Of the businesses that were already confirmed to be in the shopping mall once opened at the time included anchors Barkers, Grand Union, and in addition, a Franklins store.

Plaza del Atlántico Mall, being the first to be built on the north coast from Bayamón to Mayagüez, would be enclosed, with air conditioning, skylights for natural light and seating, with permanent kiosks and numerous "planters."

[1][2] On January 18, 1980, it was reported that Plaza del Atlántico would be opening that next summer, the mall by this time was in an advanced stage of development.

[4] On November 14, 1980, the Plaza del Atlántico shopping mall would be reported to open that day at 5:30 PM, it would be classified as the largest development project that had been carried out in the Arecibo area during those last 15 years.

The simple ceremony would consist of a symbolic opening by the management of the shopping center and representatives of the different stores in the mall, as well as personalities from the community and the local government.

Another group of important stores were advancing in their construction and decoration to open their establishments during that month of November during this time, this included Almacenes Kress, Valú Slacks, Galo Corporation, Rahola, Centro Disco and Central Federal Savings.

At an advanced stage of construction during this time in Plaza del Atlántico was the first Grand Union supermarket for the Arecibo area.

Plaza del Atlántico would be a commercial development of the company K-Real Management, Inc., which operated different other shopping centers in Puerto Rico at the time.

In January 2005, Plaza del Atlántico would be acquired by DDR Corp. from a $1.15 billion portfolio deal with Caribbean Property Group (CPG) which included the mall.

In this portfolio of 9 shopping centers, Plaza del Atlantico was included, making Curzon Puerto Rico the new owners of the mall.

The mall currently sits at 37% occupancy of leased spaces, much lower than all other Curzon Puerto Rico shopping center properties.

As of February 2025 all the stores have been closed exepct Tiendas Capri, And It's Outparcel Tenants, Burger King, Church's Chicken, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Banco Popular &TotalEnergies