Two 28-floor apartment buildings, a 28-floor hotel and a 150-store three-floor shopping mall are being built on a 19,000 square meter lot on the Caribbean Sea-fronting Malec?n boulevard. The complex is about two minutes drive from the Jaragua, Meli? and InterContinental hotels. Promoted as the Malec?n Center, the new complex was designed by Sandy & Babocok, Inc., a California architectural firm with branches in Florida. The third floor of the shopping center will be an area with restaurants, movie houses and discotheques. The promoters, Pimentel Kareh/Rodr?guez Sandoval expect to secure a renown hotel chain to operate the hotel. The construction of the center is timely as Santo Domingo readies itself to host the year 2003 Pan American Sports Games, that this year will take place in Winnipeg, Canada. The promoters expect the mall to serve the needs of Gazcue and the Malec?n area residents plus those of thousands of tourists that visit the area.
