37-532: 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 . The mall occupies a land area of approximately 10 hectares (25 acres) and has
74-513: A 1,585 m (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. Building C is a recent addition to SM Megamall that houses office space on
111-533: A member of the International Association of Department Stores since 2009. The company was founded by Henry Sy, Sr. on January 15, 1960. Initially, he named his business Shoemart and focused on buying large supplies of shoes from the United States. His business grew until he was able to open a department store. He named his second company SM Department Store Inc. In 2006, the board of directors of
148-521: A total floor area of 474,000 square meters (5,100,000 sq ft). The mall has a maximum capacity of 4 million people. 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. The mall began construction in 1989 and opened its doors on June 28, 1991. It
185-536: 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
222-625: Is also home to the Banco de Oro main office owned by mall tycoon Henry Sy, Sr. , as is the SM Megamall he owns—one of the largest malls in the nation—along EDSA. Also located near the Ortigas Center is The Medical City , one of the three hospitals in the nation accredited by the Joint Commission on International Accreditation. Ortigas Center is surrounded by Ortigas Avenue to the north, EDSA to
259-422: Is also proximity to nearby Robinsons Cybergate Center . The Asian Development Bank Headquarters, The Edsa Shangri-La, Manila , The One Shangri-La Place Towers , The St. Francis Shangri-La Place The Malayan Plaza, The Discovery Suites, and The BDO Corporate Center are also located here. The eastern portion is part of Pasig and is where most of the Ortigas Center's skyscrapers are located. The whole place
296-467: 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. After the soft opening of the newly constructed Building C Carpark, the mall surpassed SM Mall of Asia by 2,000 m (22,000 sq ft) and became
333-523: 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 m (1,337,000 sq ft). Groundbreaking began in March 2016, while the tower's construction phase began six months later on the same year, in September 2016. The tower
370-580: Is politically known as Barangay San Antonio. It is where most of Pasig's financial resources are primarily concentrated. The barangay of San Antonio has the largest income in Pasig, second only to San Lorenzo Village of Makati as the largest single income-generating government unit in the Philippines. Buildings like The Benpres Building (including the Lopez Museum ), One Corporate Centre , One San Miguel Avenue , Orient Square , Wynsum Corporate Plaza , as well as
407-609: The Ateneo de Manila University is also located within the financial center. Lourdes School of Mandaluyong is among the secondary schools within Ortigas. MFI Polytechnic Institute which caters to technical and vocational courses can also be found in the financial center. SM Retail SM Retail Inc. is a retail holding company based in Pasay , Philippines. It is a subsidiary of the conglomerate SM Investments Corporation . SM Retail has been
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#1732847698224444-597: The Department of Education (Philippines) Central Office and Region IV-B/ Mimaropa Headquarters, The Tektite Towers, houses the former trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange , Ayala Malls The 30th , The Octagon (Ortigas Center) and The Capitol Commons are located here. The eastern extension areas of Ortigas Center are Ortigas East located at Barangay Ugong along C-5 Road and Capitol Commons located at Barangay Oranbo. Local and foreign companies serve
481-586: 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
518-741: 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. The mall has two main buildings. Building A features the 12 digital cinemas on
555-508: The SM Investments Corporation announced that it will undergo a corporate restructuring . Under the restructuring, two companies were established: SM Retail Inc. and SM Land Inc. The SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket, and SM Department Store (now SM Store) retail chains were placed under the ownership of SM Retail while SM Land Inc. is responsible for managing the real estate assets of the parent corporation. SM Prime Holdings remains
592-610: The St. Francis Square , the Asian Development Bank compound, the Oakwood Premier serviced apartments and a Shangri-La hotel. It is also home to the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation , Jollibee Foods Corporation , Viva Communications , Century Pacific Food , and Rebisco . Also present in the area are Philippine offices of prominent engineering firms such as Parsons Brinckerhoff , Sinclair Knight Merz , and WSP Group . It
629-558: The CBD, such as the Amberland Corporation, Aventis Pharma, Banco de Oro , Bank of Commerce , China State Construction Engineering Corp , Citibank , Digital Telecommunications Philippines , JG Summit Holdings and its affiliates (Robinsons Land Corporation, Robinsons Bank , and Robinsons Malls ), Meralco , Neville Clarke Phils., PCCW , San Miguel Corporation , 7-Eleven , Sykes Enterprises , TÜV SÜD Phils, Inc., Union Bank of
666-518: The Famous EDSA Shrine . The western portion of Ortigas Center is part of Mandaluyong . It is in the eastern side of Barangay Wack-Wack Greenhills. Mandaluyong is known for being the "Shopping Capital of the Philippines" because it is home to a cluster of shopping centers which stand side by side. This is where most of the shopping malls in the area located like SM Megamall , The Podium , Shangri-la Plaza Mall and St. Francis Square Mall . It
703-521: 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. The 16,000 m (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,
740-479: The Philippines , South Asialink Finance Corporation, Callhounds Global BPO Corporation, Vertiv , VeriFone , Asia United Bank (AUB) , White Cloak Technologies, CARMA, and other companies. Among the universities and colleges situated within Ortigas are St. Paul College Pasig , University of Asia and the Pacific , and the Saint Pedro Poveda College . The Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health of
777-463: 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 m (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. The mall is located in
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#1732847698224814-795: The area is part of Quezon City . It is situated south of Ugong Norte. The EDSA Shrine and Robinsons Galleria is situated here. Robinsons Galleria is a mixed-use complex composed of two high-rise office towers namely the Galleria Corporate Center and the Robinsons Equitable Tower , the Holiday Inn Manila Ortigas and Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria , the Galleria Regency and a 5-level shopping mall . Before Robinsons Galleria , this mall used to be an open land owned by SSS within Ortigas Center. In 1986, they used
851-513: The company became known as Whitaker and Ortigas. In the following years, there were several changes of partners. Then, on July 10, 1931, the company was incorporated as "Ortigas, Madrigal y cia., S. en C." as a limited partnership by shares ( Spanish : sociedad comanditaria por acciones ). The parties to the partnership were Francisco Ortigas (Don Paco), Vicente Madrigal, B.C.M. Johnston, Fulgencio Borromeo, Clyde A. Dewitt and future President Manuel L. Quezon . When Ortigas & Company acquired
888-499: 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 . Since its inception in 1991, SM Megamall expanded with
925-557: The estate, it was a virtual wasteland. The vision of the management, headed by Atty. Francisco Ortigas Jr., who was president and chairman at that time, turned it into a progressive industrial, commercial and residential urban complex. It would only take until the 1960s for development to begin in the district with the building of the first structures. In 1997, the price of land within Ortigas Center ranged from ₱150,000 to ₱220,000 per square meter, equivalent to ₱405,681 to ₱594,999 per square meter in 2021. The northern portion of
962-505: The first passport office of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Metro Manila which opened in August 2012. 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 m (930,000 sq ft) of retail, it houses several global clothing retailers, an events hall, and additional restaurants and shops, including
999-546: The joint boundaries of Pasig , Mandaluyong and Quezon City , within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than 100 hectares (250 acres), it is Metro Manila 's second most important business district after Makati Central Business District . It is governed by Ortigas Center Association, Inc. Ortigas Center is home to many shopping malls , office and condominium skyscrapers , nightlife bars, restaurants and other building complexes. These include
1036-560: The land for the People Power Revolution. In 1987, John Gokongwei bought the large portion of the land from SSS. It started construction on mid-1988 and finished on late-1989. The mall opened in 1990 being the first mall of Robinsons Malls . Buildings like the UnionBank Plaza , Marco Polo Ortigas Manila , The Robinsons Cyberscape , The Orient Square , The Joy-Nostalg Center , The Meralco Theater are located here, as well as
1073-536: 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. The Time Sculpture
1110-758: 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 m (5,400,000 sq ft), allowing the mall to reclaim the title of the largest mall in the Philippines . 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. 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. A 50-storey 249.7 m (819 ft) office tower, named The Mega Tower,
1147-702: The sole operator of the SM Groups' SM Supermalls shopping mall chain (SM Prime later bought out and merged SM Group's land property division (SM Land) in 2013, which owns SM Development Corporation, Highlands Prime, Inc., SM Hotels and Convention and SM Commercial Properties Group). In 2016, SM Retail through Macquarie Capital underwent a merger with various local retailers. SM Retail has ownership over SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket and Savemore chains which would later be called collectively as SM Markets. It also owns SM Store department stores and food retail stores under Walter Mart and Alfamart (joint venture between SM and
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1184-618: 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
1221-477: 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
1258-415: 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,
1295-642: The west, Meralco Avenue to the east, and Shaw Boulevard to the south. Ortigas Center began as the 4,033-hectare (9,970-acre) "Hacienda de Mandaloyon" (also known as "Mandaloyen," "Mandaloyong," or "Mandaloya"), an estate from the Augustinian Order that spanned the present-day cities of San Juan , Mandaluyong , Quezon City , and Pasig . On January 20, 1920, the Augustinian friars sold this property to Dr. Frank W. Dudley and Don Francisco Ortigas. Dudley later surrendered his interest to Phil C. Whitaker, and
1332-452: 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 m (3,570,160 sq ft) of total retail floor area and after SM City North EDSA (which ranks first in
1369-442: Was topped off in March 2020, and was opened in 2021 with Australian BPO ConnectOS signing as a major foundation tenant in 2022. Arquitectonica is the firm responsible for the architectural design, while Aurecon serves as the tower's structural engineer consultant and New Golden City Builders serve as the general contractor for the project. Ortigas Center Ortigas Center is a central business district located within
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