SM City Clark

SM City Clark

The facade of SM City Clark in August 2024
Location	Angeles, Philippines [1]
Coordinates	15°10′06″N120°34′49″E / 15.16845°N 120.58018°E / 15.16845; 120.58018
Address	Manuel A. Roxas Highway, Barangay Malabanias, Clark Freeport
Opening date	May 12, 2006;18 years ago (2006-05-12) [1]
Developer	SM Prime Holdings
Management	SM Prime Holdings
No. of stores and services	700+ shops and restaurants
No. of anchor tenants	20+
Total retail floor area	144,484 m2 (1,555,210 sq ft) [2]
No. of floors	Mall: 2 Tech Hubs: 8
Parking	3,350 cars [3]
Public transit access	TriNoma Quezon City     NAIA Pasay City     West Aeropark    Check Point Holy    Check Point Balibago    Dau
Website	SM City Clark

SM City Clark is a large shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, Inc. It is located along M.A. Roxas Highway in Clark Freeport, Angeles City, Philippines. It is the second SM supermall in the province of Pampanga after SM City Pampanga in City of San Fernando and Mexico, Pampanga. It is the largest shopping mall in Luzon outside NCR after its expansion and renovation.

Location

SM City Clark is located along M.A. Roxas Highway in Barangay Malabanias, Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Philippines. ^[1] The mall is adjacent to the Clark Main Gate, Clark Veterans Cemetery and the Clark Global City.

Facilities

Opened on May 12, 2006, ^[1] SM City Clark started with 101,840 square meters (1,096,200 sq ft) as the 24th shopping mall of SM Prime. ^{[1] [4]}

It was expanded in 2013 with a new food court, The Meeting Place and a business process outsourcing (BPO) center.

By 2022, the shopping mall has expanded into a 144,484 square meters (1,555,210 sq ft) complex, which now includes multiple Restaurants, BPO Towers, a tech hub, a Park Inn by Radisson Hotel, National University, and the SMX Convention Center ^[4]

Existing Features/Facilities

• Park Inn by Radisson Blu is an 8-storey, 154-room hotel located within the mall complex. The newly constructed south wing gives an additional 95 rooms and 5 more suites.

• SMX Convention Center Clark was opened in 2022 together with the Additional 4 BPO buildings and the skyline which will connect and provide easy access on all the buildings inside the mall complex.
• Carpark a paid parking for vehicles that is located on the west wing and connected to the west transport terminal.
• Skyline an elevated park that connects the mall to the Tech Hub Towers, SMX Convention, and National University.
• Bowling Alley an eight-lane bowling alley and includes other activities such as billiards tables, dart, table tennis, and arcade games.
• IMAX Theater which was opened on December 14, 2012. It is the sixth IMAX cinema in the country and the only IMAX cinema in Luzon outside of Metro Manila.
• The Meeting Place an indoor park near the food court that houses a fountain.
• National University Clark Campus
• In-town check-in counters for flights departing from Clark International Airport are available at The Meeting Place. ^[5]

Future Development

The SM City Clark Skyline

The mall complex will host the SM Grand Terminal Clark, an multimodal transport terminal. The groundbreaking for the facility took place in late 2021. ^[6]

Events

• The mall held the PyroFest, the biggest fireworks festival every year of November at 'The Meeting Place'. ^[7]
• The mall held the 10th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition on February to March 2019. This was supposed to be at the SM Mall of Asia bayside area, but was postponed in support for the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources or DENR. ^[8]

Incidents

December 2015 shooting incident

On December 24, 2015, an off-duty rookie cop, suspected of trying to steal a parked motorcycle, was shot by responding Clark Development Corporation (CDC) security personnel and security guards at the mall's parking lot. The slain suspect was identified by Chief Supt. Rudy Lacadin, Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director as Police Officer 1 Jomar Binuya Batul, a member of the Provincial Public Safety Command in Oriental Mindoro. He allegedly tried to steal a motorcycle parked in front of a Jollibee branch, at around 3:40 in the afternoon. He fled on foot towards the mall's parking lot when a CDC security officer accosted him. A brief chase and a shootout ensued. ^[9]

References

1. Dela Peña, Zinnia B. (May 11, 2006). "SM Prime set to open 24th mall in Clark". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
2. "On top of the world at SM City Clark's Sky Line". businessmirror.com.ph. July 5, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
3. "SMX Convention Clark Fact Sheet" (PDF). smxconventioncenter.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
4. "On top of the world at SM City Clark's Sky Line". Philstar Life. June 26, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
5. Rosales, Elijah Felice (February 27, 2025). "Clark airport check-in now open at SM mall". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
6. "Grand transport terminal to rise at SM City Clark complex". November 3, 2021.
7. "SM City Clark Pyro Fest 7 set on all Saturdays of November". iOrbitNews. November 7, 2018.
8. "The Biggest and Greatest Pyromusical Show Moves to SM City Clark!". SM Supermalls.
9. "Rookie cop shot dead in Pampanga mall parking lot over motorbike theft". Kicker Daily News./

External links

Preceded by SM City Santa Rosa

24th SM Supermall 2006

Succeeded by SM Mall of Asia