- Business
- Parque Arauco S.A. develops, owns, operates and manages multi-format real estate assets, including regional shopping malls, neighborhood centers, outlet malls, strip centers, rental apartments, offices and hotels, primarily in Chile, Peru and Colombia. The company, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile, operates a portfolio encompassing flagship properties such as Mall Parque Arauco and Mall Arauco Maipú in Santiago; Mall Arauco Quilicura, Mall Arauco Estación and Mall Arauco El Bosque in the Chilean capital region; as well as centers in Antofagasta, San Antonio, Chillán and Coronel in Chile, complemented by assets in Peru and Colombia with a total gross leasable area exceeding 1.1 million square meters; tenants include department stores, home improvement stores like Sodimac, supermarkets such as Tottus, fashion retailers including H&M, sporting goods outlets like Decathlon, restaurants, cinemas, health centers and smaller specialty stores. In recent developments, Parque Arauco completed the sale of a 49% minority stake in its Arauco Premium Outlets portfolio—comprising outlets in Buenaventura, Curauma, Coquimbo and San Pedro de la Paz—to Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Habitat S.A. for approximately US$36 million in October 2024, retaining management control and a purchase option after 10 years; the company also announced an agreement in August 2024 to acquire Open Plaza Kennedy in Santiago from Open Plaza Chile SpA and Falabella Inmobiliario S.A., featuring complementary tenants to its adjacent Parque Arauco Kennedy property and expected to increase retail space by about 5% upon regulatory approval; additionally, it acquired full ownership of Parque Alegra in Barranquilla, Colombia, through its subsidiary in 2024.