Wal-Mart Opens Megastore
Today
Looking for something to
do today? The new
Hipermas megastore in
Escazú opens its doors
today at 9:30am.
This will be the fifth
store of the Hipermas
chain owned by Wal-Mart
and is the first to be
built under the same
design and
specifications of the
Wal-Mart chain of
stores.
The four preceding
Hipermas stores were
built by its former
owners.
Wal-Mart originally
announced that the new
store would be branded
Wal-Mart, however, in
the last month, as
construction neared
completion, Wal-Mart
decided it would be best
to continue with the
Hipermas brand, which
has high recognition in
Costa Rica, along with
its other brands Mas x
Menos and Palí.
The new building is over
30.000 square metres
(320.000 square feet of
floor space), employing
more than 600 people
directly and thousands
more indirectly.
The roads around the
store's location had to
be widened with exit
ramps, electrical posts
relocated and a
pedestrian bridge built
from the Montealegre
shopping centre across
the street to
accommodate the heavy
traffic that is expected
to generate by the
megastore.
Wal-Mart officials say
that the store includes
a selection of more than
50.000 products. |
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