Safety advocate dusts off his proposal to create pedestrian streets
Converting a street to a pedestrian mall is an idea worth considering, a safety advocate says.
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Costs rising in Mérida slightly more than national average
Mexico’s inflation rate fell the first half of July, but price pressures are felt differently from city to city.
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Dzityá’s huge and colorful Tunich Fair returns for 16th year
Once again the Tunich Fair brings its culinary and artistic traditions in a small village north of Mérida.
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School’s finally out, and the Centro’s shopping area is in chaos
By Friday, all Mérida public-school students were finally on summer vacation. By Saturday, the Centro’s market area was bursting with even more shoppers than normal.
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2 fast-approaching malls claim to be southeast Mexico’s largest
The Via Montejo complex just south of the northernmost point of the Periférico is taking shape, and almost 300 units in two residential towers have been sold out since late last year.
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Cabo Norte luxury mall will be largest in southeast Mexico
After years of announcements and speculation, it appears the largest mall in southeast Mexico will open here before the end of the year.
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Say goodbye to the ice rink at Liverpool mall
The expansion at the Liverpool Galerías Mérida will sacrifice its ice rink, putting more conventional features, according to a website that tracks the city’s building projects.
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Best Buy announces its first store in Mérida
The Uptown Mérida shopping center in the Altabrisa area has signed a new tenant, and its name will be familiar to anyone from north of the border.
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Chedraui closing store that broke new ground in ’89
Mérida’s first Chedraui, which has anchored Plaza Crystal since 1989, closes for good at the end of the week.
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Dramatic, high-tech touch for Galerías mall expansion
A fanciful flying mast with skylights will crown an expansion at Liverpool’s mall this fall.
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Consumer spending up 10% at year’s end
Over 18 billion pesos were pumped into the local economy at the end of the year, up slightly more than 10 percent from 2014, doubling economists’ forecasts.
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Despite signs, Altabrisa parking still free
A sign outside the Altabrisa Plaza parking lot posts a 5-peso charge but the city’s mayor says otherwise.
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The Tejon Rojo is Mérida’s design mascot
Annie Farias and Erika Canto Rejón are two young artists and jóvenes empresarias who have set up a T-shirt and souvenir shop on Calle 53, just west of 60, in a store where everything is hand-crafted or repurposed artfully. Paul’s very happy with his purchase of an Arizona Iced Tea can that was sliced through…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now