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= Las Catalinas Mall = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Las Catalinas Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The mall opened in 1997, and it is anchored by Sears, and formerly Kmart. The mall is home to the first "Large Premium Format" movie theater in Puerto Rico and second in the Caribbean region at the time of its opening, which is owned and managed by Caribbean Cinemas.

History
Las Catalinas Mall was opened on December 4, 1997, with 80 stores and 3,000 spaces of parking. The mall was built with the purpose to serve the surrounding communities, but it grew to become a regional mall. The shopping center is currently owned by Urban Edge Properties, who also owns Montehiedra Town Center in south San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Las Catalinas Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.

During the XIX century, Las Catalinas Mall’s grounds used to be a sugar producer farm called Hacienda Santa Catalina. Besides sugar, the Hacienda Santa Catalina also produced rum and cultivated fruits. It used to be one of the three primary sugar producer farms in Caguas, and its main owner at the time was Bartolomé Borrás, a Spaniard man. Throughout this century, Caguas participated in the development of the agrarian economy on the island. By 1920, the municipality had a total of 553 farms of different crops, and 3,716.00 cultivated cuerdas of sugarcane.

There is a remaining chimney from the sugar farm close to Las Catalinas Mall that can be seen from the Puerto Rico Highway 52.

Food court
Las Catalinas Mall’s food court is called “El Trapiche”, in Spanish, which means “the mill”. The food court includes the following fast-food restaurants: The Hot Potato, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kelly’s Cajun Grill, Chopsticks, El Mesón, Mofongo Rico, Wetzel's Pretzels and Flamers. It also includes the kiosks Ico Rico and Island Smoothies.

Stores
Clothing, footwear, and headwear: Forever 21, Pacsun, Journeys, Journeys Kids, Aéropostale, Aldo, A. Plaza, La Nueva Era, Old Navy, G by Guess, Marianne, Valija, Andis, Lu, Lotus, The Children's Place, Novus, Van Heusen, Sola, La Favorita, Zumiez, Kress, Kó komo, Kamea Meha, Me Salvé, Adidas, Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Shoe Carnival, Champs, Bambu, Zapaventura, Bakers, Bambi, Rainbow, Humberto Vidal, and Lids.

Home Furnishing: Casa Febus.

Cellphone companies and technology: T-Mobile, AT&T, Boost Mobile, Claro, Gameshop and Technology, and TV Novedades TV.

Jewelry, accessories, and backpacks: Pandora, Be Jeweled, Exentrix, Claires, and Totto.

Eyewear: Pearle vision, Eye Center, and Deo New York.

Cosmetics and perfumes: Laline, Inglot Cosmetics, and Bath & Body Works.

Nutrition: Vitamine World, GNC Live Well, Naturalizer, and O-MRKT.

The mall also includes a series of vending kiosks throughout its halls. Besides those, it has restaurants and stores around the mall like P.F. Chang's, Sally Beauty, and formerly Outback Steakhouse.