the International Council of Shopping Centers.<ref name="estrategiaynegocio guatemala">{{in lang|es}} [https://www.estrategiaynegocios.net/centroamericaymundo/centroamerica/guatemala/760371-330/roble-construir%C3%A1-el-primer-multiplaza-en-guatemala Roble construirá el primer Multiplaza en Guatemala], ''Estrategianegocios.net'', 22 October 2014</ref>
The first H&M store to open in Panama was in September 2021 at a Multiplaza mall.<ref>Huw Hughes, [https://fashionunited.uk/news/retail/h-m-opens-first-panama-store/2021090757544 H&M opens first Panama store], ''Fashionunited.uk'', 7 September 2021</ref>
==Locations== thumb|Panamericana Multiplaza mall in San Salvador. [[File:IMG 2530 El Pedregal by S-CP.JPG|thumb|Torre El Pedregal, part of the Multiplaza complex in San Salvador.]] {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Name ! Country ! City |- | Multiplaza Panamericana<ref name="elsalvador obreros"/> | {{ESA}} | Antiguo Cuscatlán |- | Multiplaza Escazú<ref name="elfinancierocr frentes"/> | {{CRC}} | Escazú |- | Multiplaza Curridabat<ref>{{in lang|es}} Andrea Rodríguez V., [https://www.nacion.com/economia/multiplaza-del-este-cambia-de-nombre-y-se-llamara-multiplaza-curridabat/MGT4UQPWYNBHDMPIW7EL6V5AAI/story/ Multiplaza del este cambia de nombre y se llamará Multiplaza Curridabat], ''Nacion.com'', 26 September 2013</ref> | {{CRC}} | Curridabat |- | Multiplaza Pacific<ref name="panamaamerica puertas"/> | {{PAN}} | Panama City |- | Multiplaza Eusebio Ayala | {{PAR}} | Asunción |- | Multiplaza Bosques | {{MEX}} | Mexico City |- | Multiplaza Lindavista | {{MEX}} | Monterrey |- | Multiplaza Ojo de Agua | {{MEX}} | Ojo de Agua/Coacalco/Ecatepec |- | Multiplaza Arboledas | {{MEX}} | Tlalnepantla de Baz |- | Multiplaza Estadio | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} | La Romana |- | Multiplaza Hermanos Trejo | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} | Higüey |- | Multiplaza El Paraíso | {{VEN}} | Caracas |- | Multiplaza Tegucigalpa | {{HON}} | Tegucigalpa |- | Multiplaza San Pedro Sula | {{HON}} | San Pedro Sula |- | Multiplaza Gran Akí | {{ECU}} | Ambato |- | Multiplaza Lizarzaburo | {{ECU}} | Riobamba |- | Multiplaza de las Esmeraldas | {{ECU}} | Esmeraldas |- | Multiplaza 5 de Junio | {{ECU}} | Portoviejo |- | Multiplaza Miraflores | {{ECU}} | Cuenca |- | Multiplaza La Felicidad<ref>{{in lang|es}} Gabriel Forero Oliveros, [https://www.larepublica.co/empresas/grupo-poma-incursiona-con-multiplaza-en-negocio-de-centros-comerciales-2188816 Grupo Poma incursiona con Multiplaza en negocio de centros comerciales], ''Larepublica.co'', 5 November 2014</ref> | {{COL}} | Bogotá |- | Multiplaza Alamedas 2 | {{COL}} | Montería |- | Multiplaza Guatemala<ref name="estrategiaynegocio guatemala"/> | {{GUA}} | |- |}
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==External links== *{{official website|https://www.multiplaza.com/}}
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