Yesterday was the grand opening of the Multicentro Churchill in Santo Domingo, said to be the largest commercial center ever built in the DR. The ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the mall was done by Vice President Jaime David Fern?ndez Mirabal (on behalf of President Fern?ndez, who was out of the country) and Rom?n Ramos Ur?a, President of the Grupo Ramos, which built the mall. The anchors for the mall will be Pola Supermarket and La Sirena department store, both Grupo Ramos companies. Already in the mall are also Codetel, Banco Popular, Banco de Reservas, Banco Mercantil, Punto Expreso, Centro Optico Espaillat Cabral, Pollos Victorina, Pizarelli and Helados Nestle. The mall cost about RD$300 million to build and has 60,000 cubic feet of space. It is located on Churchill Avenue between Gustavo Mej?a Ricart and Angel Severo Cabral.During the inauguration ceremony, Ramos Ur?a announced that this year his firm will build a similar mall in the eastern portion of the city (i.e., east of the Ozama River) on Avenida Charles de Gaulle.
