SM Megamall

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SM Megamall
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Mega Fashion Hall
SM Megamall
LocationWack-Wack Greenhills, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates 14°35′04.01″N121°03′24.38″E / 14.5844472°N 121.0567722°E / 14.5844472; 121.0567722
Address EDSA corner Julia Vargas Avenue, Ortigas Center
Opening dateJune 28, 1991;33 years ago (1991-06-28)
Developer SM Prime Holdings
ManagementSM Prime Holdings
ArchitectAntonio Sindiong & Arquitectonica
No. of stores and services968 shops, including over 500 retail shops and over 280 dining outlets
No. of anchor tenants 18
Total retail floor area 474,000 m2 (5,100,000 sq ft) (2015) [1]
No. of floorsMega A & B: 5 (+ 1 basement level)
Mega C: 11 (Parking at 2F-7F)
Mega Fashion Hall (Mega D): 5 + 2-level basement carpark
Parking4,200+
Public transit access BSicon SUBWAY.svg 3 Ortigas
BSicon SUBWAY.svg 3 Shaw Boulevard
BSicon BUS3.svg   E   Ortigas
Website SM Megamall

SM Megamall (formerly as SM Megamall Ortigas and colloquially known as Megamall), is a shopping mall located in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the third largest shopping mall in the Philippines and the thirteenth largest in the world. SM Megamall is developed and operated by SM Prime Holdings. [2] The mall occupies a land area of approximately 10 hectares (25 acres) and has a total floor area of 474,000 square meters (5,100,000 sq ft). [3] The mall has a maximum capacity of 4 million people. [4]

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History

Henry Sy Sr. through First Asia Realty loaned ₱1 billion from the Philippine National Bank and Citibank, an unprecedented amount at the time, in April 1989 to fund the development of SM Megamall. [5] The mall began construction in 1989 and opened its doors on June 28, 1991. It was the third SM Supermall built after SM City Sta. Mesa and SM North EDSA. SM Megamall was the largest mall in the country for a 17-year period, but when the SM Mall of Asia was built in 2006, it was ranked third largest in the country by floor area at that time, measuring 331,679 m2 (3,570,160 sq ft) of total retail floor area and after SM City North EDSA (which ranks first in the country and second in the world). It also boasted the first ice skating rink, which was temporarily removed in 2009 but was replaced by the new skating rink at a new location in 2014, as well as one of the first trade halls, the Mega Trade Hall, in the country. The new skating rink was the venue for the speed skating and figure skating at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. [6] [7]

Since its inception in 1991, SM Megamall expanded with the addition of the Mega Atrium in 2008, Building C in 2011 and the Mega Fashion Hall in 2014, bringing the total retail floor area to 474,000 m2 (5,100,000 sq ft). In 2018, SM partnered with Cal-Comp Technology (Philippines) Inc. for the provision of its New Era AI (Artificial Intelligence) Robotic service robots stationed at SM Megamall by the first quarter of 2019. [8]

Location

The mall is located in the Ortigas Center, one of Metro Manila's premier central business districts and shopping hubs, at the portion encompassed by Mandaluyong City. It stands along the main EDSA (C-4 segment) thoroughfare and Julia Vargas Avenue. The mall is almost adjacent to the Ortigas MRT station and EDSA Carousel's Ortigas station, as well as the Shaw Boulevard MRT station. The mall is also located to nearby malls such as the Robinsons Galleria, St. Francis Square, The Podium, the Shangri-La Plaza, and Starmall EDSA Shaw and landmarks such as the Asian Development Bank Headquarters, Saint Pedro Poveda College, University of Asia and the Pacific, BDO Corporate Center, The Podium West Tower and the San Miguel Corporation Headquarters.

Facilities

Main Mall

Building A atrium SM Megamall Mega A Interior (cropped).jpg
Building A atrium

The mall has two main buildings. Building A features the 12 digital cinemas on the third floor; a food court, events hall and the Toy Kingdom on the lower ground floor, art stores on the fifth floor, and other anchor tenants. It also features Forever 21 located on the second level of Building A. Building B features SM Store, the Ace Hardware store on the lower ground floor, the Cyberzone on the fourth floor, the Mega Trade Hall on the fifth floor, and other anchor tenants. It has been expanded and has direct connections with the Mega Fashion Hall which opened in January 2014. The SM Supermarket is featured on both buildings. The bridgeway connecting the two main buildings of the mall contains several eateries.

Mega Atrium

The 16,000 m2 (170,000 sq ft) Mega Atrium is an addition to the existing two buildings. The Atrium, completed in 2008, bridges the gap between Buildings A and B. It features Chapel of the Eucharistic Lord, a 1,585 m2 (17,060 sq ft) Roman Catholic chapel located on the fifth floor, as well as various shops and restaurants. The atrium also features the Garden at Mega Atrium, an indoor garden located within the second floor, and also includes the Respira Café, a coffee and pastry shop offering European confectionaries. [9]

Building C

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A driveway between Building C and the Main Mall

Building C is a recent addition to SM Megamall that houses office space on the upper levels of the carpark and a transport terminal, which includes an integrated bus terminal for buses plying Batangas and Alabang and minibuses plying Binangonan, respectively. Formerly Building A's open-parking facility, it is located near EDSA to the west of Building A and was opened on October 11, 2011. The building also contains the 1,300-square-meter (14,000 sq ft) DFA CO NCR-East, the first passport office of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Metro Manila which opened in August 2012. [10]

Mega Fashion Hall (Building D)

The Mega Fashion Hall is the latest expansion of SM Megamall. Featuring a two-level basement parking and a five-level mall with 86,000 m2 (930,000 sq ft) of retail, it houses several global clothing retailers, an events hall, and additional restaurants and shops, including the three-level H&M store and the three-level Uniqlo which extends to the two uppermost levels of Building B. Aside from clothing stores, the expansion includes dining establishments, houseware stores, service shops, and a bingo area on the fifth level. The Mega Fashion Hall also houses an IMAX Digital theater (which is also the eighth IMAX cinema in the country), a 56-seat Director's Club Cinema with butler service, an Olympic-sized ice skating rink (replacing the one removed in 2009 from the lower-ground level of Building A), an upscale food court (Mega Food Hall), and a 14-lane bowling center, the SM Bowling Center (also replacing the one removed in 2009 from the lower-ground level of Building A, now Toy Kingdom) . The fashion hall also features the BTS Pop-Up Store, located at the mall's third floor, and showcases over 400 BTS-branded products. [11]

Time Sculpture

The Time Sculpture is a sculpture located fronting the Mega Fashion Hall. The sculpture was unveiled on August 2, 2021, and is designed by Filipino-American public artist Jefre Manuel Figueras, also known as JEFRË, and was made of stainless steel. The sculpture is part of the Baks "Box" Series, where he gives representation to people living in cities around the world, and resembles a man looking at his watch, which serves as reminder how time is important in our lives and to make use of time in traffic productively. JEFRË also converted the statue's head to a block, which connects the figures to surrounding urban architecture, and strengthens the image that people are a city's major component as the building blocks and the bloodline of the city. [12] [13]

Expansion

After the soft opening of the newly constructed Building C Carpark, the mall surpassed SM Mall of Asia by 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) and became the second largest shopping mall in the country.

With the opening of the Mega Fashion Hall (Building D), the current gross leasable area is 500,000 m2 (5,400,000 sq ft), allowing the mall to reclaim the title of the largest mall in the Philippines. [14]

The addition of the Mega Fashion Hall building added 125 new retail stores, 90% of which are global brands and 10% of which are local retailers. [15]

SM Supermalls president Steven Tan announced that SM Megamall would begin its redevelopment in July 2024, ultimately adding up to 20,000 square meters (220,000 sq ft) of leasable space and 1,000 parking lots. [16] [17]

Mega Tower

A 50-storey 249.7 m (819 ft) office tower, [18] named The Mega Tower, is located next to the Mega Fashion Hall in an area formerly occupied by an open carpark. The S-shaped tower is directly connected to the Mega Fashion Hall and features three levels of basement parking. Mega Tower has a leasable area of 124,200 m2 (1,337,000 sq ft). [19] Groundbreaking began in March 2016, while the tower's construction phase began six months later on the same year, in September 2016. The tower was topped off in March 2020, and was opened in 2021 with Australian BPO ConnectOS signing as a major foundation tenant in 2022. [20] [21] [22]

Arquitectonica is the firm responsible for the architectural design, [23] while Aurecon serves as the tower's structural engineer consultant and New Golden City Builders serve as the general contractor for the project. [19]

Incidents and accidents

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