The images that people picture when they hear of the city of Jeddah today are bustling and flourishing. Not surprising though, as this city, which lies on the Red Sea, is often regarded as the most cosmopolitan of all Saudi Arabian cities, a far cry from the former port surrounded by walls until the 1940s. The remarkable development of this city which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s program demanded, has been achieved in such a short period. Seaports and the King Abdul Aziz Airport are a great boost to the city’s economy. Pilgrims going to the Holy City of Mecca pass through this city making Jeddah one of the most visited cities in the Arab region.

Envisioned as a premier landmark in the city of Jeddah is the proposed Jeddah Riviera Center. This shopping mall will rise on an 82,000-square meter generally flat site along Prince Sultan Road and near Hera Street. Upon completion of the project, the location is destined to become the prime commercial hub of Jeddah. With its proximity from nearby institutions and government agencies, Jeddah Riviera Center will be a catalyst for social change and urban development.

From the word itself, one can easily think that Riverbanks Center coined its name from the banks of the Marikina River. The Riverbanks Center is a conversion of warehouse and other old facilities integrated with new buildings. Thus, this 24-hectare complex is a fusion of old and new structures to offer shopping, entertainment, dining, and leisure activities east of Metro Manila.

Building A is a covered parking building with 60 slots for cars. Building B and C are mixed-use buildings for business interaction, retailing, and malling. Space allotments include a hall for transient vendors, post office, and banks. Building H is a one-story building with 13 leasable spaces for restaurants and food stalls. The complex has recreational facilities such as an amphitheatre, cinemas, and a theme park. There are also facilities for transient living.

The Riverbanks capitalizes on the site as it stands along the banks of the well-maintained and famous Marikina River. Parking is spacious that it even accommodates a terminal for a bus company plying provincial routes.

Robinson’s Place Metro East is situated on a 2.6-hectare site along Marcos Highway in Pasig City which connects the legendary town of Antipolo, Rizal to the bustling commercial district of Cubao, QC. This Metro East mall, with a gross floor area of 81,032 square meters, is leasable on all levels. It incorporates department stores, hardware, appliance and furniture store, eight-screen cinema, a 20-lane bowling alley, discount stores, amusement center, and trendy shops. The food court, located at the third level of the mall, features a playful display of colors and forms. A fountain cascading from the second level of the mall greets shoppers the moment they step into the complex. With a multi-level parking, Robinson’s Place Metro East accommodates more than the allowable adequate parking slots for shoppers as it can accommodate 1,698 cars on a full parking basis.

Robinson’s Place Metro East is hoped to open doors for development toward east of the metropolis (so termed the place as Metro East). This way, traffic in the metropolis is decongested and commerce and industry are channeled to other areas that have potential for growth and development.

Robinson’s Pioneer covers a total commercial block area of 35,659.20 square meters, whose building footprint is 14,954.57 square meters and its site development area is 20,704.63 square meters. This mall is designed as a venue for cultural and recreational activities bringing adults and children together to have fun, recreate, and be entertained. It encompasses supermarket and leasable spaces at the upper ground level; department store, hardware, and office at the second level; and electronics store, multi-screen cinema, and leasable spaces at the third level. The lower ground floor and the upper third level are allocated for the parking and docking area, projection and mechanical rooms. With everything state-of-the-art, Robinson’s Pioneer aims to revitalize the Boni area what was once a bustling commercial district.

To offer regional and community shopping in Central Luzon, Robinson’s has expanded its reach to shoppers in the region with the construction of Robinson’s StarMills. Located in the fast-emerging business district of San Fernando in Pampanga, StarMills is an effort of Robinson’s Land Corporation to remain in competition with its rivals in providing shoppers the convenience or proximity in location, the versatility in facilities and amenities, and the service an upscale mall can give.

StarMills incorporates shopping, dining, sports, and entertainment. Likewise, the development combines commercial and residential uses in one zone. It is geared to being San Fernando’s regional destination in the future drawing large crowd of shoppers, students, office workers, and tourists from the province as well as nearby cities and towns of the region. It is a concept of more than just shopping, dining, and recreation but also a concept designed to be part of people’s every day activity.

Massive. Such is the design of SM City Fairview which nestles on a sloping terrain in Fairview, Quezon City. Having a total floor area of about 120,951.16 square meters in its entirety, this Fairview mall is accentuated with an undulating roof design. It stands amidst a residential area thereby, giving homemakers and residents the convenience in shopping and grocering with regard to its distance from subdivisions.

The lower ground floor houses the supermarket and the food court. The upper ground floor includes the anchor department store and trendy shops. Amusement center and multi-screen cinemas are on the third level of the building. With its strategic location, SM Fairview has included in its plan an intermodal transportation terminal. The mall is just a few minutes away from the town proper of Novaliches.

Located adjacent to Iloilo Corporate Center is SM City Iloilo. With a lot area of 174,500 square meters, SM City Iloilo has a total floor area of 95,992.95 sq.m. About seventy-six per cent (72,948.84 sq.m.) of the total floor area is leasable. SM City Iloilo has more than an adequate parking as it boasts of exactly 1641 slots for cars, delivery vans, and other vehicles.

Pampanga, known as the Christmas capital of the Philippines and once a devastated province, now flourishes into one of the progressive provinces in the country as proofs made like the development of SM City Pampanga. Standing on a lot area of about 315,861.84 square meters, whose 10% is allotted to building footprints, SM City Pampanga is the first SM mall constructed north of Metro Manila. It is located across the Paskuhan Village near the San Fernando Interchange along the North Luzon Expressway. SM Pampanga boasts of more than the adequate parking space with slots numbering up to 888 for cars and other vehicles.

Across the South China Sea, SM nestles in Hok Po of the Jin Jiang Fujian Province in mainland China. This SM mall is a four-story structure with floor area of 173,580 square meters for its first phase on approximately 12 hectares of land. The building covers 32,775 in square meters.

Located along the busy Alabang-Zapote Road, SM Southmall jumpstarted the development in Las Pinas City, and paved the way for the escalating business development in the southern part of Metro Manila. In terms of its size, SM Southmall covers a total floor area of about 192,406.50 square meters. Seventy-eight percent (150,779.71 square meters) of the total floor area is leasable while the remaining 22% is non-leasable. SM Southmall has the following amenities: an ice-skating rink, a theme park within the mall, and multi-screen cinemas. The mall has more than adequate parking spaces of about 2,799 outdoor parking slots. SM Southmall holds the distinction of being the first mall in the country to integrate a
theme park, “The SM Storyland” in its plan.

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