Costa Rica mall sector to grow this year

Costa Rica will inaugurate two new shopping malls this year, daily La República reported.

The first will open in July, and was designed to fill a gap in the market for the middle class of Desamparados, according to developers Integra Capitales.

The second is expected to be the largest mall in the region, with a surface of some 70,000 square meters and with shops such as Forever 21, Oxygen, Victoria's Secret and Colombian coffee chain Juan Valdez.

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