Here is a small inner-city mall in Mexico City. This was a very quick trip through the mall due to time constraints, so I did not get as many photos as I would have liked to. Plaza Insurgentes is located not too far away from the financial district in the Roma Norte neighborhood and right down the street from the previously covered Woolworth (click here for that article).
Plaza Insurgentes is anchored by Sears/Sanborns combo store and Cinemex. One of the cool things I noticed while researching the Cinemex chain is that they have certain NFL games live on the big screen. I have never heard of any cinemas in the USA doing this, it seems like it would be a fun experience.
Here is the website for the plaza. As you can see, it is a tiny mall. There is not much on the second floor, but the first floor has a decent sized food court.
Only 30 spaces are listed on the directory, but Sears/Sanborns accounts for 3 of those space listings. These malls would be a welcome addition in densely populated areas of the United States, but for some reason most of these properties seem to fail in the USA. Out of the mall only one space was vacant, but it had an advertisement for another store coming soon. Even though this property is small, there is a lot to see here especially at Sears.
Walking up to the property you can see the Cinemex sign on the roof. Sears is difficult to see until you get right up next to it.
We will start at Sears. The store appeared to be under some sort of remodel. Most of the ceilings had vents going to an enclosed area and a small area of the store was blocked off. You could hear the motors from that area going. These vents were all across the store, so I am actually not sure if it was construction or these are the air conditioning vents. This is an older store.
The first floor was mostly clothes and beauty products.
Fancy displays
Onto the second floor we go. Right at the top of the second floor we have the video game department.
This video game department is also enclosed with a dedicated employee (employee not pictured).
Electronics were right around the corner from the video games. Cell phones can be bought and activated here.
The motorcycles, electronics, tools, auto, pet, and lawn and garden were all upstairs in roughly the same area of the store.
Computers and tablets.
Music and movies
Lawn and garden
Music
Another quick peek into the video game department.
I really like the electronics setup in the store. As you can from the gentleman on the right, the employees at the store dress up. It doesn't matter which department they work at, employees are dressed up in business attire.
Candy counter with ICEE's. You can see the edge of the Pier 1 Imports sign to the left.
Now we will pop out into the tiny mall for a look. The second floor is dominated by Sears and Cinemex.
Now onto the first floor of the mall. The majority of the inline stores and restaurant are located on the first floor.
The mall food court. You can see the separate McDonald's dessert section on the right.
The corridor leading to the exit, looking back towards the food court.
More of the food court.
Another look at the McDonald's.
Walking back towards Sears. I am not sure if that was a mall police officer or a local one.
Those rings on the ceiling look very cool in person.
Credit card advertisement.
The Sears features an attached Sanborns, but I did not get any photos inside of the store.
The store features Japanese imports. I saw a lot of these stores around the city, including one at the airport.
More of the interior of the Sears.
Yes this is still Sears, so much nicer than our sad USA version.
This was the best photo I could get of the Sears sign. Lots of stuff in the way.
