El Recreo Shopping Mall

10°29′30″N 66°52′48″W / 10.4916546°N 66.8798977°W / 10.4916546; -66.8798977

Replica of the Statue of Liberty in the mall
The mall in 2018

El Recreo Shopping Mall is a large shopping mall in the commercial, financial, tourist and cultural district of Sabana Grande, Caracas, Venezuela. According to Top Shopping Centers magazine, the mall averaged three million visitors per month in 2013-2014.[1] At 28 metres (92 ft) and seven floors below grade, it is Latin America's deepest construction[2] and part of the late-1990s real-estate boom in Sabana Grande.[3][4] El Recreo Shopping Mall was designed by Venezuelan architects Carlos Gómez de Llarena and Moisés Benacerraf.[5] The shopping center's twin towers—the 125-metre (410 ft) Citibank and Movilnet Towers—are the tallest skyscrapers in the Venezuelan capital.[6] The mall is connected to the Gran Meliá Caracas Hotel.[7]

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  5. ^ Cardinale, Andrés (2001). "Desconstrucción de Carlos Gómez de Llarena". Revista Exceso.
  6. ^ "Caracas The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  7. ^ (@danigmarco), Daniel García Marco (2017-09-01). "Por qué invertir en inmuebles de lujo es un suculento negocio en Venezuela pese a la crisis". BBC Mundo. Retrieved 2018-05-10.