SM opens new P1.B mall in Taytay

[Zeus]

SM opens new P1.0-B mall


By Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson
Inquirer
Last updated 04:20pm (Mla time) 11/09/2007


MANILA, Philippines -- SM Prime Holdings Inc., mall developer of Henry Sy, opened Friday its 29th mall, which cost the company roughly P1 billion to build, in Taytay, Rizal.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), SM Prime said the new mall has a gross floor area of 91,920 square meters and stands on 38,525 sqm of land.
SM City Taytay has a leaseable area of 42,459 sqm and has as its main tenants SM Department Store, SM Hypermarket, a food court, and three cinemas.
The SM Hypermarket occupies 8,000 sqm of the mall's total gross floor area and offers a mix of food and non-food items, such as apparel and appliances.

"Taytay is recognized as the garments capital of the Philippines. It has a large residential community and it houses the biggest school campus of one of the country's leading colleges. It is easily accessible from various points of Metro Manila, through major thoroughfares such as the Ortigas Avenue Extension and the Sumulong Highway, which makes it an ideal location for an SM City in the province of Rizal," SM Prime president Hans Sy said.
Before the year ends, SM Prime is to unveil SM Supercenter Muntinlupa, a community mall similar to SM Supercenter Pasig, which has SM Hypermarket at its anchor tenant.
It will also soon launch San Miguel by the Bay, a strip mall located at the Esplanade fronting the SM Mall of Asia Complex. SM Prime is also now expanding SM City Cebu.

Source: www.inquirer.net
Nov.09, 2007


Parami na ng parami ang SM malls a

[alwayz_yummy]

hehehe dagdag trapik sa manila east road going to tanay....

kala ko dec pa to operational,e...

[Mguy]

Saan ba ito exactly?

[170kphlang]

hintayin niyo lang at baka next year or early 2009 ay operational nadin yung sm marikina sa mya river banks.

[higher]

Along Manila East Road lang ito, may bridgeway connecting the 2 buildings.

[Zeus]

Saan ba ito exactly?

Sa dulo ng Ortigas Extension...pakanan papuntang Taytay

[userfriendly]

Welcome to the Republic of SM

[SELEGNA_35]

Graaaaabeeeee ang trapik kahapon papunta kaming angono, tikling palang trapik na, kaya bumalik na lang kami sa Marikina. susubukan ko ulit mamaya. Iba ka talaga SM!!!!

[freeloader]

After fetching my son from San Beda nagbi-build up na traffic. The problem going to this place is 2 lane lang ang road kaya expect heavy traffic.

[mikaztro]

Medyo na underestimate ng SM prime holdings ang demand sa Taytay. The shops are limited and the mall it self is quite small(only 3 cinemas) and lacks parking spaces. Looks like they will have to expand soon. They also didn't widen the road that much and didn't construct sidewalks going to the mall. People are now walking on the major road(Manila East Road). SM taytay is now catering to Antipolo, Taytay, Binangonan, Angono, Morong, Tanay residents. They should've build bigger mall.

- construct sidewalks leading to the mall
- widen the road by another lane or extend the widened road
- build transportation terminals for jeeps and tricycles(for fx terminal lang meron)
- add 3 to 4 cinemas(currently 3)
- add more parking slots
- construct a bigger canopy(mall entrance) for the rainy season
- construct waiting sheds along the SM vicinity
- they should open the bridgeway 24/7 to the public and not only cater the shoppers.
- no railing on the bridgeway
- mall on the hypermart side is dimly lit. They should add more lights since it is below grade level.
- photo printing outlet isle(near bridgeway) on the hypermart bldg is obstructing the flow of pedestrian traffic.
- airconditioning vents should've been located away from the outlet's main vents. You could very well smell the aroma of Jolibee all over the mall.
- put more seating lounge in the main mall area.
- food court too small
- world of fun(kids gaming area) outlet's ingress/egress should be widen in case of fire.