SM City San Pablo

SM City San Pablo is the 38th shopping mall owned by SM Prime Holdings. SM City San Pablo is the 2nd SM Supermall Franchise in the Province of Laguna. It is located at the entrance of Riverina Residential and Commercial Estates in Maharlika Highway, Brgy. San Rafael, San Pablo, Laguna and has a gross floor area of 56,086.^[1][2][3]

Design and interiors

SM City San Pablo, SM Prime Holdings' second mall in Laguna, has two levels and has 56,086 sqm of shopping space and 100+ shop. It has a semi-eye shaped atrium for events. The mall's atrium has perforated ceiling.^[4] SM City San Pablo's design team includes Design Associates Inc., mall designer; Jose Siao Ling and Associates, architects; DA Abcede and Associates, project manager; and DDT Konstract, general contractor.

History

As early as 2008, SM Prime Holdings was planning to open SM Supercenter San Pablo (a downsized SM mall, originally) but this was shot down due to political pressures. After several attempts to build a similar establishment, SM Prime Holdings was given its go signal in July 2008 to push ahead for SM Supercenter San Pablo^[5] located at Riverina Residential and Commercial Estates along Maharlika Highway at Brgy San Rafael.

It was expected to be completed in August 2010, but due to strategic location and growing demands for commercial establishments in San Pablo, it was upgraded into SM City San Pablo last April 28, 2010.^[6]

The mall opened on October 1, 2010.^[7] The cinema commenced operations on December 3, 2010 before the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival.

Accidents/Incidents

• In July, 2010, 2 construction workers died and 7 others were injured when a scaffolding, on which three layers of metal pipes were also piled up, collapsed and hit the victims at a mall construction site in San Pablo City, Laguna. This accident caused the mall's completion and opening by about September or October of that year.^[8]
• On July 16, 2014, The mall's facade was damaged due to Typhoon Glenda (Rammasun) that passed through Laguna.

Mall Expansion

The expanded mall on 11-12-16.

• Bigger which means more fashion and food tenants are coming in the mall, more choices for the shoppers. Fine quality restaurants and bistros, global boutique-style retail offerings will soon open in the mall. Transformation is ongoing at the mall terminal converting it to leasable spaces. The mall will also house a cyber zone area and the company also plans to develop business process outsourcing (BPO) offices within the property. Now that's exciting!

• The expansion was completed on October 28, 2016.^[9]
• Mark your calendar (October 28, 2016) for the Opening of SM City San Pablo's Cyberzone. See you all there!, SM City San Pablo posted on their official Facebook page.

See also

• SM City Sta. Rosa
• SM City Calamba
• SM Supermalls
• SM Prime Holdings

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to SM City San Pablo.

• SM City San Pablo at SM Supermalls

Coordinates: 14°04′17″N 121°18′06″E / 14.07145°N 121.30177°E / 14.07145; 121.30177