Parques Polanco Explained

Parques Polanco is a 16924m2^[1] mixed-use development in Mexico City at Lago Alberto street #320, Colonia Granada in the new business and residential area of Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City. It was built on the site of Fábricas Automex/Lago Alberto Assembly, a Chrysler assembly plant.^[2] The complex includes:^[3]

• in Phase I, 5 apartment complexes designed by Higuera + Sánchez, A5 Arquitectura, Ten Arquitectos y KMD México
• in Phase II, two towers designed by Edmonds Internacional.
• in Phase III and IV two towers designed by Arditti Arquitectos
• a retail area with banks, restaurants, shops and a large Sport City gym
• a central park designed by Kees Van Rooij, winner of the AMDI 2010 award in the landscape architecture category^[4]
• the 32-story, 449feet BBVA Bancomer back office building (under construction)^{[5] [6]}

The complex has received 2nd place award in the XVIII edition of the "Premio Obras Cemex" awards in the category "Commercial and Mixed Use" (Comercial y de Usos Mixtos).^[4]

Ownership

Parques Polanco is a project of Abilia,^[7] which is part of Tresalia Capital,^[8] part of the business empire of Mexican billionaire María Asunción Aramburuzabala.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=LBQ3AQAAIAAJ Miquel Adrià, Enrique Martín-Moreno, Grupo Arquitech, Juan José Sánchez Aedo: el centro comercial como nuevo espacio público ("The shopping center as new public space"), p.184
2. http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/empresas/usos-mixtos-apuesta-inmobiliaria-ante-altos-precios-de-terrenos-en-df.html Ana Valle, "Usos mixtos apuesta inmobiliaria ante altos precios de terrenos en DF" (Mixed-use development increases in light of high ground prices in Mexico City), El Financiero, 2014-07-09
3. http://www.parquespolanco.com/desarrollo/ "Desarrollo" (Development), Parques Polanco website
4. http://www.parquespolanco.com/arquitectos/ "Arquitectos", Parques Polanco website
5. http://eleconomista.com.mx/industrias/2014/07/23/oferta-inmobiliaria-oficinas-crece-df "Oferta inmobiliaria oficinas crece", El Economista, 2014-07-31
6. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=83574 BBVA Bancomer Back Office Building page on Skyscraper City site
7. Web site: Desarrollos . Developments . Abilia . 26 December 2023 . es.
8. Web site: Conoce más sobre nuestra trayectoria . Learn more about our strategy . Abilia . 26 December 2023 . es.