Centro Magno, Shopping center in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Centro Magno is a fully covered shopping center on Avenida Vallarta in Guadalajara, divided into three zones, A, B and C. A large acrylic dome covers the interior, and a star made of mosaic is set into the floor. It holds shops, cafés, department stores and a cinema, with a subterranean parking garage below.

The site on Avenida Vallarta first held Plaza Vallarta, a single-storey open-air mall with clothing shops, fast food and the Landrú café cantante. In 1994 a project was drawn up for a 29-storey office tower and a 250-room hotel; work was halted in 1995 for protection works. The 1997 real-estate crisis forced a review: office floors were dropped, retail space and cinema screens expanded, and a 180-room hotel was left unfinished.

The site was long occupied by Plaza Vallarta, a one-storey open-air mall with clothing shops, fast food, ice cream stands and a café cantante called Landrú, where live music of different genres was played. Centro Magno replaced it with a covered building, and the name Landrú survives in local memory of the avenue.

Centro Magno sits on Avenida Vallarta and is fully covered, with an underground car park beneath the complex. Inside, the layout is divided into three zones, A, B and C, so check the zone before setting off for a specific store or the cinema. The unfinished hotel block is not open to visitors.

The project went through several redesigns: a 29-storey office tower and a 250-room hotel were planned in 1994, then the offices were dropped and the hotel cut to 180 rooms. That hotel shell was never finished and remains uncompleted. The mall is divided into three zones, A, B and C, and a mosaic star is set into the floor.