For gorgeous lingerie and swimwear there’s Intimissimi, owned by Cristina Lopez from Guadalajara, next to Hagen Dazs’ marina-side location. As time goes on, Puerto Paraiso will certainly mature and realize its full complement of retail stores.

In late 2001, Ramon Marcos, the developer of Puerto Paraiso Entertainment Plaza, opened Ruth’s Chris Steak House, a highly successful, Atlanta-based franchise restaurant in a stunning marina-side location. Expertly managed by Merida native Hector Ojeda, the 180-seat restaurant is setting a new standard for style, excellent food and outstanding service in downtown Cabo San Lucas. Other restaurants at the entertainment plaza include Johnny Rocket’s and Houlihans.

Puerto Paraiso Entertainment Plaza’s upper levels have ten movie theatres, a 12-lane bowling alley, a youth-oriented video arcade, and a fast food court with Burger King, McDonalds, Subway, Dominos Pizza, and Taco Inn.

Future plans for the development include much more than entertainment and shopping. Puerto Paraiso will encompass both a Five-Star and a Gran Turismo hotel, a Spa, pools, tennis courts, a convention center, a condo-hotel, and underground parking areas.

Puerto Paraiso Entertainment Plaza, constructed by the 60-year-old Frel Ingenieros y Arquitectos of México City, has already radically altered the face of Cabo San Lucas. This once casual, beachy little village has now entered the world of upscale mega-development. What it will ultimately evolve into as a community is anyone’s guess.