i don't know about small businesses going down but surely wallmart is doing well so people DO shop in there, don't they? and we are talking huge crowds of pleased and happy spenders, right? as opposed to few hundreds small shop owners plus families...
but wallmart is USA and we are in DR here. on paydays jose luis is packed with people and there is no way to find parking so lots of people do big shopping. of course there is masses who cannot afford to buy whole salami and will go by few slices a day. mind you, la sirena in santiago does have minimum ammount on fruits and vegetables (one cannot buy a pepper, it's halp a pond or nothing).
as to the lot, it's 17 thousand sq meters, it's very big and one end reaches to the malecon and other to the barrio in the back. it's possible there will be no exit/entry on the malecon side at all.....
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