Business View Caribbean | March 2020

57 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN MARCH 2020 Massy Stores & Pharmacy opened a new outlet at the Mall in 2014. The Massy store occupies 33,000 square feet – including 20,000 square feet of retail space – in a completely refurbished and re-designed space that is also home to smaller retail outlets in front of the entry to the supermarket. “Massy has invested a lot of money in terms of the aesthetics and the product offering and the whole ambience of the supermarket,” Eastmond says. “It’s a state- of-the-art, well laid-out supermarket. The mall extension cost us about $4 million and Massy would have also invested a significant amount.” Eastmond adds that the supermarket accounts for approximately 2,000 transactions per day; 3,000 to 4,000 people a day eat at Sky Mall’s six restaurants; and its Scotia Bank location is one of the busiest branches in the entire Caribbean. Another unique characteristic of Sky Mall is that it has a solar-generated electricity system that was initiated and financed by Williams Solar. “In terms of photovoltaic, they have recently Creating value and solving your legal problems Suite 206, Warrens Court, Warrens, St. Michael, Barbados (246) 425-0995 virtuslegal.com info@virtuslegal.com SKY MALL Office staff, Shakina Grimes, Janet Yarde, and Etoria Young