SM City North Edsa's new annex makes it world's third-largest mall

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MANILA, Philippines - Additional expansion of SM City North Edsa makes it the world’s third-largest shopping mall, the Philippines’ largest mall operator said.

The soft opening of The Annex—which adds 90,000 square meters of gross floor area (GFA) to the flagship mall—expands SM City North Edsa’s GFA to 425,000 square meters, SM Prime Holdings Inc. said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).

Besides providing direct and indirect employment to 3,000 workers, The Annex also consists of six floors and a basement, 70 percent of which has already been awarded to various tenants.

“Its major tenants include Savemore Supermarket, Ace Hardware and an SM Cyberzone. Other mall tenants include fashion retailer Charles & Keith, watch and jewelry shop Chronos, infant store Baby & Company, and electronic shops Power Mac Center, Sony VAIO, HTC, and Belkin, among many others," the company said.

SM North Edsa is the only mall of SM Prime where the three food retail formats, Savemore Supermarket in The Annex, SM Supermarket in the Main Building and the SM Hypermarket in The Block, are all located in one complex.

In 2009, SM North EDSA also looks forward to opening the Skygarden, which offers another exciting and environmental element to the Mall complex, the company said.

SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, and SM City Cebu rank as the fourth, seventh, and eleventh-largest malls in the world, the company said.

Including SM City North Edsa, all these malls have occupancy rates of over 95 percent. - GMANews.TV

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/138821/S...d-largest-mall

[ghosthunter]

SM malls are getting to be too big to walk around comfortably. Sm North Edsa was already too big to walk through even before the renovation.

[ab_initio]

SM malls are getting to be too big to walk around comfortably. Sm North Edsa was already too big to walk through even before the renovation.

true. i still like the power plant. small but almost everything i need is there na. but i am welcoming the expansion...hoping it will generate more decent jobs for the Filipinos.

[ghosthunter]

but i am welcoming the expansion...hoping it will generate more decent jobs for the Filipinos.

More jobs in shopping malls is not really going to do much if the majority of people don't have money to spend in shopping malls.

[j_avonni]

Matagal na pala akong hindi napupunta sa SM City North.

And, SM City Fairview is about to complete its second expansion.


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[coiter]

wow i didn't know sm city cebu was that big. it just seemed like one megamall building to me.

this just shows how we filipinos really love malling. wala na talaga ang era ng biking sa luneta, picnic sa QC circle, etc.

hopefully they also add ample parking and good traffic management to these supermalls.

I agree rin na minsan hassle yung sobrang laki. kakapagod at kakalito.

[ghosthunter]

wow i didn't know sm city cebu was that big. it just seemed like one megamall building to me.

this just shows how we filipinos really love malling. wala na talaga ang era ng biking sa luneta, picnic sa QC circle, etc.

hopefully they also add ample parking and good traffic management to these supermalls.

I agree rin na minsan hassle yung sobrang laki. kakapagod at kakalito.

Luneta would be great if the weather was cool (like 20C to 24C). Unfortunately with normal outside ambient temperatures between 28C to 35C in the metro, it is more comfortable to stay in the many airconditioned malls.

[Zeus]

Matagal na ako hindi nakapunta dito, pati katabing Trinoma hindi pa rin

[boybi]

SM malls are getting to be too big to walk around comfortably. Sm North Edsa was already too big to walk through even before the renovation.

I've stopped going to Megamall for years already because of its size. Kakapagod going from one shop to another, especially kung sa magkabilang dulo ng 2 bldgs yung pupuntahan mo.

[kinyo]

I've stopped going to Megamall for years already because of its size. Kakapagod going from one shop to another, especially kung sa magkabilang dulo ng 2 bldgs yung pupuntahan mo.

honga ... magkabilang dulo pa naman auto shops dun

[sweet_insanity]

pang masa talaga ang SM, minsan ang pangit pa ng crowd.

[uls]

hahaha

anong mall po ang hindi pang masa?

[chua_riwap]

pang masa talaga ang SM, minsan ang pangit pa ng crowd.

Sobra ka naman. What do you mean naman sa..... "minsan, ang pangit pa ng crowd"?

You mean ba na pangit ang mga mukha ng pumapasok sa SM Malls, pangit ang ugali, etc., etc.?

[Gerbo]

I've stopped going to Megamall for years already because of its size. Kakapagod going from one shop to another, especially kung sa magkabilang dulo ng 2 bldgs yung pupuntahan mo.

Megamall is also not a favorite place of mine to shop around. Kung walang shops parang tarmac na ang laki. Nakakapagod.

Sana sa SM North may clustering ang similar shops.

[boybi]

Megamall is also not a favorite place of mine to shop around. Kung walang shops parang tarmac na ang laki. Nakakapagod.

Sana sa SM North may clustering ang similar shops.

Even if you cluster similar shops, what if you want to buy some computer parts and some car accessories, but the shops are located at opposite ends of the 2 buildings?

[Gerbo]

Even if you cluster similar shops, what if you want to buy some computer parts and some car accessories, but the shops are located at opposite ends of the 2 buildings?

Well....tiis na lang.

[Steve21]

Ako sobra sawa na sa SM north edsa sa likod lang kami naka tira (bago-bantay), Ayaw kasi patalo sa Trinoma kaya yun pinapaganda.