Plaza Satélite

Plaza Satélite
Sculpture formerly located in Plaza Satélite
Plaza Satélite location in Greater Mexico City
General information
Address	Circuito Centro Comercial #2251, CD. Satélite C.P. 53100. Naucalpan de Juárez, Edo. de Mex., Mexico
Town or city	Ciudad Satélite, Naucalpan, State of Mexico (Greater Mexico City)
Country	Mexico
Coordinates	19°30′37″N 99°14′03″W / 19.510239°N 99.2342203°W / 19.510239; -99.2342203
Opened	1971
Website
plazasatelite.com.mx

Plaza Satélite is a shopping mall in the northwest part of Greater Mexico City in Ciudad Satélite on the Anillo Periferico ring road. Opened on 13 October 1971, it was Mexico's first American-style shopping mall.^[1][2] It has over 240 stores and services.

History[]

Plaza Satélite began construction in 1968 in Ciudad Satélite with the blueprints of architect Juan Sordo Madaleno. It was inaugurated on October 13, 1971 with four anchors: Sears Roebuck, Liverpool, Sanborn's, and París-Londres, as well as many stores of different kinds, restaurants, banks and a movie theater. At that time it had parking space for 3000 cars.

By 1995 they planned the last expansion, where the shopping mall grew 100% reaching 240 commercial spaces. The fast food section was completed, and the movie theaters were completely renovated. The expansion was concluded in 1998, with the incorporation of El Palacio de Hierro. the parking lot was also expanded to 5472 parking spots making it, at the time, the largest shopping mall parking lot in Mexico.^[3] In 2021, the plaza replaced 900 parking spots with a green rooftop.^[4]

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