Antara Fashion Hall | |
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General information | |
Location | Nuevo Polanco (Colonia Granada), Mexico City, Mexico |
Coordinates | 19°26′21″N99°12′09″W / 19.4393°N 99.2025°W |
Opening | May 2006 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Floor area | 550,000 sq ft (51,000 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Javier Sordo Madaleno |
Developer | Grupo Integral de Desarrollo Inmobiliario S de RL de CV (GIDI) |
Other information | |
Number of stores | 140+ |
Public transit access | Polanco and San Joaquín metro stations (both at distance) |
Website | |
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Antara, previously branded as Antara Polanco and Antara Fashion Hall, is an upscale open-air shopping center in the Nuevo Polanco section of the upscale district of Polanco, Mexico City. It hosts a concentration of boutiques of global luxury brands and is anchored by a Casa Palacio department store and a Cinemex multicinema.
The Antara Polanco shopping center, as it was then branded, opened its doors in 2006. Two years after the opening, phase 2 of the development project was launched with the construction of two office buildings behind the mall. [1]
In 2015, Mexico's 500th Starbucks opened in Antara Polanco. [2] In 2018, the mall's Cinemex was the first movie theater in Latin America to use Samsung's LED screen Onyx. [3] In September 2019, Mexico City's second Apple Store opened in Antara Polanco. [4] In September 2020, a customer caused a stir by bringing her pet tiger with her to the mall. [5] [6] In 2021, Dyson announced the opening of its first store in Latin America in Antara Polanco. [7]
The center was designed by the Mexican architect Javier Sordo Madaleno. [8] The mall hosts concerts, fashion shows, and exhibitions throughout the year. It has three levels and is home to over 100 stores including anchor Casa Palacio (a high-end department store of the Palacio de Hierro chain limited to furniture and home furnishings), 6 gourmet restaurants, a fast-food court, a casino, and a Cinemex movie theater. It was built on the site of a demolished General Motors factory. [9]
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