From a small fishing town in the north of Puerto Rico, Barceloneta has developed into a multi-financial-industrial behemont. Everything from agriculture, turism, banking, sales, industrial, services has grown in the last 4-5 years. The new Prime Outlets mall built in the vincinity of Palenque, is an example of the growth of this town. This outlet is visited by more than 4 million people each year. Since all of these new improvements the economy of the town has grown to a $3,454,534,455.77 net product in the last 2 years.