Albrook was originally known as Balboa Fill Landing Field. In September 1924, First Lieutenant Frank P. Albrook died as a result of an accident, which gives the site its name.
The current Albrook area belonged in the 1920s to the American air station of Albrook, born out of the need for a second airstrip in the Pacific and for military defense purposes of the Panama Canal. The United States had the command and control of this military zone that gradually returned to Panama, as dictated by the Torrijos-Carter treaties.
Both the administrative power and the totality of the installations were legally returned, through an honorary ceremony, on October 1, 1997, Panama recovered, almost seventy years later, a land of around 300 hectares, with more than four hundred houses, recreation centers and commercial zones. A complex with many growth possibilities and in an enviable strategic location.
The Albrook area boasts enormous potential due to its extraordinary location, practically on the shores of the Panama Canal, receiving the advantages of the main economic focus of the country.
To this day Albrook is an area in continuous growth of residential housing, a complex that takes the name of Garden City Albrook.
The vegetation and beauty of the grove is dotted with numerous residences and homes under construction. It is a land that is being targeted for various building plans that will be embodied in the near future.
In this area is the Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport, reminiscent of the past as a military air base, which creates a curious picture difficult to see elsewhere.
Albrook is popularly known for having the largest shopping center in Panama called Centro Albrook Mall, this extraordinary commercial establishment was the first complex of its category built in Panama, with large dimensions, closed and with all amenities, has a wide and innovative commercial offer that has made the number of visitors multiply every year.
The Grand National Transportation Terminal of Panama (Albrook Terminal) is located in an area of 70,000 square meters adjacent to the Albrook Mall Shopping Center.
Through the Grand Transportation Terminal, the Capital of Panama is interconnected with the rest of the country's provinces, including Central America and Mexico. This interconnection is achieved through 52 interprovincial routes, 50 suburban routes and 2 international routes.
Line 1 of the Panama Metro also has an Albrook station and joins the National Transportation Terminal.
