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Alto Palermo S.A.
Alto Palermo is a shopping center located in the Palermo, Buenos Aires, Palermo neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Opened in 1990, it was one of the first shopping malls in the country after Spinetto and Unicenter (shopping), Unicenter shoppings (both opened in 1988).Historia del shopping Alto Palermo on Palermo noticias Built with Argentine and Chilean capital, it belongs to "APSA Centros Comerciales", a subsidiary of holding company Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima, IRSA, with minority participation of the Chilean group Parque Arauco S.A., which already operated establishments of this type since 1982 in that country. The shopping was designed by the Juan Carlos López y Asociados Studio, which had a long experience i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inversiones Y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (mostly known for its acronym IRSA) is the leading real estate development firm in Argentina. Its controlled by Cresud S.A. (NASDAQ]CRESY in a 64%. Overview IRSA (Investments and Brokerage, Inc.) was founded in 1943. The small independent realty, based in Buenos Aires, grew slowly and, as late as 1991, had a book value of around US$120,000. That year, the firm was purchased by a partnership composed of Marcelo Mindlin and Eduardo Elsztain, the founder's grandson, who had recently obtained support from international financier George Soros.Salbuchi, Adrian. ''Eduardo Elsztain: el dueño de la tierra en Argentina''. The partnership with Soros became profitable for both parties, as the Argentine economy recovered during the 1990s from the severe stagflation of the previous decade. IRSA entered the Private equity, international equity markets with Soros' backing in 1994, raising US$110 million, and purchased three Buenos Aires offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires Underground
The Buenos Aires Underground (), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Plaza Miserere) opened in 1913, making it the List of metro systems#List, 13th earliest subway network in the world and the first underground railway in Latin America, the Southern Hemisphere, and the hispanophone, Spanish-speaking world, with the Madrid Metro opening nearly six years later, in 1919. As of 2024, Buenos Aires is the only Argentine city with a metro system. Currently, the underground network's six lines—A, B, C, D, E, and H—comprise of routes that serve 90 stations. The network is complemented by the Premetro (Buenos Aires), Premetro line, with 18 more stations in total. Traffic on subterranean lines moves on the left because Argentina drove on the left at the time the system opened. Over a million passengers use the network, which also provides connections with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnes (Buenos Aires Underground)
Bulnes is a station on the Line D (Buenos Aires Underground), Line D of the Buenos Aires Underground at the intersection of Avenida Santa Fe and Bulnes Street. The station was opened on 23 February 1940 as part of the extension of Line D from Tribunales (Buenos Aires Underground), Tribunales to Palermo (Buenos Aires Underground), Palermo. Overview It is an underground station and is located in neighbourhood of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Palermo in Buenos Aires right beneath the Alto Palermo Shopping Centre; one of the exits from the station lead directly into the mall. In 1997 the station was declared a List of National Historic Monuments of Argentina, national historic monument. Gallery File:Buenos Aires - Subte - Bulnes.jpg, A mural in the station (1) File:Subte BsAs - Estación Bulnes (10).JPG, A mural in the station (2) See also * Alto Palermo * Avenida Santa Fe References External links Buenos Aires Underground stations National Historic Monuments of Argentina Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopping Center
A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, spelling differences), shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza, or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collections of retailers under one roof are marketplace, public markets, dating back to ancient times, and Middle Eastern covered markets, bazaars and souqs. In Paris, about 150 Covered passages of Paris, covered passages were built between the late 18th century and 1850, and a wealth of Arcade (architecture)#Shopping arcades, shopping arcades were built across Europe in the 19th century. In the United States, the widespread use of the automobile in the 1920s led to the first shopping centers consisting of a few dozen shops that included parking for cars. Starting in 1946, larger, open air centers anchored by department stores were b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo, Buenos Aires
Palermo is a or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the north of the city, near the Río de la Plata. It has a total land area of 17.4 km2 and a population of 249,016. It is the only within the administrative division of Comuna 14. Palermo is perhaps best known as the polo capital of the world. Each year, in November, the city hosts the Argentine Polo Open, commonly known as the Palermo Open. History The name of the area is derived from the still-existing Franciscan abbey of "Saint Benedict of Palermo", an alternative name for Saint Benedict the Moor. Saint Benedict the Moor lived from 1526 to 1589 and is a complementary patron saint of Palermo, the capital city of Sicily. In an alternative history of the name, a folk story supported by journalists, the land would have been originally purchased by an Italian Argentine, Italian immigrant named Juan Dominguez Palermo, Juan Domingo Palermo in the late 16th century, shortly after the foundation of Buenos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicenter (shopping)
Unicenter is a major shopping and entertainment complex in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located by the Panamerican Highway in Martínez, 17 mi (25 km) northwest of downtown Buenos Aires. It is just north of the Panamerican, on Calle Paraná. Unicenter was opened in 1988, the first shopping centre of its size in Argentina. It has 300 stores, largely branches of national and international chains that include: Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Zara, Yves Saint Laurent, Swarovski, Armani Exchange, Levi's, Nike, Adidas, Calvin Klein, as well as a major supermarket (Jumbo), a department store (Falabella), a 14-screen cinema with one of the most advanced sound systems in South America (operated by Hoyts), and a food court. Facing Unicenter across the Panamerican is Norcenter Lifestyle Mall (Norcenter), a cinema, shopping and entertainment complex, which boasts the only Imax IMAX is a proprietary system of High-definition vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holding Company
A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the Security (finance), securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own Share capital, stock of other companies to create a corporate group. In some jurisdictions around the world, holding companies are called parent companies, which, besides holding Share capital, stock in other companies, can conduct trade and other business activities themselves. Holding companies reduce risk for the shareholders, and can permit the ownership and control of a number of different companies. ''The New York Times'' uses the term ''parent holding company''. Holding companies can be subsidiaries in a Subsidiary#Tiered subsidiaries, tiered structure. Holding companies are also created to hold assets such as intellectual property or trade secrets, that are protected from the operating company. That creates a smaller risk when it comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parque Arauco S
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Parque is the Galician, Portuguese and Spanish word for "park", and may refer to: * Parque (TransMilenio), a metro station in Bogotá, Colombia * Parque (Lisbon Metro), in Portugal * Parque (Santurce), a subbarrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico * Battle of Parque (1912), in Morelos, Mexico * Jim Parque (born 1975), American baseball player See also * Parquetry, a type of flooring * Park (other) A park is an area of land with a recreational or other specific purpose. Park or Parks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Park (Barnet ward), London, England * Park (Greenwich ward), London, England * Park (Haringey ward), London, Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alto Palermo (1)
Alto Palermo is a shopping center located in the Palermo neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Opened in 1990, it was one of the first shopping malls in the country after Spinetto and Unicenter shoppings (both opened in 1988).Historia del shopping Alto Palermo on Palermo noticias Built with Argentine and Chilean capital, it belongs to "APSA Centros Comerciales", a subsidiary of IRSA, with minority participation of the Chilean group [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Santa Fe
Avenida Santa Fe is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The artery is essential to the imaginary axis of Barrio Norte, Buenos Aires, Barrio Norte in Buenos Aires, comprising the areas influenced by the route of the avenue through Retiro, Buenos Aires, Retiro, Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Recoleta and Palermo, Buenos Aires, Palermo neighborhoods, it is considered one of the main shopping and strolling areas of the city, its many boutiques range from elegant to edgy, which has led it to be dubbed the 'Avenue of Fashion'. Upscale Alto Palermo, at Avenida Coronel Díaz, is one of the city's best-known vertical malls. Avenida Santa Fe is also an attraction for its architecture, strongly reminiscent of Paris. Its name pays homage to the Santa Fe Province, eponymous province in Argentina. History First laid out in colonial Buenos Aires as ''San Gregorio Street'' in 1774, it was at the time the northern limit of the growing port city. Following the British invasio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
