Tag Archives: The Shops at Mercedes

Shopping Strong In Mid-Valley

The Mid-Valley market is brimming with new retail space and development.

The first stores at The Shops at Mercedes are opening in what local elected officials and business leaders see as another indication of the Mid-Valley’s emergence in the Rio Grande Valley’s retail market. “We’re seeing a shift in shopping habits,” said Dr. Ruben Saldana, a Mercedes city commissioner. “These new stores are a force multiplier for other developments.” And those developments are also being seen in the neighboring cities of…

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RGV Native Grows Retailing In Region

Merit Commercial Real Estate CEO Will Collins, center, with Mercedes community leaders and members of the Schwarz family.

McAllen native Will Collins has built a formidable retail and commercial real estate company whose developments span much of South Texas. From its headquarters in San Antonio, Merit Commercial Real Estate shows on its webpage dark blue diamonds pinned on a Texas map. Each pin represents a Merit development project with clusters of them in the Rio Grande Valley and the San Antonio-area market. Collins comes from a banking family.…

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