For other uses, see Golden Mile.

Popular, Inc. headquarters main building at the Golden Mile.

Milla de Oro (lit. "Golden Mile") is a nickname given to a one mile stretch portion of the Ponce de León Avenue in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The stretch is famous for the abundance of local, federal and international bank and financial company headquarters and buildings, usually side by side of one another, which have led some to call it the "Wall Street of the Caribbean"^[1].

[edit] List of buildings on Milla de Oro

Muñoz Rivera Ave. at Milla de Oro. Buildings visible, from left to right:

1. Fine Arts Cinema Cafe
2. Popular, Inc.
3. Citigroup
4. Westernbank World Plaza
5. American International Group

Buildings of the Golden Mile as viewed from PR-22.

• Popular, Inc. headquarters (3 buildings)
• Westernbank World Plaza (formerly known as Ponce Bank headquarters)
• First BanCorp headquarters
• The Hato Rey Center (formerly known as Home Mortgage Plaza)
• Banco Santander building
• Scotiabank building
• American International Group (AIG) building
• MCS Plaza (Formerly Pan-Am Plaza)
• Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office building
• Municipality of San Juan tower
• AON Center
• Citibank Tower
• Centrum Plaza
• Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources (Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos) building
• José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (Coliseo de Puerto Rico)
• BBVA Plaza (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza)
• Eurobank Building
• Hato Rey Train Station
• Roosevelt Train Station
• Aquablue at the Golden Mile (under construction)
• Quantum Metrocenter (under construction)
• Uruguay 269 (under construction)
• Coliseum Tower (completed)
• Metropolis (under construction)
• Infinity (under Construction)
• [Torre Mayor]http://www.torremayorpr.com

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] Future plans

Night view of the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. Photo taken from the nearby Tren Urbano Station in Milla de Oro.

Milla de Oro has received criticism from nearby communities for its lonely and dark environment after work hours. In order to foster tourism and economic growth in the area, the state government has planned to convert the district into a more community friendly sector by attracting tourists, visitors, and local residents to the district during after hours through concerts, retail shops, and nightspots.

The first phase of this conversion was to locate the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and several Tren Urbano stations in the district. Banco Popular recently inaugurated a new project near its headquarters called Fine Arts Cinemas at Popular Center, a state-of-the-art repertory cinema exhibiting foreign and independent films and a deli-café with a varied menu including coffee, beer and wine. New residential apartments and a 31 story high commercial complex near the Coliseum are being developed in the area as well.

[edit] Other notable attributes

• Banker's Club (Gentlemen's Club, located at Banco Popular headquarters)

• Fine Arts Cafe (Upscale Repertory Theatre owned by Caribbean Cinemas. Has a sister location in Miramar

• Fi Sigma Alfa Fraternity Club House (Restaurant and activities hall)^[2]

[edit] References