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Havan received environmental licenses to build a megastore of 15 to 30 thousand square meters with a Statue of Liberty and 200 jobs in São Miguel do Oeste (SC), on the margins of BR-282, expected to serve consumers from Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, and Argentina, with no official date for the start of construction.
The construction of a new Havan megastore in São Miguel do Oeste, in the Far West of Santa Catarina, has advanced to the next stage after the municipal government delivered the necessary environmental licenses for the project. Businessman Luciano Hang confirmed the purchase of the land where the unit will be installed, on the margins of BR-282 at the city’s access roundabout, and stated in an interview with ND Mais that the new Havan store will have “at least 15 thousand square meters, potentially reaching 20 thousand or 30 thousand meters,” following the standard of the chain’s most recent megastores. The unit will feature the traditional Statue of Liberty that marks Havan’s facades, a food court, and an estimated capacity to generate 200 direct jobs in the municipality, according to Hang himself.
The strategic location of the new Havan at the BR-282 roundabout targets an audience beyond the residents of São Miguel do Oeste. The municipality is approximately 90 kilometers from the Argentine border, a position that allows Havan’s megastore to attract Argentine consumers who already frequent the region’s commerce in search of competitive prices, as well as shoppers from neighboring municipalities in Santa Catarina and northwestern Rio Grande do Sul. “We will build a megastore. With a Statue of Liberty, a food court, 200 jobs. This year, 2026, it will still be in São Miguel do Oeste,” declared Luciano Hang in an interview with Portal ND Mais, although Havan has not yet confirmed an official date for the start of construction of the new unit.
What is known about the structure of Havan’s new megastore
Havan’s megastores follow a construction standard that Luciano Hang describes as large-scale. The businessman stated that the São Miguel do Oeste unit will have a large plot of land with ample parking, a structure that is replicated in the chain’s most recent megastores spread throughout Brazil, where the combination of an extensive sales area, food court, and social space forms a commercial model that Havan has consolidated in recent decades. The range of 15 thousand to 30 thousand square meters that Hang mentioned as a possible size represents a significant variation that will depend on the final project to be defined by the company now that the environmental licenses have been obtained.
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The Statue of Liberty that accompanies each Havan megastore is a visual identity element that Luciano Hang transformed into the chain’s trademark. In São Miguel do Oeste, the replica will be installed on the store’s facade next to BR-282, a highly visible position for road traffic passing through the municipality’s access roundabout, and the combination of the statue and the size of Havan’s megastore tends to transform the venture into a visual landmark at the city’s entrance. Havan operates over 170 megastores in Brazil, and the construction standard Hang mentions is the same applied in units recently inaugurated in cities of similar size to São Miguel do Oeste.
What is Havan’s impact on São Miguel do Oeste and the region
The generation of 200 direct jobs that Luciano Hang projects for the new unit represents a significant impact for a municipality the size of São Miguel do Oeste. The city is a regional hub in the Far West of Santa Catarina and concentrates commerce and services that serve dozens of smaller surrounding municipalities, a profile that Havan seeks in its expansion strategy because it guarantees a flow of consumers beyond the local population and justifies the investment in a large-scale megastore. The 200 direct jobs are in addition to indirect positions in civil construction during the work, local suppliers, food services, and logistics that the operation of a Havan megastore demands.
The proximity to the Argentine border adds consumer public that the region’s commerce already serves but which a Havan megastore can expand. Argentines who cross the border to buy in Brazil seek clothing, electronics, household goods, and construction materials, categories that Havan brings together in a single point of sale with competitive prices, and the installation of a megastore at the BR-282 interchange facilitates access for those coming by highway without needing to enter the urban center of São Miguel do Oeste. The trend of Argentine consumers buying in the Far West of Santa Catarina has existed for years and varies according to the exchange rate between the real and the peso, but the presence of a Havan megastore with the structure Hang describes can consolidate the municipality as a shopping destination in the border region.
What are the next steps for Havan’s construction to begin
With the environmental licenses delivered by the city hall, the responsibility for the project’s progress passed entirely to the company. Havan now needs to define the executive project, hire a construction company, prepare the land, and establish a work schedule, steps that businessman Luciano Hang indicated he intends to start in 2026, although the chain has not confirmed a specific date for the start of construction. Mayor Edenilson Zanardi has already shown support for the venture by expediting the delivery of licenses, and Hang reported having toured the city for about two hours alongside the mayor, praising the urban organization of São Miguel do Oeste.
The absence of an official date for the start of works requires caution from those following the project. Luciano Hang has been “courting” São Miguel do Oeste for at least a decade, according to an ND Mais report, and the confirmation of the land purchase plus the obtaining of environmental licenses are the most concrete signs that the Havan megastore will move from plan to reality, but previous experiences in other municipalities show that the interval between licensing and inauguration can vary from months to years depending on factors such as construction logistics, network priorities, and market conditions. For São Miguel do Oeste, the expectation is that 2026 will bring at least the start of the works that will place another Statue of Liberty on the map of the Far West of Santa Catarina.
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