Encuentro Oceanía is a super-regional mall in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City, around 5 km east of the Zócalo. It is located along the main thoroughfare, Avenida Oceanía, around 1 km west of the Circuito Interior inner ring highway, and around 2 km west of Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport. It is across the street from Romero Rubio metro station.
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| Coordinates | 19°26′26″N 99°05′36″W / 19.4405581°N 99.0933276°W |
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| Address | Av. del Peñón 355, Moctezuma 2da Secc, Venustiano Carranza |
| Opening date | 2021 |
| No. of stores and services | >200 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 75,000 square meters (810,000 sq ft) |
| Public transit access | Romero Rubio metro station |
| Website | encuentrooceania.com |
Anchor stores include the first IKEA store in Mexico, which opened in April 2021. The store measures 23,000 square meters (250,000 sq ft) across 3 levels with entrances off all 3 floors of the mall.[1][2]
Other anchors include Chedraui hypermarkets, Cinemex multicinemas, Energy Fitness, and Forever 21. The center as a whole held its soft launch in October, 2021.[3] There is a total of over 200 stores and 75,000 square meters (810,000 sq ft) leasable area.[4] The center cost around 1.5 billion Mexican pesos to build, according to its spokesman.[5]
Gallery
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Northwestern façade along Avenida Oceanía -
Closeup of the fountain, Romero Rubio metro station entrance, and IKEA -
Bridge with fountain -
Dutch-owned HEMA variety store
References
edit- ^ "IKEA opens its first physical store in Mexico" (Press release). Mexico City, Mexico: IKEA. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Varela, Micaela (March 24, 2021). "Ikea aterriza en México con la apertura de su primera tienda el 8 de abril ("IKEA lands in Mexico with the opening of its first store on April 8")". El País. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "Preaperturan el centro comercial Encuentro Oceanía (Pre-opening of the Encuentro Oceanía shopping center")". El Sol de México. October 1, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Redacción (October 2, 2021). "Fotos: así es el nuevo centro comercial que abrió en CDMX ("Photos: This is the new shopping center that opened in Mexico City")". Chilango. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Ordaz Díaz, Arturo (November 18, 2020). "CDMX: centro comercial en Oceanía y tienda Ikea, listos para 2021 ("Mexico City: Shopping center and IKEA store in Oceanía, ready for 2021")". Forbes (Mexico). Retrieved December 8, 2021.
External links
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Media related to Encuentro Oceanía at Wikimedia Commons- Encuentro Oceanía at the Official Guide to Mexico City
