Apumanque Mall

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Apumanque Mall
Mall Apumanque
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Apumanque Mall
LocationLas Condes, Chile
Coordinates 33°24′35″S70°34′02″W / 33.40972°S 70.56722°W / -33.40972; -70.56722
AddressManquehue Sur Avenue 31
Opening date1981
Renovated1994 (Exterior), 2007 (Interior)
Floors3
ParkingCovered (Third Floor)
Public transit Manquehue metro station, Santiago Metro
Website https://apumanque.cl

Apumanque Mall [a] is a shopping mall located in the Las Condes Commune of Santiago, Chile. [1] It was the first shopping mall in Chile when it was inaugurated in 1981, beating the Parque Arauco mall by just four months. [2] [3] [4] The mall has three floors, the third being a food court. [5]

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History

The mall was developed between the late 70s and early 80s. The first stage of the mall was inaugurated in November 1981 as the Apumanque Cosmocentre, four months before the Parque Arauco mall, which was being constructed nearby. [4] The second stage was inaugurated a few months later in 1982. [2] [3] When it was completed in 1982, the mall had an area of almost 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) with 964 shops. [4] Before its inauguration, the closest thing to a shopping mall in Chile were the "Caracoles" (Helical shaped shopping galleries). [6] In 1982, sculptor Matilde Pérez instaled a kinetic/plastic art installation named Kinetic Frieze  [ es ], a 70 metres (230 ft) long mural which consisted of 39 steel plates and hundreds of light bulbs which drew sequences of moving light. [7]

In 1986, a bomb was detonated in the Mall, killing 27-year-old Iván Parra Roldán and injuring multiple others. [8] [9] [10] The perpetrators have not been identified. [10] In 1992, a large fire took place in the mall, resulting in large damages to the centre but no fatalities. [11] [12]

In 1994, the mall's interior underwent a major renovation, replacing the original floor and the metallic fake sky ceiling. [13] [14] One year later, in 1995, the mall's food court was inaugurated in the third floor, which included 13 restaurants and a game room. [3] [13] In 2007 the mall's facade was remodeled by Felipe Assadi  [ es ] with Trinidad Schonthaler, and the kinetic frieze installation was removed, although it was installed in the University of Talca three years later. [3] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

The mall became connected with Line 1 of the Santiago Metro by the Manquehue Station after the line's expansion in 2010. [19] [20] In 2025, the mall began a renovation process aiming to improve the floors, lights, bathrooms, escalators and the food court. [21]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as the Apumanque Cosmocentre (Spanish; Cosmocentro Apumanque)

References

  1. ↑ "➤ Apumanque | Av. Manquehue Sur 31, Las Condes". Apumanque (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  2. 1 2 Henríquez, Constanza. "EyN: La receta del Apumanque en medio de la dura competencia". Economía y Negocios online. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Canales, Flores (November 23, 2023). "Apumanque Vintage: El primer centro comercial del país celebra sus 42 años exhibiendo su "tesoro" audiovisual". Radio Agricultura Chile.
  4. 1 2 3 "Apumanque, 1984 - La Tercera". La Tercera (in Spanish). 2013-11-18. Archived from the original on 2026-02-25. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
  5. ↑ Guruceaga Navarro, Izaskun (April 2000). "EL SECTOR DE LA CONFECCIÓN EN CHILE" (PDF). www.oficinascomerciales.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  6. ↑ "Los Cambios que han marcado los 100 años del Sector Retail en Chile". www.rhiscom.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  7. ↑ "El Friso Cinético de Apumanque y nuestro compromiso con la cultura". Mall Apumanque.
  8. ↑ Heinecke Scott, Luis. Chile crónica de un asedio. Vol. IV. p. 81.
  9. ↑ "Bombas en Chile". El País (in Spanish). 1986-10-15. ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  10. 1 2 "PARRA ROLDAN FERNANDO IVAN – MMDH – Víctimas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  11. ↑ "Apumanque". www.bomba18.cl. Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  12. ↑ Donoso, Pamela (2009-01-27). "El trasgresor Apumanque". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-25.
  13. 1 2 "Apumanque celebra sus 42 años exhibiendo su 'tesoro' audiovisual vintage". Camara de Centro Comerciales Chile (in Spanish). November 28, 2023. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  14. 1 2 "Apumanque Vintage: Revive la inauguración del primer centro comercial del país". El Reporte Diario (in Spanish). 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  15. ↑ "Apumanque | Nueva cara y más accesible". Corporación Ciudad Accesible (in Spanish). 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  16. ↑ Diaz L., Isis (August 17, 2007). "Retiran obra de Matilde Pérez desde el Apumanque". www.artes.uchile.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  17. ↑ "Del Apumanque a la U. de Talca, la nueva casa del Friso Cinético de Matilde Pérez". La Segunda (in Spanish). October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  18. ↑ Infante K, Agustín (October 20, 2007). "En Construcción: Remodelación Centro Comercial Apumanque / Felipe Assadi". Arch Daily. Archived from the original on January 14, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Metro". Red Movilidad (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  20. ↑ "Metro de Santiago inicia el 2010 con estaciones renovadas, mejoras en la operación y más servicios". Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  21. ↑ Gómez, Iñaki (November 12, 2025). "Modernización total: el centro comercial más antiguo de Las Condes cambia su rostro". Archived from the original on February 25, 2026.
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