GOLDEN MILE, PUERTO RICO

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The 'Golden Mile' (Spanish: ''Milla de Oro'') is a nickname given to a one mile stretch portion of the Ponce de León Avenue in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The stretch is famous for the abundance of local, federal and international bank and financial company headquarters and buildings, usually side by side of one another, which have led some to call it the "Wall Street of the Caribbean"^[1].

Contents

List of buildings on the Golden Mile

Future plans

Other notable attributes

References

List of buildings on the Golden Mile

★ Popular, Inc. headquarters (3 buildings)

★ Westernbank World Plaza (formerly known as Ponce Bank headquarters)

★ First BanCorp headquarters

★ Banco Santander building

★ Scotiabank building

★ American International Group (AIG) building (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza)

★ MCS Plaza

★ Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office building

★ Municipality of San Juan tower

★ AON Center

★ Citibank Tower

★ Centrum Plaza

★ Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources (Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos) building

★ José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (Coliseo de Puerto Rico)

★ BBVA Plaza

★ Eurobank Building

★ Hato Rey Train Station

★ Roosevelt Train Station

★ Aquablue at the Golden Mile (under construction)

★ Quantum Metrocenter (under construction)

★ Uruguay 269 (under construction)

★ Coliseum Tower (under construction)

★ Metropolis (under construction)

★ Infinity (under Construction)

Future plans

The Golden Mile has received criticism from nearby communities for its lonely and dark environment after work hours. In order to foster tourism and economic growth in the area, the state government has planned to convert the district into a more community friendly sector by attracting tourists, visitors, and local residents to the district during after hours through concerts, retail shops, and nightspots.
The first phase of this conversion was to locate the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and several Tren Urbano stations in the district. Banco Popular recently inaugurated a new project near its headquarters called Fine Arts Cinemas at Popular Center, a state-of-the-art modern cinema exhibiting foreign and independent films and a deli-café with a varied menu including coffee, beer and wine. New residential apartments and a 31 story high commercial complex near the Coliseum are being developed in the area as well.

Other notable attributes

★ Banker’s Club (located at Banco Popular headquarters)

References

1. "Eatin’ Where The Cows Used To Roam: Hato Rey Dining At Its Best" by Brenda A. Mari, The Puerto Rico Herald, November 19, 2004, retrieved July 23, 2006