Empresarios por Puerto Rico, a multi-sectoral organization that groups local-capital companies, presented specific economic development proposals to the Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico aimed to incentivize the island’s fiscal panorama.
Urban Edge Properties, owners of the Montehiedra Mall in San Juan recently announced the conversion of the 600,000 square-foot shopping center into the metropolitan area’s first outlets, at an investment of $20 million.
In the wake of a 17.5 percent growth in ATM transactions during 2015, FirstBank announced Wednesday the expansion of its automatic teller network in Puerto Rico with a total of 80 new locations.