Centro Comercial Albán Borja is a shopping mall located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was inaugurated on 10 March 1983, and its named after Colonel Agustín Albán Borja of the navy; its architecture is based on hexagonal shapes which makes many of the people who visit the shopping center become disoriented, due to the shape of a 8 with seven points makes the food court triangular in shape. With a construction area of 72,000 m2, capacity for 800 vehicles, 130 commercial premises, it is, together with the Policentro, the first two shopping centers in the city of the 80s.[1][2]
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| Location | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
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| Coordinates | 2°10′07″S 79°55′00″W / 2.16852186°S 79.91655749°W |
| Address | Av. Carlos Julio Arosemena |
| Opening date | 10 March 1983 |
| Owner | DK Management Services |
| Architect | Comamco y Betonsa |
| No. of stores and services | 120 |
| Parking | 800-1400 |
The establishment also functions as an administrative shopping center, with an average of approximately between 15,000 and 20,000 daily visitors for judicial and banking services, business procedures and the purchase of groceries. Its influx increased due to the arrival of the prosecutor's flagrante delicto unit and the office for users of the Municipal Transit Authority (ATM).[2][3]
In 2017, the shopping center was remodeled for the first time after 34 years of operation, including LED lighting, flooring, and replacement of the wooden deck at a cost of $400,000.[4]
References
edit- ^ "El 'laberinto' y otros centros de comercio". El Universo (in Spanish). 11 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ a b "20.000 ciudadanos convergen al día en un renovado Albán Borja". El Universo (in Spanish). 8 July 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Unidad de Flagrancia se mantiene en Albán Borja". El Universo (in Spanish). 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Remodelan el centro comercial Albán Borja". El Universo (in Spanish). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.