Mega Metro Manila Malls [Archive] - Page 35

Sinjin P.

July 11th, 2008, 11:09 AM

The ATRIUM to open in October
By
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer

Mega's growing much more with the addition of the SM Megamall Atrium, which is scheduled to open this October. A first look at this exciting new lifestyle area was recently previewed at the site in Ortigas Center.

The 16,000 square meter addition to the existing Megamall is located over Dona Julia Vargas Avenue, and when completed will fully bridge the gap between Mega A and B. With Megamall being a linear development that spans more than half a kilometer, the Atrium is envisioned to be a center of respite and relaxation. Its strategic central location provides a convenient stop for mall visitors to relax and literally catch their breath while enjoying shopping at upmarket stores and dining at specialty restaurants.

Upscale retail shops and restaurants are planned around a circular atrium with an area of 452 square meters. Access to the center is designed to offer an air of drama and surprise. Off the existing bridgeway, the visitor approaches the center through a low ceiling hallway that widens towards the cylindrical skylight.

Dynamic non-concentric circles on the floor are achieved with the application of yellow tiles of carried hues. An equally dynamic skylight design matches the non-concentric circles in the floor. The curved patterns ripple out beyond the atrium area on both floors and ceilings to great consistency and harmony to the general look of the center.

The deep end of fifth level of the SM Megamall Atrium will be the site of the 1, 585 square meter Chapel of the Eucharistic Lord. This grand chapel with a separate adoration chapel has a modern design with the Eucharistic as the focal point. This is highlighted in the neo-classical retablo or altar with the crucified Christ at the center, which is in sharp contrast to the modern theme of the rest of the chapel.

The color scheme of the area is earth inspired with a neutral palette. Finishes are similar to stones used in the Roman times, which gives the chapel a structurally sound impression with a soft and warm approach. Wood in its natural oil finish is the most common material, which will be used in the chapel.

With the addition of the Atrium, the rear building facade is treated to be harmonious with the recently complete exterior makeover in which an extra feature cube of perforated aluminum panels are added to replace the existing Megastrip sign boxes.

These exciting plans were presented during the recent Tenant Preview which included an AVP presentation, and a tour to the mall for prospective location sites.

Among the tenants present were Ben Chan of Bench, Elizabeth Quiambao of Store Specialists, Fredo Ong and Lilian Rico of Lacoste Footwear, Vic Munoz of Body Shop, John Lu Koa of French Baker, Aeleesa Lim of Espada. Enrique Lopez of Starbucks, and Teresita Panganiban of Haagen Dazs.

They were welcomed by SM officials led by SM Prime Holdings President Hans T. Sy, SCMC President Annie Garcia, VP for Leasing Daisy Chua, and AVP Lisa Silerio.

The Atrium will be an exciting addition to the 330,000 square meter SM Megamall which is one of the world's largest malls. Megamall, which opened in 1991, is said to have spearheaded the mailing phenomenon in the Philippines with its size, world class designs and new concepts including an Ice Skating Rink, the Artwalk and Art Center, and the Megatrade Hall. The Atrium adds an upscale concept to the mall.

The SM Megamall Atrium's design team includes Arquitectonica, Mall Designer, w.v. Coscolluela and Associates, Architects; Monolith Construction and Development Corporation, General Contractor; and DA Abcede and Associates, Project Manager. It is scheduled to open on October 2008.

Waldenstrom

July 11th, 2008, 02:04 PM

I totally agree :lol:
parang naka encounter na si doc ah. i mean nakakita na. :lol: :jk:

Sinjin P.

July 11th, 2008, 02:06 PM

^ Ako nakaencounter na ng mga batang kalye na naglalaro sa loob ng Harrison Plaza sa Manila. Parang may rugby boys pa nga akong nakita sa loob dati. Nakakatakot. Kumusta na pala ang Harrison Plaza ngayon? Last time I visited was last year.

thomasian

July 11th, 2008, 02:35 PM

^^ Sana may makapagpuslit ng pictures o renderings, o kahit pati yung AVP sana. :D

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SM Prime may downsize some mall projects
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña, 30 Jun 2008
Source: Phil Star

Shopping mall giant SM Prime Holdings Inc. may downsize some of its mall projects as consumers hold back on spending amid tough economic conditions, marked by soaring prices of oil, food and other necessities.

SM Prime president Hans Sy said the company may not spend the entire P6 billion budget allotted this year given the prevailing economic downturn. He said the construction of new malls would continue although there might be a need to reconfigure retail space in view of the difficult business environment.

Sy also noted the rising prices of construction materials like steel and cement.

This year, SM Prime is expected to open three new shopping malls to bring its total branch network to 33. These new malls are SM City Marikina, SM City Baliuag in Bulacan and SM Supercenter Rosales in Pangasinan.

SM Marikina will provide an additional 122,000 square meters of gross leasable space, SM Rosales (31,000 square meters) and SM Baliuag (61,000 square meters).

SM Prime is also expanding SM Megamall and SM City Fairveiw.

By year-end, total gross floor area will reach 4.2 million square meters.

The P6-billion capital budget does not include plans to expand SM’s presence in China with the acquisition of three new malls in Xiamen, Jinjiang and Chengdu.

SM Prime recently raised P3 billion through the issuance of fixed-rate debt notes with maturities of five years, seven years and 10 years from issue date. The issue was oversubscribed, attracting 16 primary institutional lenders

The amount raised will be used for ongoing capital expenditure and general corporate requirements.

SM Prime earlier reported that its first quarter earnings rose seven percent to P1.6 billion on gross revenues of P3.82 billion.

Rental revenue from all SM malls, which accounted for 85 percent of total revenue, increased by 10 percent to P3.26 billion from the previous level’s P2.96 billion.

stanleymalls

July 11th, 2008, 05:21 PM

stanleymalls

July 11th, 2008, 05:29 PM

taken from the overpass

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look at the traffic

SUS KU PO! :nuts: Nakakabaliw ang tarpik! Magpagawa kaya sila ng flyover from Balintawak to NoED. Suggestion lang...... :?

habagatcentral1

July 11th, 2008, 06:16 PM

^^ Ganun pa rin (sorry Kimber) :nocrook: :D

metrosuburban

July 12th, 2008, 02:13 AM

zara, h+m, m+s, gap, target, debenhams , topshop are all middle market in their home countries..they become sosyal in developing countries because they are discounted in price here but still far more expensive than the local names like bench, collezionne, penshoppe, oxygen etc and the advertising always uses caucasians.

if you were to use public transport during winter in london and have a look at the other english commuters you will find that you may be the only one wearing a burberry or aquascutum or barbour overcoat! the rest are wearing cheaper h+m or m+s or debenhams coats....thats perspective for you

exactly my point! :)

LhexiMont

July 12th, 2008, 08:33 PM

Mga inactive mall or mini -commercial centers :

YP Mart and Cinemas in Paranaque ( it was a success before , only the mart operates now)

Pearl Plaza in Paranaque ( good midsize mall , but did not take off at all because of SM Sucat and wrong location)

Airport Citimall in Paranaque ( quite a success until SM Sucat came )

Sunshine Mall in Taguig ( Unfinished interiors , did not succeed , barely operating )

Uniwide Metromall in Las Pinas ( previously a success ,until SouthMall came )

Ever Gotesco Mall in Las Pinas ( previously a success until Uniwide and SM came )

TEC Cinemas Commercial center in Muntinlupa ( mild success in early years , until its cinemas closed and most of its shops follows : a few run-of-the mills stores operates.

San Pedro Town Center in San Pedro ( did not really take off , top levels converted to Sogo Hotel .

Value Point in San Pedro ( barely operating : main store reduced in size )

TRAM Plaza in Santa Rosa ( did not take off at all because of poor location )

C Morales Mall in Binan ( mild success in early years , edged out by nearby Pavilion Mall )

Olivarez Mall in Tagaytay City ( mild success in early years , cinemas closed converted to Olivarez College , mostly occupied by bargain shops now and its anchor minimart , it seems to have a big location though .

FRC Supermall in Imus , Cavite ( most of its levels is still empty , barely surviving with its PureGold anchor store )

Holiday Plaza in Pasay City ( success on its heyday but don't know what is it now )

Have been successful but pinaglipasan na ng panahon pero operating pa rin :

RFC Mall in Las Pinas
Harrison Plaza in Manila
Makati Cinema Square in Makati
ABC Guadalupe in Makati

That's I remember for now ..may add some later .

Lili

July 13th, 2008, 03:44 AM

^ What about Virra Mall in Greenhills, SJ. What is its condition now?

richard24

July 13th, 2008, 03:52 AM

^^ it's now V-Mall., it looks better than ever. recently renovated.

Lili

July 13th, 2008, 03:56 AM

^^ okay. Good to know. Coz for a while it was looking moribund and panay tsangge tsangge na lang.

habagatcentral1

July 13th, 2008, 04:09 AM

n though .

FRC Supermall in Imus , Cavite ( most of its levels is still empty , barely surviving with its PureGold anchor store )

Ey, its not just surviving coz of PureGold alone....may higanteng ukay ukayan dyan plus napakahabang pila ng mga nag-paparenew or kumukuha ng NBI Clearance. :lol:

At saka ang daming tumatambay jan na nagcucutting-class. :lol:

thomasian

July 13th, 2008, 11:52 AM

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ona

July 13th, 2008, 03:39 PM

Wow! I knew Landmark Trinoma was really the best. World-Class talaga.

stanleymalls

July 13th, 2008, 03:47 PM

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^^ Always been classy and innovative since then.... Congrats! :cheers:

tigidig14

July 14th, 2008, 01:01 AM

isetann
kita nyo yung sa recto, kakatakot, parang pugad ng mga mamanyak ng lalaki

iloilocitykid

July 14th, 2008, 02:30 AM

I wonder what malls in Iloilo didn't succeed? I mean, yeah, there are malls that have gone bankrupt here but they're already the old outdated ones. So far Payless Plaza isn't paying well now.

habagatcentral1

July 14th, 2008, 04:02 AM

skyscraper100

July 14th, 2008, 08:51 AM

gaisano mall of davao sounds funny...

thomasian

July 14th, 2008, 09:37 AM

SM Prime eyes 3rd QC mall
By Jenniffer B. Austria, 14 Jul 2008
Source: Manila Standard today

SM Prime Holdings Inc., the country’s largest shopping mall operator and developer, will build a P1.5-billion shopping mall in Novaliches, Quezon City after acquiring a huge property from the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.

SM Investments Corp. chief finance officer Jose Sio told the StandardToday, that the company recently purchased the five-hectare property in San Bartolome, Novaliches, right in front of the head office of Associated Broadcasting Co., or ABC-5.

Sio declined to say the purchase price. He said the company was finalizing the design of the mall and planned to start construction by next year.

“We have already lined up our projects this year so we will start the Novaliches mall next year,” Sio said.

Girl Scouts of the Philippines bought the five-hectare camping site in Novaliches in 1957.

The physical assets of the site included a two-story concrete house complete with living, dining, play and study rooms and bedrooms, plus a kitchen, baths, comfort rooms, maids’ quarters and garage, a swimming pool, a 6,000 gallon capacity water tank and a 7,000-watt electric generator.

The Novaliches mall will be SM Prime’s third in Quezon City, after SM North Edsa and SM Fairview, and the 14th in Metro Manila.

SM is still aggressively expanding its operations in the country despite the expected slowdown in the domestic economy.

The company earlier said that it planned to spend P33 billion over the next five years for the construction of new and expansion of existing malls.

SM Prime this year is spending P6 billion in capital expenditure as it plans to open three shopping malls, namely SM Rosales, SM Baliuag and SM Marikina.

SM Prime is also looking to construct three to four malls in China over the next five years.

SM Prime last year acquired three shopping malls in China owned by the Sy family through a share swap agreement.

The company operates 30 malls nationwide as of end- 2007 with a combined gross floor area of 3.9 million square meters and an average daily pedestrian count of 2.5 million.

SM Prime’s net income in 2007 reached P6 billion, up 10 percent from P5.4 billion in 2006.

Gross revenues rose 16 percent to P15.3 billion due to the opening of three new malls and the expansion of three.

Rental revenue in the period grew 17 percent to P12.8 from P11 billion in 2006 while cinema ticket sales improved 15 percent to P1.8 billion versus a year-ago level of P1.6 billion.

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stickerPROXY18

July 14th, 2008, 11:14 AM

^^ wow that would be great! 4.6 km apart from SM Fairview and 6 km from SM North EDSA. I wonder if this would be a supermall or supercenter lang.

EDIT: According to Google Earth 7 km apart pala from SM North. Pero palagay ko mas mabilis parin puntahan ang SM North kung galing kang GSP/ABC 5 dahil less traffic.

philip_v

July 14th, 2008, 12:04 PM

I hope SM's rapid expansion won't later hurt the company. Look at Starbucks in the US.

mygz14

July 14th, 2008, 12:05 PM

richard24

July 14th, 2008, 12:11 PM

this would be the 4th in QC., if we count in SM Sta. Mesa.

mygz14

July 14th, 2008, 12:13 PM

EASTWOOD CITY MALL
Scheduled to Open on October 2008

1U8BbOWVdKs

thomasian

July 14th, 2008, 01:04 PM

this would be the 4th in QC., if we count in SM Sta. Mesa.

Oo nga. SM City Sta Mesa has QC as it's official address.

leechtat

July 14th, 2008, 02:25 PM

I hope SM's rapid expansion won't later hurt the company. Look at Starbucks in the US.

^^ sad for starbucks.. the only difference is people here in the phils like to hang-out in malls since mainit nga sa labas.. so the tendency is even those who will not go there to buy stuff will actually end up buying food or watching the cinema while malling.. win-win for sm...

kevinb

July 14th, 2008, 02:26 PM

isetann
kita nyo yung sa recto, kakatakot, parang pugad ng mga mamanyak ng lalaki

I agree about sa mga lalae dun, pero mukhang hindi naman siya nalulugi. Dami pa rin naman niya tenants. Hindi rin nauubusan tao kahit karamihan sa kanila nagpapalamig lang. Hehehehe. :D

richard24

July 14th, 2008, 02:31 PM

onga., buhay na buhay ang isetann recto., puro taga FEU or UST ang laman.

kevinb

July 14th, 2008, 02:31 PM

iloilocitykid

July 14th, 2008, 03:13 PM

^^ Gaisano City Iloilo I believe. It was supposed to be at par with SM City Iloilo and Robinsons Place Iloilo but it turned out to be a big ukay-ukayan now has a lot of vacant tenant spaces.

Atrium and Marymart Malls did managed to hold on because of the large market they have in the downtown area, complemented by SM Delgado and Robinson's Iloilo.

Still it is very popular among La Paz residents and the nearby schools such as WIT, WVSU and INHS. I still consider Gaisano City a success, though not entirely a big one. :)

philip_v

July 14th, 2008, 04:57 PM

^^ sad for starbucks.. the only difference is people here in the phils like to hang-out in malls since mainit nga sa labas.. so the tendency is even those who will not go there to buy stuff will actually end up buying food or watching the cinema while malling.. win-win for sm...

i guess so. especially since starbucks is targeting the high-end market, while SM is for all walks of life.

habagatcentral1

July 14th, 2008, 05:25 PM

Still it is very popular among La Paz residents and the nearby schools such as WIT, WVSU and INHS. I still consider Gaisano City a success, though not entirely a big one. :)

Popular but it didn't went through as planned before, or even its glory before...which would be at par with SM and Robinsons. It was envisioned to be "The Mall" for Jaro and LaPaz market (and even the rest).

I may call it a "successful failure"
Success in the case that you've mentioned, popular amongst the residents.
Failure because it has diminished prestige and now under-utilized.

They still have humongous space to fill up. I was suggesting why not make the big space at the upper floors as part of an IT facility like what SM City did to its topmost floor.

Sinjin P.

July 14th, 2008, 05:47 PM

onga., buhay na buhay ang isetann recto., puro taga FEU or UST ang laman.

True, nakita ko kanina sa TV Patrol na nifeature ang mga students na stranded sa Isetann Recto dahil baha at walang dumadaan na jeep. :D

WawaY[625]

July 14th, 2008, 05:49 PM

gaisano mall of davao sounds funny...

and why?

dapat naman kasi GAISANO: Mall of Davao ang pagbasa nun eh
parang Mall of Asia, Mall of America etc..
kaya nga sa logo eh nakalagay

GAISANO
MALL OF DAVAO

pero pag binasa mo nga as Gaisano Mall of Davao eh funny nga :lol:

Sinjin P.

July 14th, 2008, 05:52 PM

^ Ako, I don't find anything funny sa pangalan. Mabagal talaga ako pumick-up :lol:

Eto siguro nakakatawa:

Gaisano Grand Fiesta Mall Tabunok :rofl:

at isa pang brand ng Gaisano Malls:

Gaisano Capital Mactan :rofl:

WawaY[625]

July 14th, 2008, 05:54 PM

^^ funny yung Gaisano Grand Fiesta Mall Tabunok if the mall is neither Grand nor Festive :lol:

Sinjin P.

July 14th, 2008, 05:56 PM

^ Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit 'yung Gaisano mall in Cebu City ay pinangalanang Gaisano Country Mall :lol:

WawaY[625]

July 14th, 2008, 05:58 PM

baka "country mall" ang concept? like medyo probinsya mall sa amerika ang gusto nilang mangyari?

diba nung nag open yan di pa gaanong matao ang banilad?

habagatcentral1

July 14th, 2008, 06:00 PM

^^ Eh sa amin nga eh, I was wondering who was the original to conceive "CITY" in the name of their malls? SM ba or Gaisano?

Because, officially there is:
SM City Iloilo
and there is
Gaisano City Iloilo

:lol:

Sinjin P.

July 14th, 2008, 06:09 PM

;22621762']baka "country mall" ang concept? like medyo probinsya mall sa amerika ang gusto nilang mangyari?

diba nung nag open yan di pa gaanong matao ang banilad?

Yep, nu'ng 80s siya nag-open. I dunno if matao na ba ang Banilad dati. Hindi pa ako pinapanganak n'yan. :nuts:

^^ Eh sa amin nga eh, I was wondering who was the original to conceive "CITY" in the name of their malls? SM ba or Gaisano?

Because, officially there is:
SM City Iloilo
and there is
Gaisano City Iloilo

:lol:

Kelan ba nagbukas ang Gaisano City Iloilo? 'Yung SM City North EDSA kasi when it was opened in 1985 eh SM City lang so matagal na rin 'yung SM sa city na pangalan. :D

WawaY[625]

July 14th, 2008, 06:12 PM

Yep, nu'ng 80s siya nag-open. I dunno if matao na ba ang Banilad dati. Hindi pa ako pinapanganak n'yan. :nuts:

alam ko 90s nag open ang Country Mall :yes:

kasi natatandaan ko pa sa magazine ng "freeman" ang ad nyan..medyo nauna lang ng konti mag open ang Victoria Plaza (early 90s nag open) compared sa Gaisano Country Mall :yes:

habagatcentral1

July 14th, 2008, 06:13 PM

^^ Sa pagkakaalam ko, nauna ang Gaisano City LaPaz magbukas pero palagay ko nung mga panahon na yon, pinopromote na ng SM malls ang "City" brand name...I think nong Van knows this better than I do. :D

Sinjin P.

July 14th, 2008, 06:14 PM

;22622086']alam ko 90s nag open ang Country Mall :yes:

kasi natatandaan ko pa sa magazine ng "freeman" ang ad nyan..medyo nauna lang ng konti mag open ang Victoria Plaza (early 90s nag open) compared sa Gaisano Country Mall :yes:

Ay yep, mga 1993 or 1994 yata. 'Yung Gaisano Main pala ang 1980s

blueguy

July 14th, 2008, 06:35 PM

^^
When SM City North EDSA opened in 1985, it was known as SM CITY....

Sinjin P.

July 14th, 2008, 06:48 PM

^ Yep. The SM City to be exact. Sosyal.

SUV111

July 14th, 2008, 06:54 PM

^ Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit 'yung Gaisano mall in Cebu City ay pinangalanang Gaisano Country Mall :lol:

Ive been to cebu several times but never got the chance to visit gaisano country mall...nakita ko lang yung building and it looks good naman...ok pa rin ba yang mall na yan kahit na may SM and ayala na dyan na sobrang ganda at laki :)

kevinb

July 14th, 2008, 08:27 PM

^ Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit 'yung Gaisano mall in Cebu City ay pinangalanang Gaisano Country Mall :lol:

Hindi kaya gusto na nilang gawing country ang Cebu? :lol:

alliele

July 15th, 2008, 03:21 AM

SM Prime eyes 3rd QC mall
By Jenniffer B. Austria, 14 Jul 2008
Source: Manila Standard today

SM Prime Holdings Inc., the country’s largest shopping mall operator and developer, will build a P1.5-billion shopping mall in Novaliches, Quezon City after acquiring a huge property from the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.

SM Investments Corp. chief finance officer Jose Sio told the StandardToday, that the company recently purchased the five-hectare property in San Bartolome, Novaliches, right in front of the head office of Associated Broadcasting Co., or ABC-5.

Sio declined to say the purchase price. He said the company was finalizing the design of the mall and planned to start construction by next year.

“We have already lined up our projects this year so we will start the Novaliches mall next year,” Sio said.

Girl Scouts of the Philippines bought the five-hectare camping site in Novaliches in 1957.

The physical assets of the site included a two-story concrete house complete with living, dining, play and study rooms and bedrooms, plus a kitchen, baths, comfort rooms, maids’ quarters and garage, a swimming pool, a 6,000 gallon capacity water tank and a 7,000-watt electric generator.

The Novaliches mall will be SM Prime’s third in Quezon City, after SM North Edsa and SM Fairview, and the 14th in Metro Manila.

SM is still aggressively expanding its operations in the country despite the expected slowdown in the domestic economy.

The company earlier said that it planned to spend P33 billion over the next five years for the construction of new and expansion of existing malls.

SM Prime this year is spending P6 billion in capital expenditure as it plans to open three shopping malls, namely SM Rosales, SM Baliuag and SM Marikina.

SM Prime is also looking to construct three to four malls in China over the next five years.

SM Prime last year acquired three shopping malls in China owned by the Sy family through a share swap agreement.

The company operates 30 malls nationwide as of end- 2007 with a combined gross floor area of 3.9 million square meters and an average daily pedestrian count of 2.5 million.

SM Prime’s net income in 2007 reached P6 billion, up 10 percent from P5.4 billion in 2006.

Gross revenues rose 16 percent to P15.3 billion due to the opening of three new malls and the expansion of three.

Rental revenue in the period grew 17 percent to P12.8 from P11 billion in 2006 while cinema ticket sales improved 15 percent to P1.8 billion versus a year-ago level of P1.6 billion.

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oh no! :ohno: lalong magkaka-traffic nyan sa Quirino Highway. :bash:

pepeng_agimat

July 15th, 2008, 04:13 AM

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cq40

July 15th, 2008, 05:40 AM

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skyscraper100

July 15th, 2008, 08:38 AM

;22621416']and why?

dapat naman kasi GAISANO: Mall of Davao ang pagbasa nun eh
parang Mall of Asia, Mall of America etc..
kaya nga sa logo eh nakalagay

GAISANO
MALL OF DAVAO

pero pag binasa mo nga as Gaisano Mall of Davao eh funny nga :lol:

ok nman,pro medyo trying hard lang...im not comparing them but the name is quite similar
ok lang cguro kc wla pa namang mall of asia nun.

Sinjin P.

July 15th, 2008, 09:18 AM

^ What's trying hard about the name?

bacolodchamp

July 15th, 2008, 11:39 AM

^ What's trying hard about the name?

what he's trying to imply i think is that when sm coined the idea of putting "city" after its name, everyone else followed suit e.g. gaisano city. now that they have mall of asia, others began putting "mall of...." after their name also. that, i think makes them trying hard.:lol:

thomasian

July 15th, 2008, 11:54 AM

^^ The newly-renovated segment of Robinsons Galleria's West Lane 3/F (west-segment of the expansion mall, AFAIK, is called the "Jump Street", the mall's new kid's section.

EASTWOOD CITY MALL
Scheduled to Open on October 2008

1U8BbOWVdKs

At last.

Sinjin P.

July 15th, 2008, 02:27 PM

Mali po ang spelling. MAYONNAISE dapat.

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SM Supermarket - SM City Sta. Mesa

photo by gem (Flickr) (http://flickr.com/photos/treetop_apple_juice/)

Sinjin P.

July 15th, 2008, 02:32 PM

Landmark Supermarket TriNoma
the multi-award-winning supermarket

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Sinjin P.

July 15th, 2008, 02:43 PM

Alabang Town Center
the middle class zone

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photo by vulcanraven (Flickr) (http://flickr.com/photos/27897370@N06/)

Sinjin P.

July 15th, 2008, 02:43 PM

Alabang Town Center

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cq40

July 15th, 2008, 03:08 PM

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thomasian

July 15th, 2008, 04:06 PM

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Wow, they're now starting to install "the wave" cladding to THE BLOCK.

stanleymalls

July 15th, 2008, 05:17 PM

^^ Naku halata ang mga spaghetti wires! :no:

SM! Tanggalin yan! Now na! :soapbox: :jk:

stanleymalls

July 15th, 2008, 05:24 PM

EASTWOOD CITY MALL
Scheduled to Open on October 2008

1U8BbOWVdKs

Ma try nga pumunta jan sa October.......:)

filcan

July 16th, 2008, 01:56 AM

Landmark Supermarket TriNoma
the multi-award-winning supermarket

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photo by bredgur (Flickr) (http://flickr.com/photos/bredgur/)

Oh my gulay! Ang ganda!

paulnaki

July 16th, 2008, 07:02 AM

Oh my gulay! Ang ganda!
soyal na sosyal ang dating. kumusta naman prices dyan?

Sinjin P.

July 16th, 2008, 07:19 AM

^ Murang-mura. Parang Gaisano lang. ;)

stickerPROXY18

July 16th, 2008, 08:10 PM

SM Prime eyes 3rd QC mall
By Jenniffer B. Austria, 14 Jul 2008
Source: Manila Standard today

Hindi ba counted ang SM Cubao?

mygz14

July 16th, 2008, 08:41 PM

Hindi ba counted ang SM Cubao?

SM Cubao is not classified as a Mall. It's purely a department store with a food court and some tenants at the basement.

boy muscovado

July 17th, 2008, 06:38 AM

parang naka encounter na si doc ah. i mean nakakita na. :lol: :jk:

ha ha ha ha...naughty....^^:tongue2::angel:

^^ Gaisano City Iloilo I believe. It was supposed to be at par with SM City Iloilo and Robinsons Place Iloilo but it turned out to be a big ukay-ukayan now has a lot of vacant tenant spaces.

Atrium and Marymart Malls did managed to hold on because of the large market they have in the downtown area, complemented by SM Delgado and Robinson's Iloilo.

Yes because Marymart and atrium served as "transit points" for people who would like to go from one mall/important place to another. So it would not run out of customers for sometimes they entice "walk-bys" to stop and shop...he hehehe :lol:

^ Ako nakaencounter na ng mga batang kalye na naglalaro sa loob ng Harrison Plaza sa Manila. Parang may rugby boys pa nga akong nakita sa loob dati. Nakakatakot. Kumusta na pala ang Harrison Plaza ngayon? Last time I visited was last year.

Kulang pa rin sa lighting and there are some idle spots where walang sekyu but instead guys and gals who love to stare and smile at all people kahit di nila kilala.^^

WawaY[625]

July 17th, 2008, 06:43 PM

what he's trying to imply i think is that when sm coined the idea of putting "city" after its name, everyone else followed suit e.g. gaisano city. now that they have mall of asia, others began putting "mall of...." after their name also. that, i think makes them trying hard.:lol:

kung ganun, tring hard din ang Mall of Asia and yung Mall of Dubai kasi ang nauna naman talaga eh ang Mall of America (somebody correct me if may mas nauna pa though) :)

as for Gaisano Mall, eh totoo naman, its the "Mall of Davao" since presently its the biggest mall in Davao so its "the mall" of Davao

I dunno ano talaga ang intention nila behind the name, pero hula ko its a statement na parang sila ang "premiere mall" siguro ng Davao (which is up for debate kasi wala naman talagang nakakalamang IMO between G-Mall, SM and NCCC) or whatever hehe

junax

July 17th, 2008, 07:02 PM

c0kelitr0

July 18th, 2008, 09:57 AM

GearX

July 19th, 2008, 03:57 AM

PNB Mall - Pasyalan ng Bayan Mall :cheers:

adverg

July 19th, 2008, 05:11 AM

When can we have those deconstructive type of mall design, huh hope we can, i love it....

CabanNgTuwa

July 19th, 2008, 07:07 AM

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it's about time naman na since the mall has been around since the EDSA Revolution era, nung nasa West Triangle pa kami dati, ganun na ang itsura ng Sm West/North EDSA and that is almost 20 years ago!

ona

July 20th, 2008, 08:59 AM

ano kaya kulay ng wave feature na yan?

tigidig14

July 21st, 2008, 06:47 AM

Hindi ka kasi nakikinig sa kwento nung nangyari sakin dati sa Harrison Plaza, ang bilin ko eh hindi dapat tayong mga SSC guys tumatambay sa mga railings ng mga mall at nang hindi tayo napapagkalamalang callboy. :nono:
aaah--nde ko alam to, pero nde ako nasa railing, lalabas pa lang ako sa banyo pagkatapos umihi:lol:

pronghorn

July 21st, 2008, 10:28 AM

Greenbelt 3 and 5 taken by me last Sunday

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cq40

July 21st, 2008, 10:36 AM

^^Ayoko mag mura pero, Greendelt 5...:banana2:
Ang Ganda Ganda mo pwede bang tau na? :lol:

skyscraper100

July 21st, 2008, 11:03 AM

;22771276']kung ganun, tring hard din ang Mall of Asia and yung Mall of Dubai kasi ang nauna naman talaga eh ang Mall of America (somebody correct me if may mas nauna pa though) :)

as for Gaisano Mall, eh totoo naman, its the "Mall of Davao" since presently its the biggest mall in Davao so its "the mall" of Davao

I dunno ano talaga ang intention nila behind the name, pero hula ko its a statement na parang sila ang "premiere mall" siguro ng Davao (which is up for debate kasi wala naman talagang nakakalamang IMO between G-Mall, SM and NCCC) or whatever hehe

ive never been to the "mall of davao" how does the mall looks like?

WawaY[625]

July 21st, 2008, 12:01 PM

ive never been to the "mall of davao" how does the mall looks like?

nothing spectacular TBH, just your regular mall. its just that its the biggest mall in Davao and the biggest Gaisano in the country (AFAIK)

IslandSon.PH

July 21st, 2008, 04:12 PM

SM marikina will be opening on september 5.:banana:

richard24

July 21st, 2008, 04:33 PM

^^ onga., there's a huge sign in front which says sept 5., :) nakasulat pa, "the future of shopping begins now" (yata,) :)

yung mga tenants nag aayos na ng units sa loob., pag gabi minsan nakabukas yung lights pa sa loob., :) cant wait. :)

pronghorn

July 22nd, 2008, 01:51 AM

SM marikina will be opening on september 5.:banana:

I'm not excited about this opening. :( hate the effin' design

cq40

July 22nd, 2008, 02:40 PM

I'm excited about the opening, I Loooooove the Ramp...
SM Marikina, i hope ur promising.

stanleymalls

July 22nd, 2008, 03:14 PM

SM marikina will be opening on september 5.:banana:

Wah! Just before my birthday! Makapunta nga jan! Birthday gift sa sarili! Adik! :lol: :lol: :lol:

richard24

July 22nd, 2008, 06:34 PM

pupunta ako sa opening! :) sakto wala akong class., hehehe., :)

pronghorn

July 23rd, 2008, 06:12 AM

^^ anu kaya makikita sa opening? May cinemas ba dun?

mygz14

July 23rd, 2008, 07:45 AM

^^ anu kaya makikita sa opening? May cinemas ba dun?

SM Marikina has 8 Cinemas

Sinjin P.

July 23rd, 2008, 07:56 AM

To bring viewers back, mall theaters offer La-Z-Boy seats

MALL cinemas are racing to build expensive theaters with stadium-style seating, the arrangement film buffs seem to prefer because they see the screen wherever they’re seated.

The race heated up after a new kid on the block, Ayala’s Trinoma, beat longtime leader SM North Edsa with its seven-screen multiplex and their stadium configuration. It signaled that the auditorium style that Henry Sy used to draw the hordes to his malls may have outlived its usefulness, and Trinoma’s box office receipts show it. During this month’s first weekend alone, for instance, Trinoma’s multiplex contributed P2.37 million to the P36.21 million that the movie Hancock grossed in four days, beating SM North Edsa’s P1.61-million take.

Trinoma’s success surprises even Ayala Cinema’s Rollie Dueñas. “We didn’t expect us to be the theaters of choice among the market in Quezon City, considering there are other theaters nearby” Dueñas says of his multiplex whose tickets are priced P20 higher than SM North’s. “We’re glad we’re doing well-especially with the English-language films.”

A spokesman for Hancock’s distributors says Trinoma’s theaters are drawing the crowds because of the mall’s access to the commuter trains serving the Monumento-Baclaran sector, its taxi bays, and its bus and jeepney stops.

Ric Camaligan, vice president of SM Leisures, acknowledges that Trinoma has overtaken SM City North Edsa in movie ticket sales. “The mall is new and as we know, we like to try what’s new,” he says.

Implicitly, Camaligan acknowledged that the stadium style may have been winning the ticket war when he said the new SM City Marikina would have stadium-style seating. The Sys’ other theaters face fixing up as well.

“We’re retooling some,” Camaligan says. “We’ve converted one of the theaters in The Block [on SM North] into a digital 3D screen, a downsized version of the IMAX at the SM Mall of Asia. We also added digital projection in some of our theaters to accommodate digital films.”

HE Sys’ reconfiguration of their multiplexes represents some sort of admission that they might have failed to read their market or the competition or both. Indeed, the market leader that brought down the cinema palaces on Rizal Avenue and Aurora Boulevard and Cubao in Quezon City—the cinemas that ruled the roost from the 1950s up to the late 1970s—is now following trends instead of starting them.

Sy brought down the movie palaces when he offered theaters at the SM City North Edsa with state-of-the-art sound and wide screens in 1983. Dispensing with the balcony, but retaining the orchestra and loge sections of the old cinema palace, he introduced the auditorium style of seating in the mall’s eight theaters, and then added four more five years later to present the biggest multiplex in the country.

SM North Edsa became the template for other developers wanting to ensure a constant flow of human traffic in their malls, and it just grew and grew. It eventually offered 50,000 seats to become the biggest theater circuit in the country, so that one simultaneous screening means P26 million in gross receipts at P130 per ticket in just one day.

The multiplexes at the SM malls reigned, but the competition eventually wised up. As if on cue, the Power Plant in Rockwell, the Shangri-La Plaza in Mandaluyong, and the Gateway in Quezon City rejected the auditorium style in favor of the stadium in building their cinemas. The Robinsons malls in Manila and Mandaluyong reconfigured their auditoriums into stadiums, and three years ago the Aranetas built a spanking multiplex with 10 screens on top of Gateway Mall—one of those a premium theater exclusive to Globe Platinum members, and with La-Z-Boy seats.

The SM group finally took notice when Trinoma, the new high-end mall just across the street, embraced the stadium design and got the crowds coming. The group had initially ignored the trend, saying its theaters were meant for a market that did not really care about technological advances in movie exhibition like digital surround. Now it’s having second thoughts about it.

Still, while the auditorium style of seating in multiplexes may have been out of fashion, Camaligan of SM Leisures says SM is not about to plunge into a wholesale reconfiguration of its existing cinemas. That will require some serious study, he says, because a new theater with state-of-the-art projection and sound means millions of pesos in investment.

“That’s a lot of money at a time when the movie industry worldwide is going through difficult times,” he says.

pronghorn

July 23rd, 2008, 09:07 AM

Podium

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pronghorn

July 23rd, 2008, 09:08 AM

SM Marikina has 8 Cinemas

8? wow. sana okay ang sounds nila. Yun ang reason why I dont wanna watch sa sm cinemas except sa imax

stickerPROXY18

July 23rd, 2008, 02:33 PM

speaking of sm cinemas. ano ang pinagkaiba ng ordinary sm cinemas sa D Cinema(yes digital sya pero whats the difference) sa The Block?

mygz14

July 23rd, 2008, 04:56 PM

speaking of sm cinemas. ano ang pinagkaiba ng ordinary sm cinemas sa D Cinema(yes digital sya pero whats the difference) sa The Block?

A Digital Cinema, from what I know, makes use of a Disc rather than the conventional reel. So, once you use a disc, it prevents having scratches in the film. If you've noticed when watching movies in a theater, there are some glitches on-screen. Digital Cinema is like DVD whereas the conventional cinema is similar to VHS.

stickerPROXY18

July 23rd, 2008, 06:32 PM

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SM North EDSA late 80s/early 90s

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(errr...sorry im not a photographer. i am a filipino)
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sorry for flooding :nuts:

amras

July 23rd, 2008, 07:25 PM

A Digital Cinema, from what I know, makes use of a Disc rather than the conventional reel. So, once you use a disc, it prevents having scratches in the film. If you've noticed when watching movies in a theater, there are some glitches on-screen. Digital Cinema is like DVD whereas the conventional cinema is similar to VHS.

Digital cinema also has higher screen resolution and frame rates so images/videos appear clearer and sharper, parang HD kumbaga.

ona

July 23rd, 2008, 09:35 PM

hopefully TriNoma takes a que and further improves its mall so it keeps its lead.

nick_marayag

July 23rd, 2008, 10:48 PM

my american friend told me that sm marikina is look like airport because of the ramp and he never realize that philippines has a lot of expensive mall from corner to corner of the capital. He was there last month and just came back last week. He also told me that philippines is now competitive country in terms of high rise buildings and environmental cleanliness (he's pertaining to Marikina). And he loves to watch people in Marikina bayan walking in pedestrian lane. Proud to hear from him that Filipinos are disciplined people. Mabuhay ka Pilipinas!!! Mabuhay ka Marikina City!!! Salamat sa'yo BF...

c0kelitr0

July 24th, 2008, 11:04 AM

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
(errr...sorry im not a photographer. i am a filipino)

what do you mean by that statement? there are many talented and great Filipino photographers in this forum.

stickerPROXY18

July 24th, 2008, 11:07 AM

what do you mean by that statement? there are many talented and great Filipino photographers in this forum.

nah...dont worry im not degrading us filipinos...im just playing around. i am not a photographer, only a normal Filipino, that is what I mean. :)

cq40

July 24th, 2008, 02:44 PM

hopefully TriNoma takes a que and further improves its mall so it keeps its lead.
Of Course The Ayalas know SM Will fight back. They are smarter than that really, so they will literally sit back and wait for SM's redevelopment plan then they strike back...

Poor SM still using silly Auditorium style seating where it sucks coz you always see the heads of those in front of you...

JustHorace

July 24th, 2008, 04:23 PM

kennethologist

July 24th, 2008, 04:23 PM

JudeD

July 24th, 2008, 05:22 PM

A Digital Cinema, from what I know, makes use of a Disc rather than the conventional reel.

Digital cinema also has higher screen resolution and frame rates so images/videos appear clearer and sharper, parang HD kumbaga.

Just a correction: As it is right now, the most widespread resolution (2k) used in current digital theatre technology does not quite have as high a resolution as standard 35mm film and definitely is nowhere near the resolution of 70mm film (which is what IMAX uses). 4k resolution is similar resolution-wise to 35mm but even that is still debatable and as yet there are very few theatres equipped to display it or movies distributed at that resolution. Also, digital movies are distributed on hard drives or via secure broadband connections, not on discs since at 2k resolution, even a dual-layer bluray disc won't be able to accomodate a full-length movie.

from wikipedia:
Distributors naturally prefer digital distribution, because it saves them the expense of making film prints, which may cost as much as $2000 each. Digital projection also offers advantages over traditional film projection such as lack of jitter, flicker, dust, scratches, and grain. They are also far more flexible with regard to running trailers, pre-feature advertisements and the like.

Substantive debate over the subject of film resolution vs. digital image resolution is clouded by the fact that it is difficult to meaningfully and objectively determine the resolution of either.

Unlike a digital sensor, a film frame does not have a regular grid of discrete pixels. Rather, it has an irregular pattern of differently sized grains. As a film frame is scanned at higher and higher resolutions, image detail is increasingly masked by grain, but it is difficult to determine at what point there is no more useful detail to extract. Moreover, different film stocks have widely varying ability to resolve detail.

Determining resolution in digital acquisition seems straightforward, but is significantly complicated by the way digital camera sensors work in the real world. This is particularly true in the case of high-end digital cinematography cameras that use a single large bayer pattern CMOS sensor. A bayer pattern sensor does not sample full RGB data at every point; each pixel is biased toward red, green or blue[4], and a full color image is assembled from this checkerboard of color by processing the image through a demosaicing algorithm. Generally with a bayer pattern sensor, actual resolution will fall somewhere between the "native" value and half this figure, with different demosaicing algorithms producing different results. Additionally, most digital cameras (both bayer and three-chip designs) employ optical low-pass filters to avoid aliasing. Such filters reduce resolution.

In general, it is widely accepted that film exceeds the resolution of HDTV formats and the 2K digital cinema format, but there is still significant debate about whether 4K digital acquisition can match the results achieved by scanning 35mm film at 4K, as well as whether 4K scanning actually extracts all the useful detail from 35mm film in the first place. However, as of 2007 the majority of films that use a digital intermediate are done at 2K because of the costs associated with working at higher resolutions. Additionally, 2K projection is chosen for almost all permanent digital cinema installations, often even when 4K projection is available.

One important thing to note is that the process of optical duplication, used to produce theatrical release prints for movies that originate both on film and digitally, causes significant loss of resolution. If a 35mm negative does capture more detail than 4K digital acquisition, ironically this may only be visible when a 35mm movie is scanned and projected on a 4K digital projector.

jefflacs

July 24th, 2008, 05:23 PM

Ang stadium style lang na cinema ng SM ay yung IMAX but still you see a bit of the head in front of you (laki kasi nung screen based on experience watching The dark knight hehe)

IslandSon.PH

July 24th, 2008, 05:57 PM

from cocktales:
The pioneering fast-food section of SM Cubao has been permanently shuttered, and the cavernous basement is now being renovated to give way to an SM supermarket, hopefully to open in time for the Yuletide spending spree.
A multi-story carpark, on the other hand, is being built on the parking lot adjoining SM, with a second-floor walkway to connect with the department store.

ona

July 24th, 2008, 06:42 PM

cq40

July 24th, 2008, 07:16 PM

ona

July 24th, 2008, 08:06 PM

^^That's what I expect especially if the Triangle Business Park in QC prospers. Next year they will already construct the 19,000 sq. m. Hypermart to make the total GLA 214,000 sq.m.

hiiamdib

July 24th, 2008, 10:41 PM

ona

July 25th, 2008, 01:05 PM

Of Course The Ayalas know SM Will fight back. They are smarter than that really, so they will literally sit back and wait for SM's redevelopment plan then they strike back...

Poor SM still using silly Auditorium style seating where it sucks coz you always see the heads of those in front of you...

Never ending back & forth improvemets ang gagawin ng dalawang mall. I think TriNoma will have more room for improvement though kasi pwede lang bilhin ng Ayala yung mga katabing lote ng TriNoma to enlarge it's mall, bukod dito directly linked sya sa future CBD ng QC which adds to its advantage.

skyscraper100

July 25th, 2008, 01:25 PM

skyscraper100

July 25th, 2008, 01:28 PM

73pTdzvtec4
SM Marikina,view from LRT2

stanleymalls

July 25th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Yung second picture na may isda......

Akala ko Singapore! :lol: :lol: :lol:

iamjomar

July 25th, 2008, 07:10 PM

73pTdzvtec4
SM Marikina,view from LRT2

kailan po ba opening ng SM Marikina?:)

skyscraper100

July 25th, 2008, 09:44 PM

according to wikipedia on sep. 5, 2008

stanleymalls

July 27th, 2008, 04:38 PM

There are tons of room for expansion for Trinoma, so SM North, sorry nlang kc wala nang room for expansion, unless gibain ang main building at carpark to rebuild Or bilhin ang golden acres, san francisco highschool at quezon city science high school...

I think SM said that they already bought those lots @ the back of NoE for the "big" expansion..... But correct me if I'm wrong, ok? :)

nayki

July 28th, 2008, 02:13 AM

Ang pag kakaalam ko ililipat na iyong golden acres eh... Ililipat sa isang mas malaki at komportableng lugar masyado na ding maliit daw iyong facilties nila ngayon. Ang pag kakaalam ko din may bibili noong lugar nila di lang ako sigurado kung sm un.

thomasian

July 28th, 2008, 03:46 AM

^^I do think TriNoma will improve. The top level of the North Ave parking building has been close for quite some time now. I wonder why they had to do that, considering that that mall desperately needs more parking space.

And they're putting up those horizontal steel bars to cover up Mindanao Parking. Now it's looking a little more like the Anson's parking building across Landmark Makati.

Dati kasi that side (North Ave. corner EDSA) of TriNoma looks like an industrial warehouse-factory-whatever sturucture dahil siguro kasi nakaharap sa SM North EDSA kaya di na naisipang pagandahin. Eh dahil magkaka-Sky Garden na ang SM, kailangan nang pagandahin yung harap nila para yung mga tao na tatambay sa Sky Garden ng SM, pag napatingin sila sa TriNoma eh sasabihin na nilang "Wow ang ganda ng TriNoma o, lipat na lang tayo dun, isang tawid lang naman papunta dun eh.". :lol:

ona

July 28th, 2008, 07:30 AM

Malamang magkaka extension itong TriNoma Garden para tapatan yung SM. Rustans and Hypermart are still to follow in 2009 kaya simula palang ito ng improvements sa North Edsa Malls.

cq40

July 28th, 2008, 07:51 AM

^^Rustans? Wow Landmark & Rustans sa Area? Plus Hypermart Super-Regional Mall nga. Wawa naman SM wala nang maiimprove duun. (Unless gibain ang main building na kakapaganda palang)

ona

July 28th, 2008, 08:09 AM

Matagal nang may Landmark dyan. Yung Rustans sa ibang building na siguro kasi may remaining 5 hectares pa. In fairness to SM, total face-lift ang ginagawa ngayon, after the improvements of SM it will be the largest SM Mall. TriNoma will then construct it's Hypermart, Rustans and it's proposed hotels after the redevelopment of SM. Eventually, SM will develop its remaining lots behind the mall so it will become a shopping complex like Rockwell. TriNoma may probably expand to cater to the future CBD so it will cater to a future CBD much like Glorietta/Greenbelt in Makati.

thomasian

July 28th, 2008, 09:58 AM

^^ Bagong balita yung magkaka-Rustan's sa TriNoma. Saan mo nabalitaan?

cq40

July 28th, 2008, 11:57 AM

Matagal nang may Landmark dyan..
Dear, I KNOW my landmark syan, Jus mio por santo...look under my username on the left.

Yung Rustans sa ibang building na siguro kasi may remaining 5 hectares pa.
On what publication or medium did you pickup "Rustans"? I hope it's not Hearsay. It would be a terrible insult to my dear Sinj

hecky12

July 28th, 2008, 12:47 PM

makakasali ba dito yung uniwide coastal mall?! malaki kasi ito pero once you get inside walang kwenta. sana nga bilhin na ito ng robinsons e tutal robinson din naman ang bumili sa isang branch ng uniwide sa metro east.

thomasian

July 28th, 2008, 03:04 PM

leechtat

July 28th, 2008, 03:38 PM

^^ oo nga, where will they put rustan's? it should be in the landmark side or in fromt of the veterans golf course.. since that is the area that i saw they have been clearing.. will investigate..

I think SM said that they already bought those lots @ the back of NoE for the "big" expansion..... But correct me if I'm wrong, ok? :)

Ang pag kakaalam ko ililipat na iyong golden acres eh... Ililipat sa isang mas malaki at komportableng lugar masyado na ding maliit daw iyong facilties nila ngayon. Ang pag kakaalam ko din may bibili noong lugar nila di lang ako sigurado kung sm un.

^^ accdg to my friend in smic, they already bought parts of the qcsci (QC Science HS) and golden acres.. smic will relocate them.

but i do hope they buy-out the BLISS property too, it does need a facelift..

thomasian

July 28th, 2008, 05:38 PM

^^ They are forced to buy some little land between the west-end of the parking building and the Grass Residences lot because they're supposed to build a bridge connecting Grass to SM North EDSA.

Without acquiring new land from either the QC Science High School or DepEd QC office, the SM NoE and Grass Res. lots don't have access to each other unless they buy air-rights from the Q.C. local gov't to build the bridge on top of Misamis St. Extension.

ona

July 28th, 2008, 07:29 PM

^^ So true, matagal na nating alam na may Landmark dun, ewan ko rin kung bakit kailangan pang sabihin yun sa atin. :lol:

Hay naku, na-misquote ka talaga nya, akala nya nung tinanong mong "Landmark and Rustan's?", kahit Landmark eh di mo alam na meron dun. Samantalang alam naman natin na nasurprise ka lang na magiging dalawa na sila dun kung magkakaroon nga talaga ng Rustan's.

Hindi ko rin alam kung saan nya nakuha yung balita ng Rustan's @ TriNoma.

Tama, na mis-quote lang kita. Tungkol sa Rustan's di pa sya nasa press release pero may usapan dito noon (I forgot the Thread #). Di umano may project engineer na nagreveal nito. That's really not far from happening kasi sabi ng Ayala noon yung remaining 5 hects. nito may retail, office at hotel establishment.

habagatcentral1

July 29th, 2008, 12:39 AM

Tutuban Mall, CM Recto Avenue, Manila

http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/3/photos/211/600x600/22/tutuban.jpg?et=45sWQV6ZglDgdHB9XJzX8g&nmid=107810312

http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/3/photos/211/600x600/2/Divi00002.jpg?et=cPSX3bnPUI0G1OS3QxBtDQ&nmid=107810312

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A mall with a history
http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/3/photos/211/600x600/14/Divi00014.jpg?et=L9nGSerIkSR6u%2CBQrl%2BxHQ&nmid=107810312

feistyradical

July 29th, 2008, 05:38 AM

Sana nga magkaroon ng Rustan's building beside Trinoma (if possible). The Rustan's in Gateway is lousy. As of now, I still prefer Rustan's Shang and Makati.

thomasian

July 29th, 2008, 07:23 AM

^^ Who knows, when Gateway finishes it's expansion The Gateway Tower 2 [25F|mix|u/c] Araneta Center, QC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=269914&page=3), Rustan's may expand on it.

stanleymalls

July 29th, 2008, 04:18 PM

kevinb

July 29th, 2008, 04:36 PM

thomasian

July 29th, 2008, 04:41 PM

It's not your usual style of mall.....

Para siyang Spanish-inspired na Mall..... Sosyal! :)

But that's because the façade is the old Tutuban station...

from: http://www.aenet.org/manila-expo/page21.htm
http://www.aenet.org/manila-expo/p21ima1.jpg

kevinb

July 29th, 2008, 04:46 PM

^^ I know but I find the mall better now because it's much, much cleaner than it used to be. Dati parang dugyot lang. Parang ung lumang StarMall Alabang. :D

thomasian

July 29th, 2008, 05:39 PM

^^ Hindi ikaw ang sinasabihan ko. My post was in reply of this...

It's not your usual style of mall.....

Para siyang Spanish-inspired na Mall..... Sosyal! :)

Ayan, edited ko na yung post ko. Ikaw kasi eh, sumingit yung post mo sa post namin, nagkalabu-labo tuloy! :lol:

skyscraper100

July 29th, 2008, 08:30 PM

ibig sabihin trying hard ang SM Mall of Asia kasi naunahan sila decade ago ng Gaisano Mall of Davao in using the "mall of" thing? LOL.

what's in a name ika nga ni romeo. basta ayos ang mall patok yan kahit anong name. :)

-wow :lol:
anong twag ng mga tao dyan "mod"?:banana:

ona

July 29th, 2008, 08:36 PM

Updated Largest Phil. Malls GLA (2008)

*Glorietta - 250,000 sq. m
*TriNoma - 195,000 sq. m. (214,000 sq. m. after Hypermart in 2009)
*SM North Edsa - 189,000 sq. m. (200,000 sq. m.+ after New Annex in 2009)
*SM Megamall - 185,000 sq.m.+ (200,000 sq.m.+ after Mega Expansion)
*SM Mall of Asia - 160,000-180,000 sq.m.?
*Robinsons Place Manila - 130,000-150,000 sq.m.?
*Festival Supermall - 135,000 sq. m.
*Robinsons Galleria - unknown GLA but flagship Robinsons Mall probably around 120,000 sq. m
*SM City Cebu - unknown GLA but SM mentions it as 4th largest mall probably around 120,000 sq. m
*SM SouthMall - probably around 120,000 sq. m

kevinb

July 29th, 2008, 09:32 PM

^^ Hindi ikaw ang sinasabihan ko. My post was in reply of this...

Ayan, edited ko na yung post ko. Ikaw kasi eh, sumingit yung post mo sa post namin, nagkalabu-labo tuloy! :lol:

Ay sorry ha. It's always my fault. :D

junax

July 30th, 2008, 01:31 AM

-wow :lol:
anong twag ng mga tao dyan "mod"?:banana:

nope, just G-Mall. the "mall of davao" term has been ignored for decades.

hecky12

July 30th, 2008, 06:01 AM

hahaha.. natawa ako dun ha..

feistyradical

July 30th, 2008, 08:42 AM

parang mali ang estimate na ito.

Updated Largest Phil. Malls GLA (2008)

*SM North Edsa - 189,000 sq. m. (200,000 sq. m.+ after New Annex in 2009)

Sinjin P.

July 30th, 2008, 12:22 PM

^ Actually tama 'yan. I have some articles here to support that claim

feistyradical

July 30th, 2008, 01:53 PM

Oh yeah GLA nga pala yan. I thought it was GFA which was posted on their website.

http://www.smprime.com/Supermalls.php?MallsID=2

I've passed by the construction of the new Annex several times and it's a pretty huge building. I'm not so sure if it has 4 or 5 floors. I wonder what the GLA of this building would be?

^ Actually tama 'yan. I have some articles here to support that claim

cq40

July 30th, 2008, 03:55 PM

Diba GLA Land Area, yung tinatapakan ng building na Leasable? Tama ba?

thomasian

July 30th, 2008, 04:31 PM

^ Actually tama 'yan. I have some articles here to support that claim

Gawa ka na kasi nung pino-propose kong "Mall Fact Box" thread, tapos locked nga para controlled natin ang posts at isang post lang pwede per mall na may info like GLA, GFA, number of floors, escalators, the anchor tenants, parking slots, etc. Ikaw na magsimula kasi mas marami kang alam sakin sa specs at stats ng mga mall. :okay:

Oh yeah GLA nga pala yan. I thought it was GFA which was posted on their website.

http://www.smprime.com/Supermalls.php?MallsID=2

I've passed by the construction of the new Annex several times and it's a pretty huge building. I'm not so sure if it has 4 or 5 floors. I wonder what the GLA of this building would be?

New Annex ng North EDSA? 6 mall levels above ground. And for the parking-building seamlessly-attached to it, 7-levels of parking (6+rooftop) on top of the ground floor which is (an extended) part of the mall.

Diba GLA Land Area, yung tinatapakan ng building na Leasable? Tama ba?

Lot area naman yata ang gusto mong sabihin eh. Di pwedeng gamitin yun sa computation ng GLA kasi several levels ang isang mall at hindi buong floor eh leasable, tulad ng common areas na hallways etc na di naman nili-lease-out para sa mga tenants.

Gross Leasable Area ang GLA, yung leasable area para sa mga tenants. Mas madaling bilangin pag ganun kasi ito-total lang naman nila yung binabayaran ng lahat ng tenants na per square-meter (sa pagkakaalam ko, but correct me if I'm wrong) ang lease, pati na rin yata ang cinemas at yung mga parking slots.

cq40

July 30th, 2008, 08:59 PM

^^Wala lang, SM Seems cheating kc they are using GFA. WHile everyone's using GLA

ona

July 31st, 2008, 12:02 AM

Publicity stunt lang yan ng SM para dayuhin mall nila. I've also wondered why for so long before Mega-mall was considered the biggest when Glorietta is really bigger in the real sense. But this topic is really subjective bec. some make the GFA the basis. Sana maglabas din Ayala ng figures of its Gross Floor Area. Based on my visual estimate the largest is Glorietta followed by MoA and TriNoma.

thomasian

July 31st, 2008, 12:51 PM

BoNduRanT

July 31st, 2008, 01:33 PM

I was able to get inside Phase 2 of Greenbelt 5 during a site visit earlier today. Finishing stages na lang. October ang opening.

Dreamtofly

July 31st, 2008, 01:56 PM

Sinjin P.

July 31st, 2008, 02:00 PM

I was able to get inside Phase 2 of Greenbelt 5 during a site visit earlier today. Finishing stages na lang. October ang opening.

So how was it? :D

BoNduRanT

July 31st, 2008, 04:34 PM

Same with Phase 1 pero the hallways are wider. I think there's going to be a rooftop garden based on the plan I saw. Almost 1/2 of the whole 4th floor will be occupied by a gym, I think FF yata.

thomasian

July 31st, 2008, 06:06 PM

^^ It's FF Platinum.

Eriq

July 31st, 2008, 06:37 PM

From http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos.html

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/2720244880_a396b3a2da_o.jpg

galore

July 31st, 2008, 07:29 PM

^^ omg is that grass on the roof?

wow!

ona

July 31st, 2008, 07:49 PM

Trend-setting talaga itong Green-belt. Sana mala TriNoma garden ang gawin nila dyan. Yung nakaka-excite yung redeveloped Glorietta. Kelan kaya sisimulan yun?

ona

July 31st, 2008, 07:53 PM

^^ Ang Ayala Center kasi hiwa-hiwalay sa Glorietta (1, the closed 2, 3, 4, and the U/C 5), Greenbelt (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), SM Makati, MRT Ayala Station Mall, Rustan's, Landmark, 6750 Retail Arcade, Park Square 1, The Link, Makati Shangri-La Retail Arcade, The Residences at Greenbelt Retail Arcade, Glorietta 3 Park (yes, the redesigned park now has a leasable space), Glorietta 2 Restaurant Row, at Gold Crest.

Alam ko na yan. May press statement akong nakita noon na nagsasabing 250,000 sq. m. GLA ng Glorietta tapos 75,000 yung sa Greenbelt. Yung Glorietta (1,2,3 & 4) isang building lang naman at pinaka-malawak talaga GLA ito among Philippine malls especially kung sinama Glorietta 5.

IslandSon.PH

July 31st, 2008, 07:55 PM

nice find!!! ganyan pala roofing ng gb5.

LhexiMont

August 1st, 2008, 02:00 AM

That grassy roof ....that's the one I saw last month or so ..a gardener was even watering that grassy roof that's why it caught my attention .It will probably a sneak preview of what they will do once they renovate Glorietta for the nth time .

Can the public access that grassy area ? para kasing ang sarap mag lay down or maupo sa grass na iyon while staring at those towering buildings and at night time sky .

blueguy

August 1st, 2008, 03:24 AM

^^Wala lang, SM Seems cheating kc they are using GFA. WHile everyone's using GLA

GFA - Gross Floor Area, includes leasable and non-leasable areas like hallways, back alleys and other mall areas....

GLA - Gross Leasable Area,

just in case....

Sinjin P.

August 1st, 2008, 07:03 AM

^ We all know that. Ang pinagtatalunan dito ay kung bakit GFA ang nakalagay sa mga SM Malls sa world's largest malls list while all the others are GLA, kaya madaya ang SM or nagkamali at kinulang sa effort ang researchers.

flip2_0

August 1st, 2008, 08:46 AM

^^ omg is that grass on the roof?

wow!

Golf putting anyone? :lol:

Eriq

August 1st, 2008, 09:04 AM

Golf putting anyone? :lol:

Sun-tanning :banana:

thomasian

August 1st, 2008, 09:16 AM

Picnic?

[dx]

August 1st, 2008, 09:45 AM

how 'bout some cows, goats, and sheep to liven up the scene? :jk: hehe OT na
pero looks cool. sana lahat ng bubong ganyan kaganda para mas awesome ang mga aerial shots.

stanleymalls

August 1st, 2008, 10:59 AM

Ang sosyal naman ng grass on the roof?! :wtf:

Love is a Picnic? :lol: :rofl:

leechtat

August 1st, 2008, 01:01 PM

From http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos.html

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/2720244880_a396b3a2da_o.jpg

^^ i love it, pwedeng magpanegra/negro sa bubong ng mall.. :lol:

would they be placing bars there? or a putting green?

@dx, i agree, all malls should have something like this in their roofs if not solar panels since they take up so much space... ang ganda siguro tingnan sa google eart if ever..

thomasian

August 1st, 2008, 03:08 PM

Just a correction: As it is right now, the most widespread resolution (2k) used in current digital theatre technology does not quite have as high a resolution as standard 35mm film and definitely is nowhere near the resolution of 70mm film (which is what IMAX uses). 4k resolution is similar resolution-wise to 35mm but even that is still debatable and as yet there are very few theatres equipped to display it or movies distributed at that resolution. Also, digital movies are distributed on hard drives or via secure broadband connections, not on discs since at 2k resolution, even a dual-layer bluray disc won't be able to accomodate a full-length movie.

from wikipedia:
Distributors naturally prefer digital distribution, because it saves them the expense of making film prints, which may cost as much as $2000 each. Digital projection also offers advantages over traditional film projection such as lack of jitter, flicker, dust, scratches, and grain. They are also far more flexible with regard to running trailers, pre-feature advertisements and the like.

Substantive debate over the subject of film resolution vs. digital image resolution is clouded by the fact that it is difficult to meaningfully and objectively determine the resolution of either.

Unlike a digital sensor, a film frame does not have a regular grid of discrete pixels. Rather, it has an irregular pattern of differently sized grains. As a film frame is scanned at higher and higher resolutions, image detail is increasingly masked by grain, but it is difficult to determine at what point there is no more useful detail to extract. Moreover, different film stocks have widely varying ability to resolve detail.

Determining resolution in digital acquisition seems straightforward, but is significantly complicated by the way digital camera sensors work in the real world. This is particularly true in the case of high-end digital cinematography cameras that use a single large bayer pattern CMOS sensor. A bayer pattern sensor does not sample full RGB data at every point; each pixel is biased toward red, green or blue[4], and a full color image is assembled from this checkerboard of color by processing the image through a demosaicing algorithm. Generally with a bayer pattern sensor, actual resolution will fall somewhere between the "native" value and half this figure, with different demosaicing algorithms producing different results. Additionally, most digital cameras (both bayer and three-chip designs) employ optical low-pass filters to avoid aliasing. Such filters reduce resolution.

In general, it is widely accepted that film exceeds the resolution of HDTV formats and the 2K digital cinema format, but there is still significant debate about whether 4K digital acquisition can match the results achieved by scanning 35mm film at 4K, as well as whether 4K scanning actually extracts all the useful detail from 35mm film in the first place. However, as of 2007 the majority of films that use a digital intermediate are done at 2K because of the costs associated with working at higher resolutions. Additionally, 2K projection is chosen for almost all permanent digital cinema installations, often even when 4K projection is available.

One important thing to note is that the process of optical duplication, used to produce theatrical release prints for movies that originate both on film and digitally, causes significant loss of resolution. If a 35mm negative does capture more detail than 4K digital acquisition, ironically this may only be visible when a 35mm movie is scanned and projected on a 4K digital projector.

A agree. It's just like the comparison of film cameras and digital cameras back when digicams are just newly introduced. Professional photographers then don't want to switch to digital as they believe that film captures more detail.

I believe the digital format still has a long way to go before being accepted in mainstream moviemaking and not just in budget filmmaking and independent filmmaking as it is widely used today.

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http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n20/sticker_proxy/Image0032.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n20/sticker_proxy/Image0012.jpg

Notice the bridge connecting the Sky Garden to The Block?

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa18/cq40/DSCN0689.jpg

Now notice how it will be covered all the way up to the front of the Sky Garden.
Seems like SM is planning ahead for, uhm, something. :D Perhaps a footbridge to TriNoma?!?

xednanx

August 1st, 2008, 08:08 PM

^^ i love it, pwedeng magpanegra/negro sa bubong ng mall.. :lol:

would they be placing bars there? or a putting green?

@dx, i agree, all malls should have something like this in their roofs if not solar panels since they take up so much space... ang ganda siguro tingnan sa google eart if ever..

sa pagkaka-alam ko ginagawa yan sa mga building ung grass/plants on the roof to reduce the heat sa loob lalo na pag pag hot weather; pwede din insulation pag sobra lamig.

tulad nito
http://www.ecogeek.org/images/stories/japanesegreenroof.jpg

ona

August 1st, 2008, 08:08 PM

Promising talaga ng Garden, it looks extensive and intricate. hopefully TriNoma creates a sky garden above there parking to beautify the side facing SM NoE.

jefflacs

August 4th, 2008, 06:56 AM

^^ Ang alam ko parang provision to build something on top of the parking lot yung sa trinoma facing SM

thomasian

August 4th, 2008, 07:40 AM

^^ Ganito, yung North Ave. parking building, may provision pang dagdagan ng several more floors, unlike the Mindanao Ave. Ext. parking building na full height na yun.

cq40

August 4th, 2008, 08:45 AM

Sinjin P.

August 4th, 2008, 09:45 AM

^ Ano 'yan, mala-Gateway?

Thanks for the update, Charles. :)

thomasian

August 4th, 2008, 10:28 AM

Dome-Like Structure
(Not Indicated in the Posted Redevelopment Plan)

[Had to put watermarks, coz i've seen my photos posted on other blogs and forums many times now, no credit!?!?! lol!]

Same here, I see my updates in other blogs and forums, without credit! Thank you anyway for the update. :D

I guess that dome thingy would be either the aviary, or the amphitheater.

Looks like the Sky Garden will be better than what we saw in the rendering.

Still no leaked shots of the Sky Garden mock-up? I remember someone here mentioned that he/she has seen the mock-up of the Sky Garden at talbog daw ang TriNoma sa ganda. Now I wonder where they did the mock-up, anyone?

^^ Ganito, yung North Ave. parking building, may provision pang dagdagan ng several more floors, unlike the Mindanao Ave. Ext. parking building na full height na yun.

So with that, pwede sigurong magdagdag na lang sila ng garden deck instead of more parking levels to make the SM-facing side of Trinoma pretty.

kennethologist

August 4th, 2008, 03:18 PM

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa18/cq40/FSCN0718-SM_North_Edsa.jpg

Dome-Like Structure
(Not Indicated in the Posted Redevelopment Plan)

:banana:

[Had to put watermarks, coz i've seen my photos posted on other blogs and forums many times now, no credit!?!?! lol!]

ooh that will be cool! baka temporary lang yung pillar at the center... once na-complete na yung structure that will be removed... hunch ko lang... it seems that the new SM NE SkyGarden will look very similar to a tent city! it looks quite different than the released perspective.

ona

August 4th, 2008, 07:10 PM

^^ Ang alam ko parang provision to build something on top of the parking lot yung sa trinoma facing SM

Di papatalo yung TriNoma, baka gawin nilang Garden Rooftop ang TriNoma at Parking. North Edsa is really becoming very exciting.

Ph Man

August 4th, 2008, 07:20 PM

yes, with this competition between the two great malls, the consumers are the ones who benefit.

ona

August 4th, 2008, 08:35 PM

I live in Makati but I still visit TriNoma and SM NoE dahil sa mga bagong development.

skyscraper100

August 4th, 2008, 10:31 PM

just my observation.
everytime we go vacation in our province,their mall is so different.
i dont know, maybe the ambiance? most of the mall color's are sky blue and yellow. and the ceiling are low.make's me feel a little weird.
it's different but i still love to see all the mall's everywhere.

Waldenstrom

August 5th, 2008, 03:04 AM

stanleymalls

August 8th, 2008, 04:15 PM

SOSYAL! Yehey! Ikakabit na si "Wavy Thing" kay Bloke! :lol: :lol: :lol:

aranetacoliseum

August 8th, 2008, 05:59 PM

yung kinakabit na wavy thing is parang or katulad din sa megamall, wavy nga lng. kita ko siya kanina eh.

ona

August 8th, 2008, 08:15 PM

Ive seen the color and it was light green. I was expecting SM to make it Blue like the one in the rendering. Hopefully, the outcome will be better though.

thomasian

August 8th, 2008, 09:26 PM

^^ It looks blue-green to me in the rendering.

It would have been better white so it can be transformed at night with amazing light effects.

ona

August 9th, 2008, 02:39 AM

^^I think white would become very hard to maintain and look dirty eventually considering the alternating waves of the cladding are hard to clean. I think the reason why SM covered most of the facade in green is because they want SM NoE to have a unified look. SM NoE always looked scattered and messy before because all its buildings were designed differently from its original building, old annex and The Block.

Now SM NoE will have a better image because everything will be Uniform.

evilgenius15

August 9th, 2008, 01:32 PM

Waldenstrom

August 10th, 2008, 06:57 AM

A-Venue Events Mall
Antel Lifestyle City
Makati Avenue

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0048.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0045.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0006.jpg

ona

August 10th, 2008, 07:28 AM

hmmm...
i'm just curious with that 'somewhat' dome thing...
makakadistract kaya 'to sa view ng main mall from the far view...?

and by the way... (bago lang kasi me, hehehe...)
may nakita ako sa other thread about the interchange, tapos yung sinesearch ko pa dati na mrt7 (adik lang po kasi sa mass transits)...
tapos iniisip ko kung itatayo ito lahat... parang masisira na yung view ng both malls, kasi puro flyover na and rail lines

any updates po pala sa sm fairview expansion???
may mall layout na po ba kau nito???
minsan iniisip ko sana magkaroon ng big renovation yung sm fairview...
gawing mala-moa, kasi anlaki pa ng space niya sa likod...

I think the rail systems will really affect the views of the malls pero it will not entirely cover them kasi parehong malaki yung SM NoE at TriNoma. Yung half globe naman ginagaa nila para maging focal point ng SM NoE parang yung Steel Globe ng SM MoA. Pagkatapos ng SM redevelopment I'm expecting TriNoma to develop it's remaining lot beside the MRT by either 2009 - 2010. By that time talagang iba na itsura ng Norh Edsa.

evilgenius15

August 10th, 2008, 01:03 PM

I think the rail systems will really affect the views of the malls pero it will not entirely cover them kasi parehong malaki yung SM NoE at TriNoma. Yung half globe naman ginagaa nila para maging focal point ng SM NoE parang yung Steel Globe ng SM MoA. Pagkatapos ng SM redevelopment I'm expecting TriNoma to develop it's remaining lot beside the MRT by either 2009 - 2010. By that time talagang iba na itsura ng Norh Edsa.

ohhh... parang ginagawa nang trademark ang SM ang paglagay ng globe
in front ng mall...

yung lot ba na sinasabi mo ay yung nasa hallway sa loob ng trinoma na
papuntang sm north na sarado pa?
curious din ako dian... baka gawin nilang garden ung top, heheh

habagatcentral1

August 10th, 2008, 04:35 PM

May nasusunog daw na shopping center MALAPIT NANAMAN SA LRT...this time it was believed to be in Pasay Rotonda and its nearer MRT!

kevinb

August 10th, 2008, 04:50 PM

^^ Baka yan ung Ayala-managed mall sa MRT-Pasay station mismo. MetroPoint Mall ata name nun.

habagatcentral1

August 10th, 2008, 05:41 PM

http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/2/photos/219/600x600/32/Lazaro00110.jpg?et=DVqMrLQaMETP%2BUSM5TfJKg&nmid=109845202

kevinb

August 10th, 2008, 05:46 PM

^^ Bakit may crane sa taas?

nayki

August 10th, 2008, 06:06 PM

^^Yan ung avida towers or celadon sa likod mismo ng sm sanlazaro..top off na kasi un kaya tanaw na ung cranes.

kevinb

August 10th, 2008, 06:16 PM

^^ Aah. Nasa likod lang pala ng SM ang Celadon. Didn't know 'til now. :D

thomasian

August 10th, 2008, 07:22 PM

^^Yan ung avida towers or celadon sa likod mismo ng sm sanlazaro..top off na kasi un kaya tanaw na ung cranes.

It's the San Lazaro E-Services Building of Ayala Land Businesscapes. Office tower sya.

kevinb

August 10th, 2008, 08:28 PM

^^ Eh di ba nasa isang location lang naman ung Celadon tsaka ung San Lazaro e-Services Building?

Fly2Bacolod

August 11th, 2008, 05:19 AM

ona

August 11th, 2008, 06:00 AM

ohhh... parang ginagawa nang trademark ang SM ang paglagay ng globe
in front ng mall...

yung lot ba na sinasabi mo ay yung nasa hallway sa loob ng trinoma na
papuntang sm north na sarado pa?
curious din ako dian... baka gawin nilang garden ung top, heheh

siguro kasi SM is going global kaya laging may globe sila sa flagship malls nila. SM NoE will really look like a newly constructed mall once it's redevelopments are complete by 2009 - 2010.

evilgenius15

August 11th, 2008, 08:21 AM

May nasusunog daw na shopping center MALAPIT NANAMAN SA LRT...this time it was believed to be in Pasay Rotonda and its nearer MRT!

aw... totoo pala sinasabi ng hs friend ko, anu na nagyari?

nayki

August 11th, 2008, 08:27 AM

^^ Eh di ba nasa isang location lang naman ung Celadon tsaka ung San Lazaro e-Services Building?

Oo, sm sanlazaro, celadon, avida, lahat asa loob lang ng dating san lazaro hipodrome.

pronghorn

August 11th, 2008, 10:12 AM

This is actually Anson's. The one beside Landmark :)

Sorry sa quality. Phone lang kasi ginamit ko at malikot akong kumuha ng pics.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/demonic053184/DSC02684.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/demonic053184/DSC02683.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/demonic053184/DSC02687.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/demonic053184/DSC02688.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/demonic053184/DSC02689.jpg

RonnieR

August 11th, 2008, 10:23 AM

^^^^ I noticed that the building shows different colors, is it a LED type or just ordinary bulbs that change its colors. Cool shots.

pronghorn

August 11th, 2008, 10:31 AM

^^^^ I noticed that the building shows different colors, is it a LED type or just ordinary bulbs that change its colors. Cool shots.

I think LED. Not so sure though. :) Will take more pics bukas

galore

August 11th, 2008, 11:38 AM

omg, that looks so cool.
especially for a parking lot.
wow!
and ya, it reminded me of the water cube too! haha

oboi

August 11th, 2008, 11:41 AM

perhaps, too cool to be a parking building? :colgate:

thomasian

August 11th, 2008, 12:03 PM

I noticed that the building shows different colors, is it a LED type or just ordinary bulbs that change its colors. Cool shots.I think LED. Not so sure though. :) Will take more pics bukas

It has to be LED. Regular colored incandescent would be a maintenance nightmare as the short life (compared to LED, incandescent has a very short life) of incandescent lamps would entail the constant replacement of lamps that get burned out. Aside from the amount of heat produced by regular lamps, they are also very very inefficient, and when used in that scale, would result in insanely high electric consumption. Also take note that since incandescent lamps have filaments, they are more sensitive to vibrations that may be caused by the vehicles running around the whole parking building and that will contribute to the shortening of its already short life, resulting to an inconvenient, more-constant replacement of the lamps. So I'm more than sure that it's LED they're using.

^^ Eh di ba nasa isang location lang naman ung Celadon tsaka ung San Lazaro e-Services Building?

Eto naman kung makasagot eh parang inaaway na kita! :lol: Peace tayo. O ayan :hug: na lang kita para di ka na magalit. :D

Oo iisang location lang sila, sinabi ko lang kung ano ang pangalan ng building, hindi ko sinabing hiwalay sila ng Celadon.

habagatcentral1

August 11th, 2008, 12:46 PM

Hey its me! :wave:
http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/2/photos/219/600x600/38/Lazaro00116.jpg?et=dYTfeO%2B71rPPGlp18ByRsA&nmid=109845202
Your long lost friend, Uniwide Coastal Mall. :D

kevinb

August 11th, 2008, 03:22 PM

^^ :lol: Isang beses nung pauwi ako galing CVG papunta Buendia, nakatulog ako sa bus. Ayun! Paggising ko, Uniwide na! :lol: Pero seriously, malala nga ung condition niya ngayon. :no:

Eto naman kung makasagot eh parang inaaway na kita! :lol: Peace tayo. O ayan :hug: na lang kita para di ka na magalit. :D

Oo iisang location lang sila, sinabi ko lang kung ano ang pangalan ng building, hindi ko sinabing hiwalay sila ng Celadon.

Oist! Hindi kita inaaway huh! Ito naman. Hehe. Anyway, :hug: na rin lang kita. :D

Waldenstrom

August 11th, 2008, 03:44 PM

More of Anson's building

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0002-1.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0001-1.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0012-1.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0009-1.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0007-2.jpg

stickerPROXY18

August 11th, 2008, 03:53 PM

Anson's Bldg reminds me of Trinoma :)

IslandSon.PH

August 11th, 2008, 04:59 PM

ganyan pala ansons pag gabi.. nice lights:cheers:

ona

August 11th, 2008, 07:10 PM

sana ganyan ang gawin nilang lighting sa EDSA side ng TriNoma.

filcan

August 12th, 2008, 12:30 AM

More of Anson's building
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0007-2.jpg

Wow..looks like Tokyo! :cheers:

Waldenstrom

August 12th, 2008, 01:00 AM

It's more amazing when it changes it colors really fast. :)

galore

August 12th, 2008, 03:58 AM

but i like the concept more here for anson's.

i looks off in trinoma.

evilgenius15

August 12th, 2008, 01:04 PM

Wow..looks like Tokyo! :cheers:

huwaw :eek2:

sira na ata isang part ng lighting sa trinoma eh...
di na nagpapalit ng kulay

leechtat

August 12th, 2008, 02:03 PM

It's the San Lazaro E-Services Building of Ayala Land Businesscapes. Office tower sya.

^^ Eh di ba nasa isang location lang naman ung Celadon tsaka ung San Lazaro e-Services Building?

^^ both correct. celadon manila houses that BPO office. This building will also house the first ayala managed retail strip/area in manila, the first two floors of the building will be devoted to shops and restaurants.

cq40

August 12th, 2008, 03:58 PM

Uy ganda naman nung ilaw, parang ganyan rin yata magiging itsura ng Landmark Building (I Hope may Ilaw Din)

mwg12a

August 12th, 2008, 04:08 PM

kevinb

August 12th, 2008, 04:16 PM

Anson's Bldg reminds me of Trinoma :)

I don't see it as TriNoMa. :D I think the two malls are quite unique from each other. :)

thomasian

August 12th, 2008, 05:24 PM

Do they still show something at Anson's on Christmas season? I remember when I was little my uncle would take us down there to view the display infront of it.

Anson does look amazing with all them lights surrounding the building.

I don't think they can have Christmas display's now. The old Anson's building is well, their building, but this one isn't, they're just one of the tenants here at "The Link", a mixed-use parking and retail building with retail occupying the first two levels. So with that, Anson's only has limited frontage, and that's only for the entrance and exit to the store, no space for displays, their store is on the inner spaces only of the ground and second levels, the rest of the spaces facing the street are occupied by other tenants.

I think we should refer to the structure as "The Link", Anson's is just a tenant of that building named "The Link". Please call it with its proper name. We are SSCers, we're supposed to know things like that. Thank you.

Waldenstrom

August 12th, 2008, 06:16 PM

^ Thanks for the info. So that building is the "The Link". :)

cq40

August 12th, 2008, 08:01 PM

I think we should refer to the structure as "The Link", Anson's is just a tenant of that building named "The Link". Please call it with its proper name. We are SSCers, we're supposed to know things like that. Thank you.

I'm sooo turned on... :) ok will do, so from now on, it's "The Link" (And not Ansons Building) or you'll get a "whipping" from aaron :lol:

thomasian

August 12th, 2008, 08:11 PM

^^ Ehehe, not just some whipping, violators may also get some spanking and probably, handcuffs and chains. :naughty: :D And for repeat violators, a collar. :colgate: Sa mga mabait at masunurin, I'll let you handcuff me naman or tie me on the bedposts. :lol:

ona

August 12th, 2008, 08:54 PM

Uy ganda naman nung ilaw, parang ganyan rin yata magiging itsura ng Landmark Building (I Hope may Ilaw Din)

hopefully this will happen kasi bago na din facade ng SM NoE.

kevinb

August 12th, 2008, 09:07 PM

I'm sooo turned on... :)

Parang naging coño thread lang 'to ah. :lol:

^^ Ehehe, not just some whipping, violators may also get some spanking and probably, handcuffs and chains. :naughty: :D And for repeat violators, a collar. Sa mga mabait at masunurin, I'll let you handcuff me naman or tie me on the bedposts. :lol:

Ayoko ngang tawagin siyang "The Link". Hmph!

Hinde. Gusto ko lang talaga magpa-spunk sa'yo, este magpa-spank pala. :naughty::lol: Sorry, OT na! :colgate:

lightsaber46

August 13th, 2008, 08:18 AM

no need na for christmas lights come December..hehehe

michael677

August 13th, 2008, 02:30 PM

Wow..looks like Tokyo! :cheers:

^^to the original post-er, please upload this in the global forums>city compilation, & also at global forums> skyline page (Manila) ! let's whew our foreign friends ! :banana:

mwg12a

August 14th, 2008, 12:21 AM

Thanks for the info thomasian

kennethologist

August 14th, 2008, 04:11 PM

SM Cubao is currently doing a fabulous make-over very similar to what they did with SM Makati... ...and there will be glass! lots of it!

kennethologist

August 14th, 2008, 04:37 PM

More of Anson's building

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm209/waldenstrom/DSCI0007-2.jpg

it's a nice eye-candy at makati! lalo na if you're commuting or gimicking! it sits in between the posh and greenbelt 3 and 4... if your bringing a foreigner in makati at night... palakarin mo to that route :lol:

Hey its me! :wave:
http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/2/photos/219/600x600/38/Lazaro00116.jpg?et=dYTfeO%2B71rPPGlp18ByRsA&nmid=109845202
Your long lost friend, Uniwide Coastal Mall. :D

oh look! it's a kellen bus! (the red one) it's surreal when you realize that bus travels from Tungko in North Caloocan to Uniwide in Pasay!

Since Mall thread naman ito... (and for the info of our global kabababayans) that bus passes through the following malls: SM Fairview, Ever Commonwealth, Ayala E-Hub, Araneta Center (Gateway, Farmers) Robinsons Galleria, SM Megamall, Shangrila Plaza, StarMall, Robinsons Pioneer, Ayala Center (SM Makati, Glorietta) SM Mall of Asia, Uniwide Coastal Mall... (almost every mall at EDSA... That's the beauty and secret of philippine malls, the accesibility!)

a full trip from SM MoA back to SM Fairview costs about 50-60 pesos and you get to sit in its very popular ergonomically designed seats with on board entertainment of your favorite gory films!