With 3 new malls in a week, Sector expands list to 2019

Even with the lack of strength of the economy, three malls will be opened in Brazil within a week. The first inauguration will take place today, 30, in São Paulo. The city park, venture in Marginal Pinheiros with 20000 m² of area for shopkeepers, has the equivalent of about 100 stores, and 85% are already occupied. The project of the mall was developed by the OR (formerly Odebrecht Achievements), but during the crisis ended up sold to Previ, the pension fund of the employees of the Bank of Brazil. Here it comes. The sequence of inaugurations in the country will be in front of the shopping only Marcas, in Guarulhos, in Greater São Paulo, on June 1 (available area for undisclosed retailers); And the Jockey Plaza, in Curitiba (60000 m²), on June 5. With this, the sector will count a total of five units open this year. The line goes. The Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers (ABRASCE) predicted a total of 15 openings in 2019, but raised the schedule to 17, since the good performance of the retail has contributed to the development of other projects whose opening would be only in 2020. In the first quarter, the sector recorded a high of 8.5% in sales, a landing that positively surprised the association, which projects a high of 7.0% in the year's accumulated sales. (Circe Bonatelli)