Arenales Shopping Centre

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Arenales Shopping Centre
Centro Comercial Arenales
Centro Comercial Arenales - Vista 1.jpg
Interior view in 2020
Arenales Shopping Centre
Location Lince District, Lima
Address1737 Arenales Avenue
Opening date1979
No. of stores and services100+
Total retail floor area 21,100 m2
No. of floors5
Parking200 vehicles
Website Facebook

Arenales Shopping Centre (Spanish : Centro Comercial Arenales), also known as Arenales Plaza and as Arenitas, [1] is a shopping centre in Lince District, Lima, Peru. It takes its name from the avenue where the building is located on its 17th block. It is known as the "heart of otaku and gamer culture" in the city. [2]

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Several stores dedicated to Korean and Japanese cuisine are located inside the building. [3] A number of stores also sell anime-related items, such as DVDs, or stuffed animals and figures, [1] and cosplay of various anime and manga characters is popular as well. [4]

History

The 5,500 m2 (later 21,100 m2) building began construction in 1978. In November of the next year, it inaugurated its first floor and basement. The second floor was finished in September 1981, and its third floor in December 1983. It has 120 stores, two cinemas, and a capacity for 200 vehicles. [5] Since the 1990s, stores oriented towards the anime and otaku subcultures have made the building the focal point of adherents of these subcultures. [6]

In 2010, a Metro supermarket was opened in the building, occupying an area of 1,215 m2 and being the fifth to open on the same year. [7]

In 2020, the shopping centre was closed for not having a building safety certificate. [8] In July of that year it announced its reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [10]

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  7. "Metro sigue creciendo y se instala en el Centro Comercial Arenales". RPP Noticias . 2010-10-08.
  8. "Clausuran el Centro Comercial Arenales por no contar con certificado de seguridad en edificaciones". El Comercio . 2020-01-30.
  9. "Arenales anuncia su reapertura: "El único C.C. donde te pones orejas de gato y nadie te mira raro"". La República . 2020-07-08.
  10. "Centro Comercial Arenales abre sus puertas para fans del Kpop y anime". El Popular. 2020-07-07.