land of the Malls

really … how many SMs are there in Luzon?

let’s start at Edsa … 1. SM City North Edsa - the first of the ‘mega-malls’ 2. SM Cubao - its behind Araneta Center so let’s count it as part of the ‘SM Edsas’ 3. SM Megamall - this used to be the largest mall in the Philippines (until May 20 :D) 4. SM Makati

in Quezon City (aside from North Edsa and Cubao) 5. SM Fairview

in Manila 6. SM Quiapo - the oldest of them all :) 7. SM Harrison Plaza 8. SM Centerpoint in Sta. Mesa 9. SM Manila - the one behind Manila City Hall 10. SM San Lazaro - the place used to be a racetrack

in other parts of the Metro 11. SM Supercenter Valenzuela 12. SM Bicutan 13. SM Sucat 14. SM Southmall (along Zapote Road) 15. SM Mall of Asia - now the largest mall in the Philippines (you should have seen the number of people there this weekend … parang wala ng ibang mall sa Pilipinas)

how about in Northern Luzon? 16. SM Marilao - hey, this one is just 10minutes away from our house! 17. SM Pampanga (San Fernando) 18. SM Clark - this one opened just last May 19. SM Baguio

and in Southern Luzon? 20. SM Bacoor 21. SM Dasmarinas - 2 SMs in Cavite alone! 22. SM Batangas 23. SM Sta. Rosa 24. SM Lucena

Technically, The Podium is an SM, just a ’sosyal’ version of it. So that makes it 25. Plus there are more two more to be opened with the year … Pasig and Lipa. That makes it 27 in Luzon by yearend. No wonder Henry Sy is the richest man in the Philippines.

and yeah, if I remember it right, there is an SM in China :)

by the way, this post has been inspired by our ‘field trip’ to the Mall of Asia last Saturday :D

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8 Responses to “land of the Malls”

det June 13th, 2006 at 8:11 am

GRABE! ako naman nung linggo nagpunta, wall to wall na tao. pero nung around 10am, ok pa, nakapagkape kami peacefully sa coffee bean and tea leaf, great view. hehehe. =)

myepinoy June 17th, 2006 at 12:22 am

Actually, there are are already three in Cavite (Bacoor, Dasamarinas and Molino) and I guess they are going to put up one in tagaytay.

Ang naiisip ko nga, baka pag dating ng araw, di na Pilipinas ang tawag sa bansa natin, malamang SM na rin. hahaha.

jane June 18th, 2006 at 11:25 am

Henry Sy oughta give you a prize or something, na plug mo lahat ng branches eh! :)

Cecille June 25th, 2006 at 9:54 am

Hi myepinoy … oops, I thought Molino is not yet open. So, that would make it 28 SMs in Luzon.

Tagaytay? Basta wag silang haharang sa view ng Taal Lake ha :)

Cecille June 25th, 2006 at 10:02 am

Hi Jane … dapat nga yata maningil ako ng ad fee kay Henry Sy :)

rina July 13th, 2006 at 9:51 am

How can the world say that the Philippines is a poor country. how can all these malls make money if the country is really poor. The survival of these malls is a testament that we have money to spend.
Other countries have big malls pero walang tao and kulang ng tenants dahil paana magkakatenant kung wala naman customers? Dito sa Pilipinas, buhay na buhay and nga malls, (i guess SM malls in particular.)

Rina July 13th, 2006 at 9:54 am

Puro wrong spelling pala my comment.

Paano magkakatenant kung walang customers?

Dito sa Pilipinas, buhay na buhay ang mga malls.

arianna July 19th, 2006 at 6:04 pm

oi lam nyo dyan sa mall of asia marami daw mayayabang na sales lady kapag nag bukas ka ng tinda nila duon ayaw nila yun sasabihin nila “bilhin nyu nayan indi na pwedeng ibalik sabi kaya wag nalang kaung pupunta duon at saka wala rin naman kaung pera hahahahahah

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