SM Mall of Asia (GPS: 14.53515, 120.98273) is a huge shopping mall in Manila, Philippines. The area where the mall is located is known as Bay City, a reclaimed area which is within the neighbourhood of Pasay City, Metro Manila. SM Mall of Asia covers an area bounded by Sunset Avenue in the north, Marina Way in the south, J.W. Diokno Boulevard in the east and Seaside Boulevard in the west facing Manila Bay. The shopping mall is on the western end of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), where it ends with a roundabout with a globe centrepiece.
SM Mall of Asia was officially opened to the public on 21 May, 2006, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. It is owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings. At the time of its opening, it was the largest shopping mall in the Philippines. Since then, it has been overtaken by other malls, all of which also owned and developed by SM Prime Holdings.
SM Mall of Asia comprises four inter-connected buildings. Most portions of the mall are just two storeys tall, being the ground and upper floor. Over these two levels are hundred of shoplots including among others the anchor tenants such as the SM Hypermarket and San Miguel-Coca-Cola IMAX theater (it was the first in the Philippines when it opened). Other tenants include National Book Store, Jollibee, Science Discovery Center, The NorthFace, Watson and many more. The mall also has Philippine's first Olympic-sized ice skating rink, which is believed to be the biggest in Asia.
Updates on SM Mall of Asia
7 April, 2017
SM Mall of Asia will be the venue of the World Street Food Congress 2017 Jamboree, where street food vendors from over a dozen countries will set up their stall to sell and promote the indigenous food from their respective countries. The jamboree will be held from 31 May to 4 June, 2017. For more detail, visit the WSFCongress website.
The entrance atrium of SM Mall of Asia, facing the roundabout and SM Mall of Asia Globe. (4 April, 2017)
View into SM Mall of Asia from its entrance atrium. (4 April, 2017)
The interior of SM Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
The interior of SM Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
The interior of SM Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
The interior of SM Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
The interior of SM Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
National Book Store, a popular bookstore chain in the Philippines, at SM Mall of Asia (4 April, 2017)
Pedestrian mall between buildings at the SM Mall of Asia complex. (4 April, 2017)
Van selling churros at the pedestrian mall of SM Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
A patch of green in between buildings at SM Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
The SM Mall of Asia music hall. (4 April, 2017)
View of SM By The Bay, the seaside promenade beside Manila Bay, as seen across Seaside Boulevard from Mall of Asia. (4 April, 2017)
360° View of SM Mall of Asia on Google Maps Street View
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