Huge Business Center Planned for San Pedro Sula

The ambitious project, which is expected to be completed by next October, comprises the construction of a center including offices, financial plaza, restaurant area, new Diunsa superstore and the first La Colonia supermarket in the north of Honduras. There will also be a gym, parking for 700 vehicles and the largest Adidas store in all of Latin America.

Pedro Cubas, one of Diunsa's corporate directors, commented that Plaza Pedregal, as the center will be known, represents, "a demonstration of faith in this country that this is the right time to invest".

For his part, Leonel Giannini, executive president of La Colonia supermarkets, explained that the partnership will enable the opening of the first of the company's stores in Honduras' industrial capital and called for the region's producers to become suppliers for the new store.

Source: laprensahn.com

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