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Thursday, September 4, 2008

SM to open two new mall branches in Pangasinan and Bulacan

Leading mall operator SM Prime Holdings, Inc. said it is set to open two new mall branches before the year ends

SM Prime president Hans Sy said these are located in Rosales in Pangasinan and Baliuag in Bulacan.

Sy said these new branches are on top of the SM Marikina that they will officially open this Friday.

The mall, which sits on Marikinas riverbank, was designed by EDGE Interior Design Pty. Ltd., a foreign design consultant based in Australia.

"We continue to improve on the look of our malls to make them not just aesthetically appealing, but more importantly, environmentally friendly," said Sy.

SM City Marikina is a very bright mall with glass walls lining its facade to require less light bulbs and equipped with water treatment facilities.

It also has features to make it friendly to persons with disabilities (PWDs) and special needs such as handicap lifts, ramps, drinking fountains and available personnel specially trained to assist PWDs.

SM City Marikina, like the rest of the other SM malls, also has a breastfeeding station for nursing mothers.

Being its 31st mall in the country, Sy said, SM City Marikina, which is along Marcos Highway, occupies 60,000 square meters (sqm) of land and has a gross floor area (GFA) of 122,000 sqm.

Known as the countrys shoemaker capital, Sy noted that Marikina has became vital partners of SM during its growth years in the sixties as a shoe store in Carriedo, Manila.

Marikina was supplying 70 percent of the shoes we were selling at Shoemart. I would like to think that being one of its biggest buyers of shoes, we contributed to the growth of Marikina, Sy, SM's founder noted.

SM City Marikina is the first mall to be opened by SM Prime this year.

In 2007, the company opened three malls, which were located in Bacolod, Taytay and Muntinlupa.

SM Prime also acquired three existing SM malls in China, namely SM Xiamen, SM Jinjiang, and SM City Chengdu.

Sy also bared they will launch their expansion of SM Megamall and SM Fairview.

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