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Location | Rizal Avenue Extension, Caloocan, Philippines |
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Coordinates | 14°39′19″N120°59′05″E / 14.65529228°N 120.98482063°E 14°39'19.05221"N, 120°59'5.35427"E |
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Developer | SM Prime Holdings |
Management | SM Prime Holdings |
Owner | Henry Sy, Jr. |
Total retail floor area | 102,790 m2 (1,106,400 sq ft) |
No. of floors | 5 upper + 1 basement [lower-alpha 1] |
Parking | 700 |
Public transit access | Monumento 8 14 19 35 42 Monumento |
Website | SM City Grand Central |
SM City Grand Central is a shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines. It is located along Rizal Avenue Extension, Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is built on the former site of the Ever Gotesco Grand Central that caught fire in 2012, and is the mall's third acquisition from Ever Gotesco Malls, having previously acquired Ever Gotesco Ortigas (and reopened as SM City East Ortigas) and its standalone mall near the Monumento roundabout, establishing SM Hypermarket Monumento.
It has a floor area of 102,790 m2 (1,106,400 sq ft) with six floors. It opened to the public on November 26, 2021. [1] It is the 2nd SM Supermall in Caloocan and the 78th overall. It has parking space for 700 cars.
SM City Grand Central is formerly known as Ever Gotesco Grand Central from August 1988 until the building caught fire for 20 hours on March 17, 2012. [2] Afterwards, it was abandoned and demolition of the building was made from 2012 to 2013. In 2015, SM owned the rights to renovate the mall and was soon called SM City Grand Central. The newly built mall was opened to the public on November 26, 2021. [1]
Just like other SM Malls, the mall features SM Store and SM Supermarket. It also features Ace Hardware, Our Home, Watsons, Surplus, Sports Central, Pet Express, Miniso and others. It has four state-of-the-art cinemas and two director's clubs, as well as Cyberzone.
It also features Skylight Park indoor garden and Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, a Roman Catholic chapel. The mall has parking space for 700 cars. [3] Just like its predecessor, the mall is also directly linked to Monumento LRT station.
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