One of the metropolitan area’s most chic mall complexes, the Centro Comerical Andares in Zapopan, continues to metastasis at an alarming rate, with 60 million pesos budgeted for expansion this year.
Much of that purse will be dedicated to financing the completion of Barrio San Pascual, billed as something of a culinary Shangri-la for Guadalajara’s dedicated foodies. The 3,600-square-meter space, to be located in the Corporativo Paseo section of the Andares complex, will consist of 26 individual eateries representing gastronomic traditions various and sundry.
The Barrio San Pascual expansion is expected to generate between 400 and 500 new jobs.
Andares was inaugurated in 2008 and currently hosts in its sprawling,118,000 square-meter guts more than 250 establishments, serving the endless, ever-changing needs of an ever-growing population of consumers.