SM City Davao
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 The facade of SM City Davao in September 2023 | |
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| Location | Davao City, Philippines[1] |
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| Coordinates | 7°2′57″N 125°35′18″E / 7.04917°N 125.58833°E |
| Address | Quimpo Blvd. corner Eco West Drive, Matina |
| Opening date | November 17, 2001[1] |
| Developer | SM Prime Holdings |
| Management | SM Prime Holdings |
| No. of stores and services | 500+ |
| Total retail floor area | 285,820 m2 (3,076,500 sq ft)[2] |
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| Website | SM City Davao |
SM City Davao (also known locally as SM Ecoland), is an indoor shopping mall in Quimpo Boulevard, Matina, Davao City, Philippines. SM Prime Holdings developed and manages the mall. It is the first SM Mall in the Mindanao region, opening to the public on November 17, 2001.[1]
Location
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SM City Davao is built on 13.2 hectares (33 acres) of land[3] with a gross floor area of 78,735 square meters (847,500 sq ft).[3] Floor space expanded to cover 125,143 square meters (1,347,030 sq ft) + 118,144 square meters (1,271,690 sq ft) "Expansion" after the opening of The Annex on March 9, 2012.[2] The mall is at Quimpo Boulevard. A transportation terminal constructed beside the mall accommodates visitors.[4]
Physical details
[edit]Main Mall
[edit]The Main Mall is a 3-level square-shaped building with anchor tenants The SM Store and SM Supermarket It also features six digital cinemas. It has many local and international store brands along with the old Entertainment Center, and the former Cyberzone.[5] A passport office of the Department of Foreign Affairs occupies 3,400 square metres (37,000 sq ft) of space at the mall's third level which opened in September 2012.[6]
The Annex
[edit]The Annex is an expansion building of SM City Davao. It has shops on its 1st and 2nd floors, while business process outsourcing facilities are on its 3rd and 4th floors.[7]
2023 Expansion Building
[edit]In the first quarter of 2023, works began for an expansion building on the left side of the mall which was once a parking lot and a transport terminal. It has an allotted budget of Php 2,389,016,973 with a proposed project area 164,144.35 sqm overall expansion (8-Levels expansion building (3 levels mall, 5 levels parking and 2 levels NU) & (4 level parking building with EMB (2 level parking with mall provision and 2 level parking with EMB). Once formally opened, this will replace Gaisano Mall of Davao as the city's largest shopping mall as well as SM CDO Downtown as the largest SM Supermall in Mindanao.[8]
Incidents
[edit]Annex Construction collapse incident
[edit]Five construction workers were removing the scaffolding of the cemented steel canopy when the canopy collapsed due to metal fatigue. The victims were Prudencio Custorio, Alvin Rapista, Ronie Mosqueda, Rogelio Piodo, and Ruel Inampas. They suffered bruises and wounds, and the rescue team brought them to the Southern Philippines Medical Center. Mayor Sara Duterte ordered construction stopped during the investigation. The reason of the collapsed canopy was due to an error in construction method, according to Engineer Jaime Adalin, the chief of Davao City Building Office.[9][10][11]
2013 Davao City bombings
[edit]The mall was subjected to one of the two terrorist bombings that occurred on September 17, 2013,[12] the other one being at Gaisano Mall of Davao after the blast site. It happened during the time of armed crisis in Zamboanga City, which involved elements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF); however, the MNLF Davao Regional Command denied that they were behind the bombings. The incident happened at the Cinema 1.[13]
2019 earthquake
[edit]After the 2019 Davao del Sur earthquake, the mall building incurred damage, particularly at the top of Annex Building and the ceilings outside the mall collapsed. No deaths and injuries were reported.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "SM City Davao opens Nov 17". The Philippine Star. November 12, 2001. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Castro, Albert (May 30, 2011). "SM Mall sets VisMin expansion" (PDF). Malaya Business Insight. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ a b "Mall List". SM Prime. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ Avellanosa, Nonoy. "SM Ecoland Terminal in Davao". Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ "SM City Davao". Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ de Guzman, Vicky Berdina (September 18, 2012). "DFA opens 21st regional office in Pangasinan". Edge Davao. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "The Annex SM City Davao's Cyberzone Soft Opening March 9, 2012". March 9, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ https://r11.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SM-City-Davao-Executive-Summary-for-Public-Infor-EN.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "5 sugatan sa pagguho ng canopy ng SM Mall sa Davao City". Bombo Radyo (in Filipino and Tagalog). December 15, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ Dura, Alger (December 15, 2011). "Canopy collapses; 5 workers injured". Sun.Star Davao. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ Paloma, Jereco (December 20, 2011). "Canopy not in approved mall renovation permit". Sun.Star Davao. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ "Bomb explosions hit SM City Davao, Gaisano mall | Sun.Star". www.sunstar.com.ph. Archived from the original on September 19, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "Twin blasts hit Davao cinemas". September 16, 2013.
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