Milla de Oro is a nickname given to a one-mile stretch of Ponce de León Avenue in Hato Rey, San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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. The stretch is famous for the number of local and international banks and financial company's headquarters and buildings, located in the area, which have led some to call it the "Wall Street

Wall Street

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 of the Caribbean

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List of buildings on Milla de Oro

• Popular, Inc.
  Popular, Inc.
  Popular, Inc., is a financial services conglomerate that has been operating in Puerto Rico for almost 115 years and in the United States for over 52 years. In recent years, it has expanded into other areas of the Caribbean and Central America. It is better known as Banco Popular, but it is also...
  
   headquarters (3 buildings)
• Westernbank World Plaza (formerly known as Ponce Bank
  Banco de Ponce
  Banco de Ponce was one the largest banks in Puerto Rico. In 1990 it merged with Banco Popular creating Puerto Rico's largest bank. At this time, Banco Popular's holding company changed its name to BanPonce Corporation. Banco de Ponce had established an agency in New York that it had converted to a...
  
   headquarters); acquired by Banco Popular de Puerto Rico after an FDIC closure of several banks on the Island on 2010.
• First BanCorp
  First BanCorp
  First BanCorp is a publicly owned financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.-History:FirstBank was the first Savings & Loan institution established in Puerto Rico with a capital of $200,000 in 1948...
  
   headquarters
• Kevane Grant Thornton Building (formerly known as Bolivia 33)
• The Hato Rey Center (formerly known as Home Mortgage Plaza)
• Banco Santander building
• Scotiabank
  Scotiabank
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   building
• American International Group
  American International Group
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   (AIG) building
• MCS Plaza (Formerly Pan-Am Plaza)
• Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office building
• City of San Juan
  San Juan, Puerto Rico
  San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
  
   government tower
• AON Center
• Citibank
  Citibank
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   Tower
• Centrum Plaza
• Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources (Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos) building
• José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
  José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
  The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, officially named "Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot" , is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment...
  
   (Coliseo de Puerto Rico)
• BBVA Plaza (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza)
• Eurobank
  Eurobank
  EuroBancshares, Inc. was a financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On April 30, 2010, the bank failed and its deposits and assets were seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
  
   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
• Instituto Socio Economico Comunitario (www.insec.org)

Future plans

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

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, officially named "Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot" , is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment...

 and several Tren Urbano

Tren Urbano

The Tren Urbano — or Urban Train in English — is a fully automated rapid transit that serves the metropolitan area of San Juan, which includes the municipalities of San Juan, Bayamón and Guaynabo. It is electrified by third rail at 750 V DC...

 stations in the district. Banco Popular

Popular, Inc.

Popular, Inc., is a financial services conglomerate that has been operating in Puerto Rico for almost 115 years and in the United States for over 52 years. In recent years, it has expanded into other areas of the Caribbean and Central America. It is better known as Banco Popular, but it is also...

 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.

Other notable attributes

• 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)