^ oh wonderful idea!!! :okay:

how about you guys? how would you like our malls to look like? Maybe SM and Ayala peeps are lurking here, we might give them some ideas.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7903/manilaoc6.jpg

Palagay ko, magandang i-develop itong area na ito ng Maynila.

Ang area ng Harrison Plaza, pwedeng magtayo ng bagong mall na parang Ayala center sa Alabang ang hitsura o kaya yung Ayala center sa Cebu. Pwede rin yung mala-SM Baguio.

Ang Manila Zoo, gawin nilang mala-Singapore Zoo, malinis at wala kang maamoy, at hindi congested ang mga kulungan. Ang area ng Ospital ng Maynila, pwede nilang gawing Bird Park.

Ang Rizal Memorial Complex, pwede nilang gawing amusement park na mala-Enchanted Kingdom. Dito ilalagay ang iba't ibang mga rides. Wag dapat gibain ang mga art-deco na mga grandstands. Maglagay lang sila ng mga hilera ng mga puno sa pagitan nila ng DLSU.

Ang area ng Leveriza, yung slum area, tanggalin at pwedeng maglagay ng mga hotels at condominiums sa area.

Yung Paraiso ng Batang Maynila o yung public park, mas lalong pagandahin at lagyan ng mas maraming mga puno.

Dapat ayusin din nila ang mga kalye sa paligid, gandahan ang landscape, yung maeenganyo ang mga tao na maglakad at mamasyal, mula Taft Avenue hanggang Roxas Boulevard. At dapat, maraming pulis sa paligid.

Baka sa paraang ito, maengganyo bumalik ng Maynila yung mga dating nakatira dito.

:)

ohh that looks nice and BIG!!! :D

For the nth time, I'm gonna say this again... I just hope we have more nice and peaceful malls like the Alabang Town Center :) Our malls get bigger and bigger and busy-looking too. :( My dream is that we'll have a mall with nature park/waterfalls at the center or even giant aquarium like the Manila Ocean Park. That's the best shopping experience for me...and not seeing electronic device shows, concerts and crowded people at the activity center. City life is already stressful and malls should somehow compensate for the lack of parks and gardens in the metro.

I commend TriNoma's Garden and SM MoA's San Miguel by the Bay. I wish we'll have more like these in the future.

go ATC!..:lol:..gusto kong mall may skiing rink!:nuts: at may katabing theme park (moa soon!)

^^^ Are those people living in Leveriza illegal settlers or do they own land titles? If they do, then they can't just be pushed away.

I think Rizal Memorial Complex must be renovated but still remain as a sports hub. It's where most of the national athletes live and train. Star City is just nearby so there's no need for another amusement park in that area.

^ oh wonderful idea!!! :okay:

how about you guys? how would you like our malls to look like? Maybe SM and Ayala peeps are lurking here, we might give them some ideas.

I agree with what you say. We need more open malls, less crowded, lots of walking areas, lots of greenery. As you've said, it's really peaceful shopping there. I grew up going to this mall and until now, it still is my favorite mall.

Nakita ko yung master plan ng MoA noon, it's just like SM's version of Ayala Makati without Greenbelt kasi wala talagang ititirang open space pwera lang yung mahabang strip sa seaside. Yung paligid ng MoA puro mid to high rise buildings (condos, hotels, & office spaces). Kung gusto mo nang mas open space at leisurely ang dating, makikita yun sa future Pagcor City na katabi lang ng MoA complex.

^^
Wala pa nga masyadong tenants gaya sa The Annex ng SM City North EDSA, pero cool naman kahit wala pa gaanong laman:okay:

parang anliit? nakakapanibago kung ihahalintulad sa glorietta 1-4...

Mabuti pa ang SM Fairview may Timezone,

SM North wala... pero meron naman sa Trinoma kaso lalakarin mo pa ang 1000miles na bridgeway.

...at apat na escalator

Nice and peaceful yes...like a breath of fresh air, as you walk along the old Main Bldg is like SM North EDSA of the 90's shop's signs are outdated, and Annex 1 a huge interior to update the mall but still feels like EDSA Central and then, here comes Annex 2! Colors and lines will remind you of SM Marikina and The Block. Shops are the usuals from SM, some are open, most are opening in March 2009.

Unfortunately...the wing is kinda small, i was expecting it bigger as there are tons more space there for expansion, sa likod pala sya ng Annex 1 nilagay, but it's a beautiful addition none the less. :)

years after magkakaroon yan...
looking forward parin ako sa UGF space sa likod ng annex one...
good viewing site kung tutuusin...
kaya tuwing umaga ansarap tingnan ang sunrise from belfast street kahit
nasa fx...

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4030/copyofaby5.jpg

Annex 2 (Wing) : SM Fairview, Fairview Quezon City

Pics kinda Big, sorry

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

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

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

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Wala akong paki sa laki ng pics! Ang mahalaga, ang GANDA NG SM FAIRVIEW KO!

Tama ba itong nakikita ko? May mga bintanang nakaharap sa direksyon ng Maynila! Maganda ang tanawin mula diyan. Kita ang mga gusali ng Ortigas at pati Makati. Kaya nga marahil Fairview ang tawag...

That's what I've been telling you guys since then.

Maganda talaga ang view dyan, especially kapag tanghali......

Kitang-kita Eastwood, Ortigas and even Makati from afar......

Kaya tinawag na Fairview.....

Annex 2 (Wing) : SM Fairview, Fairview Quezon City

Pics kinda Big, sorry

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



Sa mga bus na mataas ang likuran, maganda....

Dapat mag meet tayo lahat dito tas ang background e yung MM skyline...... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Bukas e pupunta me, sa ayaw at sa gusto ng guard! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

MARAMING SALAMAT, @cq40!

koop khun khrap! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

^^Gusto ko workmanship ng SM Fairview Annex 2...buti at may atrium na yung mall para sa mga concerts. Konti lang SM Malls na may wide atrium tulad nito.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7903/manilaoc6.jpg

Palagay ko, magandang i-develop itong area na ito ng Maynila.

Ang area ng Harrison Plaza, pwedeng magtayo ng bagong mall na parang Ayala center sa Alabang ang hitsura o kaya yung Ayala center sa Cebu. Pwede rin yung mala-SM Baguio.

Ang Manila Zoo, gawin nilang mala-Singapore Zoo, malinis at wala kang maamoy, at hindi congested ang mga kulungan. Ang area ng Ospital ng Maynila, pwede nilang gawing Bird Park.

Ang Rizal Memorial Complex, pwede nilang gawing amusement park na mala-Enchanted Kingdom. Dito ilalagay ang iba't ibang mga rides. Wag dapat gibain ang mga art-deco na mga grandstands. Maglagay lang sila ng mga hilera ng mga puno sa pagitan nila ng DLSU.

Ang area ng Leveriza, yung slum area, tanggalin at pwedeng maglagay ng mga hotels at condominiums sa area.

Yung Paraiso ng Batang Maynila o yung public park, mas lalong pagandahin at lagyan ng mas maraming mga puno.

Dapat ayusin din nila ang mga kalye sa paligid, gandahan ang landscape, yung maeenganyo ang mga tao na maglakad at mamasyal, mula Taft Avenue hanggang Roxas Boulevard. At dapat, maraming pulis sa paligid.

Baka sa paraang ito, maengganyo bumalik ng Maynila yung mga dating nakatira dito.

:)

Uy! Oo nga po!

Try ko mag come up ng isang masterplan para mai-share ko talent ko..... :)

Pero against po ako sa Rizal Memorial to be like EK or some theme park.... :no:

I-revamp na lang or iimprove para mas ma-utilize ng maayos kung magkakaroon man ng sporting events. :okay:

Para yatang magmumukhang Roponggi Hills sa Japan..... :lol: :lol: :jk:

Nice and peaceful yes...like a breath of fresh air, as you walk along the old Main Bldg is like SM North EDSA of the 90's shop's signs are outdated, and Annex 1 a huge interior to update the mall but still feels like EDSA Central and then, here comes Annex 2! Colors and lines will remind you of SM Marikina and The Block. Shops are the usuals from SM, some are open, most are opening in March 2009.

Unfortunately...the wing is kinda small, i was expecting it bigger as there are tons more space there for expansion, sa likod pala sya ng Annex 1 nilagay, but it's a beautiful addition none the less. :)

the glass wall facing Quirino is a bit bittersweet... it's a grand view of its competition Nova Market and the buses and the traffic! :lol:

but the glass wall facing south is just spectacular... a grand view of the metro manila skyline...

with this development, i smell something really grand in the near future: It seems that SM Fairview is up for a major aesthetic overhaul. just notice how annex 2's floor design perfectly line up to the atriums of annex 1 and the main. it looks like their doing another Iloilo or Manila. :D

i also notice signage pointing to a "hypermarket" w/c is kinda odd.

i wonder what will they do to the huge space ACE left at the Annex 1... that space is really huge! it's almost like an aircraft hangar and could fit 2 full sized supermarkets.

Is quezon city that populous to have 2 SM's having multiple supermarkets?

That's what I've been telling you guys since then.

Maganda talaga ang view dyan, especially kapag tanghali......

Kitang-kita Eastwood, Ortigas and even Makati from afar......

Kaya tinawag na Fairview.....

Yup, angkop ang Fairview na name ng lugar, meron pa kasing ibang tinatawag dito: Farview:lol:
Pero hindi na ganun kalayo lalo kapag natapos na ang MRT-7:okay:

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n122/queetz9/Miscellaneous/MRT.jpg

Nakita kong marami nang workers ang gumagawa ng columns at meron naring mga cranes na nag-ooperate sa LRT extension ng SM City North...susunod kayang aasikasuhin ang pagdudugtong ng LRT sa MRT para magka loop?

Gateway
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/3201240260_d9353bf862.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3201244620_74cf5efbca.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/3201249646_583ed4b01d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3200408371_ac003a8311.jpg

the glass wall facing Quirino is a bit bittersweet... it's a grand view of its competition Nova Market and the buses and the traffic! :lol:

but the glass wall facing south is just spectacular... a grand view of the metro manila skyline...

with this development, i smell something really grand in the near future: It seems that SM Fairview is up for a major aesthetic overhaul. just notice how annex 2's floor design perfectly line up to the atriums of annex 1 and the main. it looks like their doing another Iloilo or Manila. :D

i also notice signage pointing to a "hypermarket" w/c is kinda odd.

i wonder what will they do to the huge space ACE left at the Annex 1... that space is really huge! it's almost like an aircraft hangar and could fit 2 full sized supermarkets.

Is quezon city that populous to have 2 SM's having multiple supermarkets?

mind you not to forget that SM will build another mall in QC
- SM Novaliches, i think it was already posted here before in San Bartolome.

meron pa...

- SM Hypermarket in Eton Centris
- SM Save More in V. Luna Extension

^^Not to mention the upcoming SM City Cubao in Araneta Center

^^
yeah... i forgot

mind you not to forget that SM will build another mall in QC
- SM Novaliches, i think it was already posted here before in San Bartolome.

meron pa...

- SM Hypermarket in Eton Centris
- SM Save More in V. Luna Extension


yown! so many SMs :lol:

Gateway
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/3201240260_d9353bf862.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3201244620_74cf5efbca.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/3201249646_583ed4b01d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3200408371_ac003a8311.jpg

Nice captures, Philip. :cheers:

O, pagkatapos ng CAT training na nakakadrain ng energy.......

Eto naman. Gala. At ang punta ay sa SM Fairview Annex 2, NOW OPEN!

Actually, kahit pagod ako, parang gumaan kahit paano yung sakit ng katawan ko.
Siya ang wing ng SM Fairvew na very airy. Hindi nakaka-suffocate.

Anyways, pix flooding! Enjoy! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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nice for SM Fairview.

SM Prime is really focusing on SM North Edsa this year.

Sana lahat ng attention mapunta sa SM North!! hehe.. not being greedy, pero sa tingin ko kulang pa ang moves na ginagawa ng SM.

Flood ko pa ng pics since patapos nanaman ang isang thread......

Anyways, flooding galore muna! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

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Ayun..... I hope na kahit papano nag-enjoy kayo.

Hindi kaya ng phone ko na kunan in ful glory ang MM skyline. Not rich.

Anyways, maganda talaga ang view dun sa south glass window!

Grabe! Eastwood, Commonwealth, Ortigas, Makati, Manila in one spectacular view that is so priceless.....

Sige guys, iwanan ko muna kayo. Pahinga muna me!

thanks icarus-rising!

cool photos.

and nice to see SM adding up more glass than the usual concrete structure of old SMs (e.g., SM Cubao).

cool photos.

and nice to see SM adding up more glass than the usual concrete structure of old SMs (e.g., SM Cubao).
Yup! They're actually tearing the walls for light! Yes lots of Glass!

Nung nandyan ako [SM Fairview Annex 2], daming guards, katakot maglabas ng camera, kaya pa simple lang aku...

@Stanleymalls, ayus ah, harap harapan kinunan ang guards, cellphone cguro gamit mo, at naks naka braces ka pa :lol: cute in fairness :) Joke blek hehehe

Yup! They're actually tearing the walls for light! Yes lots of Glass!

Nung nandyan ako [SM Fairview Annex 2], daming guards, katakot maglabas ng camera, kaya pa simple lang aku...

@Stanleymalls, ayus ah, harap harapan kinunan ang guards, cellphone cguro gamit mo, at naks naka braces ka pa :lol: cute in fairness :) Joke blek hehehe

SM fairview niya yun so di siya pipigilan ng mga guards! :lol:

pero yeah... that mall's guards are more accommodating to photographers... remember the first look of its interiors before? it came to a point na yung guard magpipicture for us :lol:

haha...and blame (read: thank) it to the contractual system of employing security folks. some guards are not aware that their predecessors actually tried apprehending photographers with conspicuous cams.

now i'm starting to miss this mall. :cry: diyan ako dati sumasakay ng FX or bus papasok sa work ko sa makati. nostalgia. makapunta kaya bukas?

it's also the first mall na pinanooran namin ng movie ng mga kapatid kong twins. we watched Finding Nemo. after several runs of different trailers and ads, my then 4-year old sister innocently asked "kuya, anong channel ang pinapanood natin? ba't andaming commercial?" :rofl:

Fabulous photos Stanleymalls. You must be the king of malls! :okay::okay:

amazing... only 2 months and this thread is over...and yes, talking mostly about SM :lol:

thanks for the update stanleymalls! :)

Fabulous photos Stanleymalls. You must be the king of malls! :okay::okay:

:D Oh, just like the other Stanley...

Anyway, we can't help but talk about SM Malls. They're mushrooming and leveling up everywhere. It's a fact that others just can't keep up.

Are there even SM Stores around? Seems that everything SM are malls.

I'm just surprised about the number of these malls sprawling around metro manila itself and all of them seems to be filled up with alot of people daily....

^^ Yeah, but how many are really spending versus those that are there to pass the time like hanging-out, people-watch, or just taking refuge from the oppressive heat. ;)

One thing I have to say about Philippine malls, they do look really good compared to some of the malls here in the US. :okay:

Post away folks! :colgate:

Link to Thread 15 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=160063&page=565) in the Archives. :okay:

New thread! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=787760) :colgate:



:lock:

WAH! NEW THREAD! :cheers:

Kay @cq40, harap-harapan talaga..... Wala akong paki sa kanila. :lol:

@kennethologist: Oo nga naman, SM ko yan eh! :jk: :lol:

@ruralvillage: Flattered! hahahahaha :jk: :lol:

@Waldenstrom: Koop khun! :D

Dating 615, ngayon, 527. :cry: :cry:

^^ :lol: Still obsessed with postcounts, I see. :colgate:

towards south
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7454/picture008em7.jpg
towards east
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2549/picture009pz0.jpg
main entrance
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2980/picture012jv3.jpg
ortigas&makati skyline
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8286/picture016xg1.jpg
lettering (astig ni kuya maglettering ng sm :lol:)
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4304/picture020wp0.jpg

Yeah, but how many are really spending versus those that are there to pass the time like hanging-out, people-watch, or just taking refuge from the oppressive heat.

Spending must be considerable because SM is able to generate the income for all of these expansions.

any updates sa SM North Annex new restos and shops?

ano na ang nangyari sa main building? kailan magkoclose?

WAH! NEW THREAD! :cheers:

Kay @cq40, harap-harapan talaga..... Wala akong paki sa kanila. :lol:

@kennethologist: Oo nga naman, SM ko yan eh! :jk: :lol:

@ruralvillage: Flattered! hahahahaha :jk: :lol:

@Waldenstrom: Koop khun! :D

Dating 615, ngayon, 527. :cry: :cry:

Naka-uniporme ka ba nung pumunta ka sa bagong Annex ng SM City Fairview...?

Naalala ko kahapon sa SM City North EDSA, hindi pinapapasok yung mga naka-unipormeng estudyante (elementary at high school), hindi sila makalusot sa mga guard, hehehe:lol:

Naiinggit naman ako kasi ang ganda ng mga kuha mo..... :applause:

Unlike sa akin, di kaya ng cam phone ang MM skyline..... :cry:

Anyways, kelan ka pumunta? Ngayon o kahapon? Kasi kahapon lang din ako nag-picture sa SM Fairview ko..... :lol:

Kung kahapon, anong oras? Kasi kahapon, yan si kuya sa pic mo, yan din yung nagtanggal ng mga masking tape na ang end product ay yang mga small SM Fairview logos.

Naka-uniporme ka ba nung pumunta ka sa bagong Annex ng SM City Fairview...?

Naalala ko kahapon sa SM City North EDSA, hindi pinapapasok yung mga naka-unipormeng estudyante (elementary at high school), hindi sila makalusot sa mga guard, hehehe:lol:

Hindi, kasi katatapos lang ng CAT namin, so iba ang outfit ko.

Sa mga estudyanteng pasaway, GUD LAK! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hindi, kasi katatapos lang ng CAT namin, so iba ang outfit ko.

Sa mga estudyanteng pasaway, GUD LAK! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ayos!:okay:

Salamat sa CAT:colgate:

Samantala, naluluwagan ako sa bagong Annex ng SM City Fairview, lume-level up na talaga ang SM Supermalls:banana::cheers::banana:

Hindi ako nakapunta kahapon kasi may long exam kami kinahapunan, kaya sa SM City North EDSA na lang muna ako pumunta, baka next Friday, pwede na:D

any updates sa SM North Annex new restos and shops?

ano na ang nangyari sa main building? kailan magkoclose?

kahapon pagpunta ko kasama si kaibigan sa the annex
kaunti palang ang mga stores... kaya kaunti lang din ang mga tao...
anlaki ng elevator nila, parang sa funeral homes :lol:

Naka-uniporme ka ba nung pumunta ka sa bagong Annex ng SM City Fairview...?

Naalala ko kahapon sa SM City North EDSA, hindi pinapapasok yung mga naka-unipormeng estudyante (elementary at high school), hindi sila makalusot sa mga guard, hehehe:lol:

kawawa naman sila :)

Naiinggit naman ako kasi ang ganda ng mga kuha mo..... :applause:

Unlike sa akin, di kaya ng cam phone ang MM skyline..... :cry:

Anyways, kelan ka pumunta? Ngayon o kahapon? Kasi kahapon lang din ako nag-picture sa SM Fairview ko..... :lol:

Kung kahapon, anong oras? Kasi kahapon, yan si kuya sa pic mo, yan din yung nagtanggal ng mga masking tape na ang end product ay yang mga small SM Fairview logos.


araw-araw ako dumadaan sa sm fairview
on the way kasi... pero kanina lang ako nakakuha ng larawan...
naramdaman ko kanina na sisitahin ako, kasi
pagkatapos ko kumuha ng panorama, parang may papalapit ng guard
kaya binaba ko agad at lumipat kami agad ng kaibigan ko sa likod,
doon naman kami ng kuhaan ng larawan :lol:

^^ :lol: Still obsessed with postcounts, I see. :colgate:

sounds very very familiar!

looks like a better SM to me. far from the old ones who would try to maximize any available space by putting some mini stores. i'm glad SM Fairview is dedicating more space for people to move around. Four years back, the SM actually gets very crowded during weekends.

^^ Especially kung andun lang para magpalamig..... :lol:

Spending must be considerable because SM is able to generate the income for all of these expansions.

I think SM gets the majority of their revenue from the tenants that leases store space at their malls, not directly from the shoppers themselves. But there is indeed an indirect link between the shoppers and SM; whether the tenant makes a profit or not, they still have to pay SM their monthly rent or be evicted upon failure to do so.

basta akin ang SM North Edsa...

joke.

:banana:

^^
Ano yan, akin ang Tondo, iyo ang Cavite...? :lol::nocrook::lol:

Ang pangalan po noong retail area po dun sa UP-AyalaLand Technohub, ay THE PORTAL po...

Ang pangalan po noong retail area po dun sa UP-AyalaLand Technohub, ay THE PORTAL po...

I see..., salamat sa info:okay:
Kapangalan pa nung mga moog ng UP Diliman: University Portals:colgate:

^^ mga moog, hehehe

So anu-ano ang mga projects ng SM ngayong year?

So anu-ano ang mga projects ng SM ngayong year?

Ang alam ko ay SM Supercenter Pamplona (sa Las Piñas City), SM City Naga (sa Camarines Sur - Bicol Region), at SM Supercenter Rosario (sa Rosario, Cavite), siyempre kasama dito ang patuloy na evolution ng SM City North EDSA at SM City Fairview:banana:

parang pokemon pla ang SM north edsa...:lol: eto ba ang slogan ng SMNoE "close to 1000 ways to shop and dine"? nakita ko lng sa phil.star

When it comes to mall...I really prefer Ayala Malls...my fave right now is Trinoma kahit na sa Manda ako nagsastay...just love the garden/lagoon area and flowing water...you dine and shop in style talaga...

I went to SM Fairview this afternoon...and here are some photos I would want to share:


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How Did you know ata ang kinakanta niya...
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Ma, bili mo ako neto...
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Kelangan ng energy para makapag-gala
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^^ Nice set of pics, Kuya Mod Ph_Man! :applause: :okay:

Ang ganda ng SM Fairview ko sa camera mo! :applause:

YES! Very impressive!! The SM Malls keep getting better and better with each new mall or renovation!!:okay: Can't wait to see more of the SM North EDSA's new look. KUDOS to the SM Group for continuing to keep its malls on the cutting edge for ALL the masses!!!:banana::banana::banana:

I'm happy malls in the Philippines are much better than malls in NA. :)

^^ang ganda talaga ng SM City Fairview...:)

any updates sa SM North Annex new restos and shops?

ano na ang nangyari sa main building? kailan magkoclose?

Malaking sekreto ng SM yan...pero siguro di nila i-sasara buong SM Main Building (goodluck nalang sa kita ng SM kasi pinaka-malakas bumenta yung SM north main building sa lahat ng SM Malls) , malamang i-rerenovate nila paunti-unti yung main mall para mayroong paring bukas para sa mga customers

Kelan kaya magbubukas yung skygarden? Siguradong ito ang pinaka-dudumuging lugar sa bagong SM NoE

the annex, SM NORTH EDSA
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Kung magsasara ang main building, baka up to 10% ang malugi ng SM.

If they plan to close the main SM NoE Main Bldg for renovation, they should do so now so that they will be done by October/November.

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SM NORTH EDSA - MAIN BUILDING (INTERIOR)
SM North Edsa Main Building, EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines

Interior renovation of a shopping mall, to include:

• lightings
• flooring
• walls
• fixtures

BCI estimated costs: (US$3.49 mn).

Construction is expected to start in the first quarter 2009. Construction is expected to end in the fourth quarter 2009.

Developer SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SPHI)
Contact Arch. Fides Sagrario Garcia (Vice President - Planning Division) Click this to generate / export label Click this to generate letter
63 2 831 1000 ƒ 63 2 834 9522
Email: info@smprime.com Website: www.smprime.com
SM Corporate Offices Building A, J.W. Diokno Boulevard, MOA Complex, Pasay City 1300, Philippines
Architect WV Coscolluela & Associates
Contact Arch. Gary L. Coscolluela Click this to generate / export label Click this to generate letter
63 2 894 5803 to 05 ƒ 63 894 0635
Email: wvca@info.com.ph
8th Floor Palisade Condominium, 107 Gallardo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City 1200, Philippines

Contact Arch. Allen Palicpic (Project Architect) Click this to generate / export label Click this to generate letter
63 2 894 5803 to 05 ƒ 63 894 0635
8th Floor Palisade Condominium, 107 Gallardo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City 1200, Philippines
Design Consultant Arquitectonica
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63 2 638 1267 ƒ 63 2 638 5821
Unit 908 West Tower Philippine Stock Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Pasig City, Philippines
Interior Fitting Out Contractor To be appointed

If they plan to close the main SM NoE Main Bldg for renovation, they should do so now so that they will be done by October/November.

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SM North Edsa Main Building, EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines

Interior renovation of a shopping mall, to include:

• lightings
• flooring
• walls
• fixtures

BCI estimated costs: (US$3.49 mn).

Construction is expected to start in the first quarter 2009. Construction is expected to end in the fourth quarter 2009.

Developer SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SPHI)
Contact Arch. Fides Sagrario Garcia (Vice President - Planning Division) Click this to generate / export label Click this to generate letter
63 2 831 1000 ƒ 63 2 834 9522
Email: info@smprime.com Website: www.smprime.com
SM Corporate Offices Building A, J.W. Diokno Boulevard, MOA Complex, Pasay City 1300, Philippines
Architect WV Coscolluela & Associates
Contact Arch. Gary L. Coscolluela Click this to generate / export label Click this to generate letter
63 2 894 5803 to 05 ƒ 63 894 0635
Email: wvca@info.com.ph
8th Floor Palisade Condominium, 107 Gallardo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City 1200, Philippines

Contact Arch. Allen Palicpic (Project Architect) Click this to generate / export label Click this to generate letter
63 2 894 5803 to 05 ƒ 63 894 0635
8th Floor Palisade Condominium, 107 Gallardo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City 1200, Philippines
Design Consultant Arquitectonica
Contact Arch. Tony Dela Cruz (Project Manager) Click this to generate / export label Click this to generate letter
63 2 638 1267 ƒ 63 2 638 5821
Unit 908 West Tower Philippine Stock Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Pasig City, Philippines
Interior Fitting Out Contractor To be appointed

So it means, P164-M ang gagastusin ng SM para sa renovation ng SM North Edsa..US$3.46 = P164, 000, 000.

sana yung main mall ng sm fairview inrenovate na rin...

Ang alam ko ay SM Supercenter Pamplona (sa Las Piñas City), SM City Naga (sa Camarines Sur - Bicol Region), at SM Supercenter Rosario (sa Rosario, Cavite), siyempre kasama dito ang patuloy na evolution ng SM City North EDSA at SM City Fairview:banana:

Wow still investing even in times of financial and economic crisis. Maybe his gamble to build more malls in times like these should pay off handsomely.

I went to SM Fairview this afternoon...and here are some photos I would want to share:




FYI ...I was at the mall at the same time you were... :D

^^ just in case ya'll havent noticed, SM Fairview annex 2 is sporting the same balusters as its main and annex 2... only that it had glasses... just like its renovated cousin in Iloilo...

it could be a sign theyre up for a major overhaul like i said earlier in the thread.

thank you guys for appreciating the photos.

FYI ...I was at the mall at the same time you were... :D

seriously? how come i didn't see anyone camwhoring there? :cheers:

and ganda rin pala ng annex ng SM NOE...they're really adding up some aesthetics to the usually-clausthrophobic designs before.

anyway, more photos pa:

I love that red chevy
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Went there to buy undies. :lol:
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To what?
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I may be back there again after two years, or when the MRT line gets built. :)

Trinoma vs. SM North Edsa

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

By Isah V. Red

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.

It's Official! Trinoma na ang main road for the success of a movie! :ohno:

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.


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In the ‘plex’

by Isah V. Red

The advent of malls in Metro Manila signaled the end of the golden era of the movie palaces in the Philippines as the multiplex gradually drew the audiences away from Rizal and C.M. Recto avenues in Manila and Aurora Boulevard and Araneta Center in Cubao, where until the late ’80s stand-alone theaters attracted shoppers to these commercial districts.

SM City, the first of the malls built by Henry Sy, in 1983, offered eight screens (four at both ends of the mall’s main building), with state-of-the-art sound and wide screens. The theater’s seating capacity was slightly less than the average 1,200 in a movie palace (with three sections—orchestra, balcony, and loge). The Sys have reconfigured the movie palace interiors by adapting the auditorium style and eliminating the uppermost balcony section but retaining the loge section. Four more but smaller theaters were added five years later at the newly built SM City Annex, making SM City North Edsa the biggest multiplex in the country with a total of 12 screens.

The success of the SM City North Edsa multiplex became the template for other mall developers wanting to ensure constant flow of human traffic in the malls. The multiplex concept has been integrated in the design of malls that later would rise across the metropolis including Robinsons (Galleria and Ermita).

Ali Mall at the Araneta Center, which in a way pioneered the multiplex, first with two screens in the original two-story affair across what used to be Rustan’s Cubao and two more at the additional three-story edifice annexed to the first, eventually realized it was losing business to the SM Cinemas. They added three more screens on the third level of the mall.

The owners of the Araneta Center finally had the guts and gumption to be a major player in theatrical exhibition. Three years ago, they opened a new spanking multiplex on the top floor of Gateway Mall with 10 screens (one is a premium theater exclusive to Globe Platinum members featuring LazyBoy seats).

With the opening of SM City Marikina in September this year, SM Cinemas cements its foothold in theatrical exhibition as the biggest theater circuit in the country with more than a hundred screens nationwide that accounts for some 50,000 seats in one simultaneous screenings of a movie.

For a full house, that would amount to P26 million in gross ticket revenues (at an average P130 per admission ticket) in one day. Small wonder why a movie distributor would be willing to mutilate an MPAA R-rated Hollywood movie for a lower MTRCB R-13 rating to get a booking within the SM Cinema circuit (which has a standing policy of no R-18 films in its theaters).

The demise of the “bold” movies and the eventual slackening of the local movie industry, according to producers and directors, have been hastened with the enforcement of this policy. The same producers and directors argue that movies with sexual content had kept the industry alive until the no-R18 at SM Cinemas policy.

For the last two decades, bookers have considered the multiplex at the SM City North Edsa as the yardstick for a movie’s box-office potentials. It was also in that multiplex where “bold or sexually themed” movies made a killing at the box office.

kaya pala dati halos lahat ng premiere night ng sexy fims, sa sm north.

In the heydays of the local sexflicks, producers and distributors fielded their hawk-eyed “checkers” in that multiplex to make sure the head count matched the ticket sales, from which figures they were able to project how much cash they could pocket in the 10-day run of the movies.

The Ayalas have been in the theater business longer than the Sys. Its first venture was Quad at the Ayala Center, a four-screen multiplex built in the late ’70s, long before the Sys’ humongous malls. The theaters were medium sized that seated no more than 500, following the auditorium seating style that had become the prevalent configuration for plex-type theaters.

In the early ’80s, they built its second multiplex, Greenbelt, with four screens and at the time considered the best in the metropolis. It has been replaced five years ago by Greenbelt 3 with five screens (two of which is THX certified and is the first stadium seating theaters in the country. The two screens at the old Greenbelt is today, the most decrepit of the Ayala multiplexes, second only to the poorly designed Glorietta 4 Cinemas that came years before Greenbelt 3.

Stadium seating that allows audience unobstructed view of the screen from where they are seated suddenly became de rigueur in designing theaters for cineplexes. It is the style adopted by the designers of the multiplexes at Power Plant in Rockwell, The Shangri-La Plaza, and Gateway.

While the admission at these plexes steadily grew through the years, SM Cinemas ignored this shift in viewing habits, maintaining that its theaters are meant for a market that doesn’t really care much about technological advances in film exhibition like digital surround sound system (Dolby Digital, DTS, and SDDS). The multiplex at the Mall of Asia, built at a time when stadium seating with digital surround sound is already the choice of audiences who can cough up P120 to P170 on an admission ticket, had theaters (except the CenterStage that was meant for live performances as well) configured in the old auditorium style with a loge section labeled as deluxe. Only several theaters are equipped with digital surround, just like in other multiplexes of the malls.

The opening of Trinoma, an Ayala-owned and -operated mall across SM City North Edsa, with a seven-screen multiplex (with one THX certified and equipped with digital surround system), all configured with stadium seating surely startled the managers of SM Cinemas and the owners of the mall.

SM City North Edsa has long been considered the bastion of movie audience that patronized Tagalog movies, but the low production output of the cash-strapped local movie industry has caused an unexpected paradigm shift, leaving theater owners and operators no choice but to shift their exhibitions to foreign-language films.

While this may be a boon to multiplexes geared towards audiences with express preference to English language movies that are tailored fit to be screened in digital sound environment, the slackening of production from the local movie industry is forcing theater owners of decrepit movie houses even in the malls to either close them down or reconfigure them into the prevailing choice.

Robinsons Galleria has reconfigured its theaters to stadium seating. Three new screens with stadium seating and digital sound have been put up at Robinsons Ermita.

Ric Camaligan, vice president of SM Leisures, said that three screens at the newly built SM City Marikina will be stadium seating as well, which means that it has acknowledged the fact that the auditorium style has long been out of fashion. Yet, SM will not plunge into a massive renovation or reconfiguration of its existing multiplexes.

“We’re retooling some,” he said. “We converted one of the theaters at The Block 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 (movies shot on HD video camera and not film).”

Camaligan added that a new theater with state-of-the-art projection and sound can mean millions of pesos in investment. “And that’s a lot of money at a time when the movie industry worldwide is going through difficult times.”

SM’s Ric Camaligan acknowledges that Trinoma has overtaken SM City North Edsa in movie ticket receipts. “The mall is new and as we know we’d like to try what’s new,” he said adding that eventually with the redevelopment of SM’s mall across the new Ayala mall, the crowd would stream back to its multiplexes.

Ayala Cinema’s Rollie Dueñas, on the other hand, is surprised at the performance of Trinoma’s multiplex. “We didn’t expect it to be the theaters of choice among the market in Quezon City, considering that there are other theaters nearby (SM City, Cubao, Ever Gotesco Commonwealth). We’re glad it’s doing well, especially with English language films.” Admission tickets at the Trinoma are priced P20 more than at SM City North Edsa.

Today, Trinoma has become the benchmark for a movie to be a big hit. It has been the top money-maker for movies in recent release.

Ouch! kawawa naman ang mall ko :ohno: Simula Titanic, Matrix, X-Men, Spiderman, Superman etc.. SM North na ang torchbearer ng lahat ng theaters sa Pilipinas.

The Dark Knight, the top box-office draw two weekends ago, grossed with a phenomenal P62.6 million for the July 17 to 20 weekend period with Trinoma posting P3.91 million of it. Meanwhile, SM North Edsa contributed merely P2.16 million to its total gross.

A spokesman of the distributor of The Dark Knight cited Trinoma’s good location (it has a direct access to the commuter train that runs the length of North Edsa to Edsa/Taft and it’s the loading/unloading stop for buses plying the Baclaran-Monumento-Meycauayan route) and the multiplex’s well-designed theaters and state-of-the-art projection and sound (all theaters are digital with one THX certified) as the biggest come on for audience that wants value for money.

With this development in movie exhibition, Dueñas has vaguely hinted at a possible renovation for the cinemas of Glorietta 4 (the first all-digital multiplex) and similarly Camaligan said that his group is doing a serious study of the market before SM could do something with their existing properties.

As more developers are looking into the possibility of building more malls with multiplexes, the rules of the game will certainly change in the next couple of years. The technological advances in movie exhibition is defining as well the kind of screens movies will be best projected and with what kind of sound system. The introduction of digital projection, which SM has pioneered at it’s The Block segment at SM City North Edsa is also expected to keep movie fans excited, as it is also a buffer to the dwindling audiences as more and more movie buffs are investing on home theater systems including giant cinema-like video images on wide screen LCD and Plasma monitors.

A second Imax is being constructed at the SM City North Edsa. The guys across the Trinoma are crossing their fingers, hoping this would bring the moviegoers back to the first real multiplex in the Philippines.

Bakit until now hindi pa nila ginagawa? Anong uunahin nila, Hotel at Arena ng Mall of Asia? Paano na ang kanilang most profitable mall? Wala na ang kanilang first mall? Sana kung irerenovate ang Main building, isama na rin ang mga cinemas.. Gawin din sanag La-Z. Gandahan ang screen and ang interior, sobrang gawing state of the art. Sayang naman kung patuloy na malulugi ang SM North sa TriNoma. Kakalungkot ang SM....

I don't want to see SM North Edsa closing its doors to the public because of lack of people and lack of income.

^^I don't know what all the fuzz is about SM North being outperformed by the newer mall...its natural people will go to the latest place on the block.

As for SM not giving SM North enough attention (opting for dev'ts in Mall of Asia), I beg to disagree...Among ALL SM Malls, SM North Edsa has undergone more expansions, renovations and improvements to the point that it is now the Country's Largest Mall. SM even mentioned that they plan to make SM North Edsa the World's Largest Mall (its currently the world's 2nd Largest Mall).

As for box office reciepts, SM North Edsa was still proclaimed the top performing Cineplex for the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival. TriNoma only came 2nd.

As for now, I'm still enjoying the redevelpment of SM North & I'm optimistic about it. The best is yet to come for SM North (Sky-Garden + IMax). No doubt the Malling Spotlight for 2009-2010 will be on the Country's Largest Mall

So it means, P164-M ang gagastusin ng SM para sa renovation ng SM North Edsa..US$3.46 = P164, 000, 000.

Mukhang kaunting retouch lang yung gagawin nila sa main building ng SM North dahil P160 million lang budget while yung "The Annex" cost P1.8 Billion...I was hoping for a complete overhaul kasi (wavy corridors like SM North Annex maybe) of the entire interiors para mag-blend sya with "The Block" at "the Annex".

Anyway, an improvement...is still better than leaving the mall at its old condition. Looks like the SM North Annex will really be very nice for strolling once the shops are open (more than 350 shops kaya parang average Manila mall na sa dami ng shops!)

the annex, SM NORTH EDSA
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SM North Annex looks like a luxury retail establishment on those pics...kung titignan yung structure itself pwede na dyan ang Armani, Gucci at Louis Vuitton pero alam ko di yan mangyayari dahil sa demographic customer base ng SM North.

^^amazing mall interiors in above pics...wow!!!

first time ko sa Trinoma, nadisappoint ako sa flooring, ang pangit. pinunta ko dun para makita ang garden at fountain nila, sarado naman nung nandun ako.

SM North Annex looks like a luxury retail establishment on those pics...kung titignan yung structure itself pwede na dyan ang Armani, Gucci at Louis Vuitton pero alam ko di yan mangyayari dahil sa demographic customer base ng SM North.

i've never seen LV and Gucci in a mall/shopping place with ceramic tiles floor and just aluminum cladding. :sleepy: these luxury stores are very picky when it comes to finishes ng interiors at exteriors.

LV says no to aluminum cladding and ceramic; yes to stone, granite,marble, titanium and shiny stainless steel. that's my observation sa places where LV has set up their stores.

I thought Store Specialists, Inc will open their shops at SM Annex?

^^ some of their stores, yes. their mid-price stores like Springfield and Lacoste. only a few of SSI stores can be considered "luxury". even Zara can't be considered luxury even as it pretends to be one.

Zara is not a high-end brand. Parang Topshop, Pull&Bear, H&M lang yan sa hip/casual division. I think direct competitor ng Zara ay Mango. :)

Zara is not a high-end brand. Parang Topshop, Pull&Bear, H&M lang yan sa hip/casual division. I think direct competitor ng Zara ay Mango. :)

Add to the list Next ( may Next na ba sa Pinas?):), Banana Republic. What brands ba of SSI can be considered "Luxury" brands ?

Add to the list Next ( may Next na ba sa Pinas?):), Banana Republic. What brands ba of SSI can be considered "Luxury" brands ?

GUCCI, PRADA, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ralph Lauren, TOD's, Cartier, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Yves Saint Laurent, Bally, Burberry, Hugo Boss (Black), DKNY, Ermenegildo Zegna, Kenneth Cole New York, etc...

...and soon... Hermes, Jimmy Choo

Add to the list Next ( may Next na ba sa Pinas?):), Banana Republic. What brands ba of SSI can be considered "Luxury" brands ?

wala pang Next dito....

Thanks ! Na-corner na pala ng SSI lahat ng famous, high-end brands for the Philippine market.

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Thanks ! Na-corner na pala ng SSI lahat ng famous, high-end brands for the Philippine market.

hindi lahat...

di sila exclusive distributor ng Bvlgari, Balenciaga, Tiffany and Co., Paul Smith, St. John, Mont Blanc, Lanvin, Escada, Louis Vuitton, etc. :D

These shops can be located in the new Annex. There's already Mango at The Block. Hope the new Annex will have Debenhams as well.

What disappointed me about Trinoma is that there are very few furniture stores - Konti lang talaga ang nakita ko doon.

Zara is not a high-end brand. Parang Topshop, Pull&Bear, H&M lang yan sa hip/casual division. I think direct competitor ng Zara ay Mango. :)

first time ko sa Trinoma, nadisappoint ako sa flooring, ang pangit. pinunta ko dun para makita ang garden at fountain nila, sarado naman nung nandun ako.
Actually, all of trinoma's water features are all functioning in full glory during saturdays-sundays specifically, because more people are there. I can bet you a 90% probability that this is a fact. (Unless there's serious maintainance)

Also, the floorings, tiles, walls, paints, steel and non-steel fixtures and everything you see in TriNoma are all cheap feeling materials trying to look classy, TRUE, except for certain high-end sections where it's dramatically unnoticed.

I'm still unsure, because, i bet the management KNOWS the current state of TriNoma, dirty, i wonder why they are not yet doing something about it (compare it to Greenbelt 5's), maybe after SM North's Refurbishing, things will brighten at TriNoma :D

Actually, all of trinoma's water features are all functioning in full glory during saturdays-sundays specifically, because more people are there. I can bet you a 90% probability that this is a fact. (Unless there's serious maintainance)

:D

okay, I went there friday, jan 9, 2009.

SM Fairview...

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Actually, all of trinoma's water features are all functioning in full glory during saturdays-sundays specifically, because more people are there. I can bet you a 90% probability that this is a fact. (Unless there's serious maintainance)
:D

If so probably late in the afternoon. I was there on a Saturday around lunchtime up to 2pm and they weren't operating.

SM Fairview...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3212489516_432e36727c.jpg?v=0

:lol::lol::lol:
mas malala kapag weekends...
minsan doon sa malapit sa tranpo terminal A,
kung hindi lang pinaliko... magttraverse na yung pila sa
buong pedestrian crossing... lalo na yung pila ng gurls...
:lol::lol::lol:

kailan mo pala kuya kinuhaan 'to?

:lol::lol::lol:
mas malala kapag weekends...
minsan doon sa malapit sa tranpo terminal A,
kung hindi lang pinaliko... magttraverse na yung pila sa
buong pedestrian crossing... lalo na yung pila ng gurls...
:lol::lol::lol:

kailan mo pala kuya kinuhaan 'to?

Ikaw-dalawampu't lima ng Disyembre, taong dalawanlibo at walo...

Ikaw-dalawampu't lima ng Disyembre, taong dalawanlibo at walo...

:lol::lol::lol:

Ikaw-dalawampu't lima ng Disyembre, taong dalawanlibo at walo...

(kasalukuyang dumudugo ang ilong)
:lol::lol::lol:

thank you guys for appreciating the photos.



seriously? how come i didn't see anyone camwhoring there? :cheers:

and ganda rin pala ng annex ng SM NOE...they're really adding up some aesthetics to the usually-clausthrophobic designs before.

-----

I may be back there again after two years, or when the MRT line gets built. :)

yup! i had my camera repaired, and i think the extension isn't ready for a pictorial, the place is virtually empty :D maybe when all the shops open i'll do something bongga :D

my camwhoring is an elaborate activity... i just don't like doing it in malls yet. :D

Some artsy-fartsy photos of Mall of Asia

http://static.zooomr.com/images/6747596_f4012e11a6.jpg http://static.zooomr.com/images/6747605_1b421129e5.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/6747610_972c258837.jpg http://static.zooomr.com/images/6747622_7b7c09b319.jpg

(kasalukuyang dumudugo ang ilong)
:lol::lol::lol:

Hehehe. Heto naman noong ika-tatlumpo't isa ng Disyembre noong nakaraang taon...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/3211937621_74947e15cc.jpg?v=0

I thought Store Specialists, Inc will open their shops at SM Annex?

The oversaturation of North Edsa is really weird... no where else in the world you'll see one brand having multiple branches within a kilometer's radius :lol:

..come to think of it, if SM North and Trinoma were considered as one single shopping complex, it would be the largest mall in the world with almost 600,000sqm of space with 19 cinemas, almost 1,000 stores, 2 parks, 4 supermarkets, 3 Department Stores and 3 foodcourts. it can also hold 4 major events at its combined activity centers and serve food at close to 200 restaurants of various cuisines... in summary, it could easily break all records!

^^ TRUE!

Kaya kung gusto natin ng WORLD'S LARGEST MALL.....

dapat na silang magsama or else, palakihan, padamihan at pasosyalan ang labanan! :lol:

Ikaw-dalawampu't lima ng Disyembre, taong dalawanlibo at walo...

:lol::lol::lol:

(kasalukuyang dumudugo ang ilong)
:lol::lol::lol:

GARBE! Tagalugin ba naman ang petsa.... :nuts:

The oversaturation of North Edsa is really weird... no where else in the world you'll see one brand having multiple branches within a kilometer's radius :lol:

..come to think of it, if SM North and Trinoma were considered as one single shopping complex, it would be the largest mall in the world with almost 600,000sqm of space with 19 cinemas, almost 1,000 stores, 2 parks, 4 supermarkets, 3 Department Stores and 3 foodcourts. it can also hold 4 major events at its combined activity centers and serve food at close to 200 restaurants of various cuisines... in summary, it could easily break all records!


they could start integrating it by building bridges that will directly connect the two malls. unlike the bridge now na medyo supot pa. :lol::lol: dapat seamless yung connection na hindi mo mapapansin na nasa ibang mall ka na pala. i do think its possible.

The oversaturation of North Edsa is really weird... no where else in the world you'll see one brand having multiple branches within a kilometer's radius :lol:

..come to think of it, if SM North and Trinoma were considered as one single shopping complex, it would be the largest mall in the world with almost 600,000sqm of space with 19 cinemas, almost 1,000 stores, 2 parks, 4 supermarkets, 3 Department Stores and 3 foodcourts. it can also hold 4 major events at its combined activity centers and serve food at close to 200 restaurants of various cuisines... in summary, it could easily break all records!

question...

...are their stores in Trinoma that you will also see in SM NoE?

question...

...are their stores in Trinoma that you will also see in SM NoE?

Madami, yung mga usual brands/tenants na makikita mo sa mga malls :nuts:

so wag na lang ikabit yung dalawang malls...walang point eh..hehe

so wag na lang ikabit yung dalawang malls...walang point eh..hehe

There are multiple branches of some shops just within SM NoE itself.

Kailan po sale sa SM NORTH? Diba January 30-February 1?

^^ I like your signature King alexcerado of SM North EDSA!!! :master::master::master:

Who's the King of TriNoma by the way? :D Malls are now becoming kingdoms! :D
(:lol:)

^^ I like your signature King alexcerado of SM North EDSA!!! :master::master::master:

Who's the King of TriNoma by the way? :D Malls are now becoming kingdoms! :D
(:lol:)

paano manakop ng mall?
gusto ko unang sakupin yung annex2 ng sm fairview ni stanley tapos annex 1 tapos main!!!
JOKE
:lol::lol::lol:
hindi na ako pupunta lagi ng mall
(except sm fairview... imposibleng hindi ko madaanan to paguwi)
:):):)

^^ Bakit naman? Midterms?

^^ Bakit naman? Midterms?

nauubos moneyee ko, hahaha

More shops at SM city Fairview Annex 2
* Breadtalk (LGF, A2)
* Timezone (B, A2)
* People R People (UGF, A2)
* Ford Motors (LGF, A2)
* Sbarro (LGF, A2)
* All Flip Flops (UGF, A2)
* Grilla (LGF, A2)
* Center For Pop Music (B, A2)
* Chilly willy's (LGF, A2)
* Emo (UGF, A2)
* Ystilo Salon (B, A2)
* Under the sea (B, A2)
* Pinctada (UGF, A2)
* BDO C (LGF, A2)
* Mile Hi (LGF, A2)
* Chef Wong (LGF, A2)
* "seen" Executive Optical (UGF, A2)
* George Optical (UGF, A2)
* Sugarhouse (UGF, A2)
* Swiss Gear (UGF, A2)


and malaki talaga ang Bread talk sa SM fairview kasi unit 101-103 ito tatlong blocks sorry nalang sa Bakers passion at french baker

^^ puro emo thing kaya ibebenta doon?

^^ puro emo thing kaya ibebenta doon?

ewan ko lets see sa march 2009

question...

...are their stores in Trinoma that you will also see in SM NoE?

actually oversaturated na ang metro manila, people just go to different malls para maiba lang ang view, but technically, you'll find the same brands, same shops, same food stores inside each mall... it just depends how the mall places itself in the spectrum.

example: Bench... you'll find 4 stores within North Edsa, when you go home to Fairview, you'll find an additional 5 stores at SM and Robinsons... so funny!

actually oversaturated na ang metro manila, people just go to different malls para maiba lang ang view, but technically, you'll find the same brands, same shops, same food stores inside each mall... it just depends how the mall places itself in the spectrum.

example: Bench... you'll find 4 stores within North Edsa, when you go home to Fairview, you'll find an additional 5 stores at SM and Robinsons... so funny!


It also depends how big the store or how wider their selection is. I live in Fairview, but I still go to Megamall to buy clothes at Memo / G2000 / Arrow :)

i've never seen LV and Gucci in a mall/shopping place with ceramic tiles floor and just aluminum cladding. :sleepy: these luxury stores are very picky when it comes to finishes ng interiors at exteriors.

LV says no to aluminum cladding and ceramic; yes to stone, granite,marble, titanium and shiny stainless steel. that's my observation sa places where LV has set up their stores.

Sana gumawa ang SM NoE ng Ultra-Luxury Wing na kamukha ng "The Annex" interiors pero with granite/marble walls & tiles & stainless steel covered exposed columns.

Knight Ridder/Tribune 01/21/2009 12:01 AM ET
Govt to fund Grand Central Terminal [The Manila Times, Philippines]
Recent undefined News

The Transport official, who requested anonymity, said the budget of P777 million will be used to fund the "Grand Central Terminal," the common station for Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3) and Line 7 (MRT 7), as well as the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1) North Extension Project.

The new terminal would be constructed near the SM North Annex in Quezon City and will connect the MRT 3 and 7 and LRT 1 North Extension.

The LRT 1 North Extension project, which is expected to complete in May next year, will cost around P6.32 billion.

Of the total, civil and architectural work would cost P3.3 billion; electromechanical works, P1.9 billion; consultancy services, P317.4 million; contingency, P318 million; and inflation adjustment, P342.35 million.

The joint venture of D.M. Consunji and First Balfour last year won the contract to construct the LRT 1 North Extension Project.

The project involves the extension of LRT 1 to the North Avenue station of MRT 3, the construction of two new intermediate stations (Balintawak and Roosevelt) and a terminal station (LRT 1 North Avenue station).

The Balintawak station will provide modal interchange with bus and jeepney services entering Metro Manila from the north via the North Luzon Expressway.

Once running, the LRT 1 North Extension is expected to serve about 800,000 to 1 million passengers.

The LRT 1 North Extension Project, which aims to close the EDSA Loop, will need three additional stations from the existing Monumento Station of and ending at the North Avenue Station of MRT 3.

^^May construction activities na daw sa Center intersection sa tapat ng Sky-Garden kaya dun kaya ilalagay yung bahagi ng Grand Terminal? mukhang jackpot nanaman si Henry Sy dahil madadagdagan ng 800,000 - 1million ang customers ng SM City North dahil sa MRT/LRT loop. Kaya pala todo na ang pagpapa-beauty ng Country's Largest Mall!!!

After LRT, tiyak na magiging mahigpit at malupit ang competition ng dalawang mall. Equal na.

:banana:

I think this big business people had already anticipate or might be in connection with the APD plan by the government. I am not sure if the government still have this since from time to time change of leaders is also change of plans. Unlike in American I think since 40 years ago, when they do the urban planning, they have this apd for future expansions. Kagaya rin what I heard when I was young duon sa marcos highway one businessman already know that in the future magiging highway yuon kc dati gubat yan and nobody expect it will turn into highway. Ayun bumile kaagad siya ng lupa and when it was converted into highway yung lupa niya malapit talaga sa highway nagpatayo ata ng apartments. Ngayon the value of it is how many times the amount he purchased before. This kind of people are smart enough on how to play for future visions.

ikaw na tlaga SM NORTH EDSA! IKAW NA!:lol::lol:

sana lng tlga maging maganda(iconic ren) ang design ng Grand Terminal..kasi nga grand eh...hehehe..saka para magcomplement sa SMNoE

Greenbelt 5
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Courtesy of Aly Reyes

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Courtesy of Aly Reyes

ikaw na tlaga SM NORTH EDSA! IKAW NA!:lol::lol:

sana lng tlga maging maganda(iconic ren) ang design ng Grand Terminal..kasi nga grand eh...hehehe..saka para magcomplement sa SMNoE

sana nga...mga 2nd quarter 2010 din daw magbubukas yung LRT 1 North Station extension kaya expected na dadagsa na tao sa SM North "The Annex" kasi magkatabi lang dalawa

I was at Glorietta 5 a while ago. Nothing extraordinary with the interior. The flooring is rough! It's like a mini and less classy Greenbelt 5 but it still has a 'sosyal' feel into it IMO. I'm excited with its exterior. The lights will surely kick ass! :D

I was at Glorietta 5 a while ago. Nothing extraordinary with the interior. The flooring is rough! It's like a mini and less classy Greenbelt 5 but it still has a 'sosyal' feel into it IMO. I'm excited with its exterior. The lights will surely kick ass! :D


small but terrible ba ang dating niya?

That's a good idea. They should have done that with The Block.

Sana gumawa ang SM NoE ng Ultra-Luxury Wing na kamukha ng "The Annex" interiors pero with granite/marble walls & tiles & stainless steel covered exposed columns.

I was at Glorietta 5 a while ago. Nothing extraordinary with the interior. The flooring is rough! It's like a mini and less classy Greenbelt 5 but it still has a 'sosyal' feel into it IMO. I'm excited with its exterior. The lights will surely kick ass! :D

Agree...just like an ordinary mall :) the exterior is better along Ayala. I'm sure with LED lights ang building.

small but terrible ba ang dating niya?
small but okay na. :D

That's a good idea. They should have done that with The Block.

sana nga magka ultra high end SM North Edsa "annex" para kumpitensyahin yung upcoming Eton Centris Mall...

Dun sa mga pinost na pics ng Greenbelt 5, courtesy of @IslandSon.Ph, parang naiintimidate akong pumasok sa Greenbelt!

Parang, IMO, sobrang sosyal! Siguro kasi di pa ako nakapunta.

Baka di kayanin ng powers ko! :lol: :lol: :lol:

@renzdaniel434: Sosyalin ang mga brands na paparating ng SM Fairview ko ah...... Yung mga shops na iba, parang kinuha sa The Block like yung Breadtalk, Seen by EO, People are People. Tapos All Flip-Flops galing ng Trinoma. :lol:

Listahan ng mga bagong halal na Hari Ng SM!

SM North Edsa - King alexcerado :lol: :rofl:
SM Fairview - King stanleymalls :lol: :rofl:

Asa pa maging posh mall ang SM North EDSA. Music palang malalaman na eh, sa foodcourt palang ang soundtrip nila the musics of Nsync, BackStreet Boys at iba pang mga boybands ng 90s. Aba sosyal!

^^ LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Asa pa maging posh mall ang SM North EDSA. Music palang malalaman na eh, sa foodcourt palang ang soundtrip nila the musics of Nsync, BackStreet Boys at iba pang mga boybands ng 90s. Aba sosyal!
in short, pang-masa pa rin talaga :yes: :okay::cheers: okay na rin yan, hindi maiiintimidate ang mga tao.

Makapunta nga sa sale sa SM North this January 31. hehe :banana:

Asa pa maging posh mall ang SM North EDSA. Music palang malalaman na eh, sa foodcourt palang ang soundtrip nila the musics of Nsync, BackStreet Boys at iba pang mga boybands ng 90s. Aba sosyal!

mabuti may music pa, mga malls dito sa japan, tahimik.

actually mas prefer ko ang mall na walang music. mas serene ang dating. like maybe Podium or Shangri La. at kung may music man, sana isa isa lang, hindi yung parang nasa Quiapo ang dating. :)

Ako din, mas gusto ko yong walang music....Rockwell has live show - piano, bass in a 3 man ensemble, soothing to your ears....

actually mas prefer ko ang mall na walang music. mas serene ang dating. like maybe Podium or Shangri La. at kung may music man, sana isa isa lang, hindi yung parang nasa Quiapo ang dating. :)
magagalit ang mga maka-SM nyan. :D :lol: may music din sa Podium, pero nakaka-relax :)

Ako din, mas gusto ko yong walang music....Rockwell has live show - piano, bass in a 3 man ensemble, soothing to your ears....
sosyal. mas gusto ko yang ganyan. :D

gusto ko ring sounds yung sa Mall of Asia, pag andun ako, usual naririnig ko Latin or Jazz. :) sa Greenbelt 5 di ko matandaan kahit andun ako kahapon, hehe. ganun din ata.

Basta ayoko ng malls na may music, so i prefer, Powerplant and Shangri-La,
pangit pag nag mis sa music ng mp3 player ko..

but unless they play this:
(I got excited when i heard it
playin' in SM Fairview...ahem ahem)


:lol: :lol:


Dun, dun dun dun,
dun, dun dun dun!

Come here and look! at what we got
There's so much more,
there's such alot!

Here at SM,
we've got it all!!

We've got it aaaall!
[So much excitement and bargains to find!]

We've got it aaaall!
[Shopping convenience for everyone!]

Here at SM
It's all at SM
Here at SM
We've got it all..
..For..You!!!!!!!


:lol:
-----------

Meron pang humahabol na...


Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!
[SM Supermalls]

We got friendly people!
Happy People!
Big People..
Little People...

Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!

SM Supermaaaaaalls!
SM Supermaaaaaalls!
We've got it aaaaall....
Forrrrr..You!!!!!

:lol:

Patok na patok yan pag sumasabog na ang fireworks display
Feel na feel and MAGIC ng SM Supermalls :lol:

Basta ayoko ng malls na may music, so i prefer, Powerplant and Shangri-La,
pangit pag nag mis sa music ng mp3 player ko..

but unless they play this:
(I got excited when i heard it
playin' in SM Fairview...ahem ahem)


:lol: :lol:


Dun, dun dun dun,
dun, dun dun dun!

Come here and look! at what we got
There's so much more,
there's such alot!

Here at SM,
we've got it all!!

We've got it aaaall!
[So much excitement and bargains to find!]

We've got it aaaall!
[Shopping convenience for everyone!]

Here at SM
It's all at SM
Here at SM
We've got it all..
..For..You!!!!!!!


:lol:
-----------

Meron pang humahabol na...


Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!
[SM Supermalls]

We got friendly people!
Happy People!
Big People..
Little People...

Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!

SM Supermaaaaaalls!
SM Supermaaaaaalls!
We've got it aaaaall....
Forrrrr..You!!!!!

:lol:

Patok na patok yan pag sumasabog na ang fireworks display
Feel na feel and MAGIC ng SM Supermalls :lol:
yes, malamang may mga naiiyak pa dyan pag naririnig ang SM jingle. SSCers siguro mga yun. :lol::lol::lol:

Pasend ng mp3 :rofl:

magagalit ang mga maka-SM nyan. :D :lol: may music din sa Podium, pero nakaka-relax :)

Hindi naman siguro sila magagalit. SM pa rin naman ang The Podium, super high-end nga lang compared sa normal SM Supermalls. :)

Basta ayoko ng malls na may music, so i prefer, Powerplant and Shangri-La,
pangit pag nag mis sa music ng mp3 player ko..

but unless they play this:
(I got excited when i heard it
playin' in SM Fairview...ahem ahem)


:lol: :lol:


Dun, dun dun dun,
dun, dun dun dun!

Come here and look! at what we got
There's so much more,
there's such alot!

Here at SM,
we've got it all!!

We've got it aaaall!
[So much excitement and bargains to find!]

We've got it aaaall!
[Shopping convenience for everyone!]

Here at SM
It's all at SM
Here at SM
We've got it all..
..For..You!!!!!!!


:lol:
-----------

Meron pang humahabol na...


Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!
[SM Supermalls]

We got friendly people!
Happy People!
Big People..
Little People...

Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!

SM Supermaaaaaalls!
SM Supermaaaaaalls!
We've got it aaaaall....
Forrrrr..You!!!!!

:lol:

Patok na patok yan pag sumasabog na ang fireworks display
Feel na feel and MAGIC ng SM Supermalls :lol:

Come on! Saulado ni Kuya! :lol:

In fairness no, saulo ni cq40. :lol:

In fairness no, saulo ni cq40. :lol:


astig, hahaha... may mp3 kaya nun?:lol::lol::lol:

sa lahat ng chinese may history na magaganap sa SM city Fairview Atrium. isang 400 meter chinese dragon ang naka display sa SM city Fairview Atrium.

400 meter chinese dragon will be at SM city Fairview newest atrium from Jan. 24-31



puede mag apply na principe ng sm fairview

^^^ hindi naman magpapatalo ang SM North ko...

Longest tikoy ipapakita sa The Block.

*******

A Chinese New Year extravaganza up north

WITH its exciting new look, SM City North Edsa celebrates the Chinese New Year in a grand way, with an extravaganza of larger-than-life exhibits, traditional lion and dragon dances, and tips from some of the country's top feng shui masters.

It is said that the Year of the Ox brings prosperity through fortitude and hard work. Welcome the coming New Year—and add more luck—in a big way with SM City North Edsa's one-of-a-kind exhibits. At The Block, the "Longest Tikoy" will be unveiled on January 23 at the mall's atrium. Long a symbol of Lunar New Year festivities, this traditional rice cake—when viewed from the top—will take the shape of lucky Chinese symbols.

At the newly opened Annex, mall goers will have the rare opportunity to view the Golden Buddha Exhibit from January 23 to 31. Everything is big in the world's third-largest mall, as a gigantic Chinese Checkerboard will be displayed at the Activity Area of the Annex's fourth floor from]anuary 24 to 29, with actual games being played on January 24 and 15.

Two top feng shui experts, Maritess Allen and Prof Charlie Chao, will also give shoppers tips for a prosperous Year of the Ox.

Chao will share his feng shui expertise at the mall's Event Center on January 25, from 1 to 3 pm. A member of the International Institute of Chinese Esoteric Studies Inc., Prof. Chao is regarded as one of the country's top feng-shui masters.

He says the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony is only part of a bigger picture, and only God helps good people who help themselves. Feng shui, he says, acts as a catalyst for self-improvement.

World of Feng Shui president and CEO Maritess Allen will share her feng shui expertise with shoppers at the Atrium of The Block on Chinese New Year, January 26, from 3 to 5 pm.

Allen, who credits her triumphs over early personal adversity to the practice of feng shui, has made it her life work to share this with others so they can achieve financial and personal success. She has been a practitioner for over 15 years now and says that the purpose of feng shui is to attract positive life energy, or chi, so that it "flows smoothly, unblocking any obstruction in the body and the environment."

Capping the festivities is the traditional lion and dragon dance that will go through The Block, the City Center and The Annex.

Basta ayoko ng malls na may music, so i prefer, Powerplant and Shangri-La,
pangit pag nag mis sa music ng mp3 player ko..

but unless they play this:
(I got excited when i heard it
playin' in SM Fairview...ahem ahem)


:lol: :lol:


Dun, dun dun dun,
dun, dun dun dun!

Come here and look! at what we got
There's so much more,
there's such alot!

Here at SM,
we've got it all!!

We've got it aaaall!
[So much excitement and bargains to find!]

We've got it aaaall!
[Shopping convenience for everyone!]

Here at SM
It's all at SM
Here at SM
We've got it all..
..For..You!!!!!!!


:lol:
-----------

Meron pang humahabol na...


Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!
[SM Supermalls]

We got friendly people!
Happy People!
Big People..
Little People...

Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!

SM Supermaaaaaalls!
SM Supermaaaaaalls!
We've got it aaaaall....
Forrrrr..You!!!!!

:lol:

Patok na patok yan pag sumasabog na ang fireworks display
Feel na feel and MAGIC ng SM Supermalls :lol:

'Yang SM jingles na 'yan naririnig ko araw-araw kasi nasa SM City Cebu ako everyday even before the mall opens. LSS talaga 'yung SM jingle. Parang jingle lang ng Enchanted Kingdom: "Everyday, everyday, everyday, the magic is here" na pinapatugtog with their fireworks display. :lol:

^^http://www.imeem.com/kimatangan/playlist/zEHZ92sk/sm_supermalls_music_playlist/ :D

^^ Come on! Hayluvet! May MP3 talaga! :lol:

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enjoy sm city fairview

Basta ayoko ng malls na may music, so i prefer, Powerplant and Shangri-La,
pangit pag nag mis sa music ng mp3 player ko..

but unless they play this:
(I got excited when i heard it
playin' in SM Fairview...ahem ahem)


:lol: :lol:


Dun, dun dun dun,
dun, dun dun dun!

Come here and look! at what we got
There's so much more,
there's such alot!

Here at SM,
we've got it all!!

We've got it aaaall!
[So much excitement and bargains to find!]

We've got it aaaall!
[Shopping convenience for everyone!]

Here at SM
It's all at SM
Here at SM
We've got it all..
..For..You!!!!!!!


:lol:
-----------

Meron pang humahabol na...


Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!
[SM Supermalls]

We got friendly people!
Happy People!
Big People..
Little People...

Welcome to,
the magical world of SM!

SM Supermaaaaaalls!
SM Supermaaaaaalls!
We've got it aaaaall....
Forrrrr..You!!!!!

:lol:

Patok na patok yan pag sumasabog na ang fireworks display
Feel na feel and MAGIC ng SM Supermalls :lol:

Kantahin ang Pambanasang Mall Hymn! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol::rofl:

First time makapunta ng TechnoHub, kaya inilabas ko na lahat ng kahihiyan ko para lang kunin tong mga photos na to.......

Enjoy naman kahit mejo maliit Timezone nila. Enjoy din magtampisaw sa fountain. :lol:

Enjoy the pics! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Pasensya na kung mejo marami.......

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puede mag apply na principe ng sm fairview
si kennethologist ang queen ng SM Fairview :D

^^^ hindi naman magpapatalo ang SM North ko...
Longest tikoy ipapakita sa The Block.

ang haba ng tikoy!!! :eek: :D

^^http://www.imeem.com/kimatangan/playlist/zEHZ92sk/sm_supermalls_music_playlist/ :D
grabe effort talaga. :lol:


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enjoy sm city fairview
mukha syang repolyo pag pinagdikit. :D

First time makapunta ng TechnoHub, kaya inilabas ko na lahat ng kahihiyan ko para lang kunin tong mga photos na to.......

Enjoy naman kahit mejo maliit Timezone nila. Enjoy din magtampisaw sa fountain. :lol:

Enjoy the pics! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Pasensya na kung mejo marami.......


thanks...didn't realize the buildings there are okay....is there a mall or mini-mall?

^^ The semi-circular structure at the center of the complex is the mini-mall.

sa Greenbelt 5 di ko matandaan kahit andun ako kahapon, hehe. ganun din ata.

None I think, at least on those times I was there

I was at Glorietta 5 a while ago. Nothing extraordinary with the interior. The flooring is rough! It's like a mini and less classy Greenbelt 5 but it still has a 'sosyal' feel into it IMO. I'm excited with its exterior. The lights will surely kick ass! :D

I hated the flooring. Parang napupudpud yung shoes ko. I don't think it has a 'sosyal' feel to it. Not at all. Just being honest :)

most of all sinira ng glorietta 5 ang view sa g4 foodcourt.

si kennethologist ang queen ng SM Fairview :D



pwede ako maintenance engineer ng mga buildings?
:lol::lol::lol:

si kennethologist ang queen ng SM Fairview :D


i do not wish to be the queen... visitor lang ok na! :lol:

balik SM tayo...

kuha kahapon:
edit: may sarili nga palang thread ang MOA. :D

^^its okay you can still post it here :D

^^ ok. thanks. but the smaller sized pics ha...you may check out the SM MOA thread for the larger photos:

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A FIRST FOR NATIONAL ARTIST
Arturo Luz helps define a mall

By Rowena C. Burgos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:01:00 01/24/2009


THE milestones of National Artist Arturo Rogerio Luz’s more than 50-year career will be seen at Ayala Museum and Greenbelt Art Park starting Feb. 3.

Titled “Monumental,” the twin exhibition features Luz’s new paintings in yellow, red, orange and blue in the museum and large-scale abstract sculptures in the park. They are variations on or revisits of his past themes—circus performers of the 1960s, anito figures in the early ’70s, and origami-inspired constructs of the late ’70s. The new Luz works were created between 2007 and 2009.

“The sculptures are made of welded steel and have to be fork-lifted,” said Luz. “It’s hard to appreciate size and weight unless people see things. This is the biggest I have ever had.”

“Monumental” is the first in a series of public art exhibits organized by Greenbelt, which bids to make art more accessible to the public and to generate greater awareness of the works of world-class Filipino artists.

“Putting up such huge creations in a place like Greenbelt has never happened,” said Luz. “I hope to be the first National Artist to do this consistently in great numbers and see them land in malls, outdoor spaces and parks.”

Luz noted that some of the world’s best sculptures have been displayed outdoors. He explained the ideal background for huge works is greenery.

But Luz lamented that none of the malls in the country display sculptures “because most of them are kuripot (stingy). When an architect tells a mall developer he’ll need P135 million to build a mall, the latter agrees. But when one is told to put artworks inside the building which will cost about P2 million, that’s when the disagreement comes in. That is the story of Philippine public art.”

What, to him, is an ideal mall? “The secret to a mall would be the shops you put inside. It’s not the building but the quality of tenants.”

‘Semi-’ artist

A painter, sculptor and designer (jewelry and even, at one time, barong), Luz was named National Artist in Visual Arts in 1997.

Luz is best known for his linear art and his series on street musicians, vendors, cyclists and carnival performers. He is also known for his wood, concrete and metal sculptures. His works are marked by meticulous simplicity and restraint, with subdued colors and understated form.

Luz describes himself as “semi-representational, semi-abstracted.”

“My works are semi-representational in the sense that sometimes the subject is recognizable; many times, it’s not, so that makes it abstract,” Luz said. “I did abstracts for 20 years but I starved to death.”

“Semi-abstracts are acceptable to more people,” Luz added. “When people look at abstracts, they get uneasy because they don’t understand it. And then they ask, ‘What does it mean?’ My answer is ‘It has no meaning.’ That disturbs them even more.”

Luz said many media people “hate” him “because I never explain my works. I don’t feel compelled to explain what I do. I want people to guess what they are. That’s why I don’t give interviews.”
What’s the secret to his endurance—in art and in life?

Work. Luz, 82, paints seven days a week. Once a week, he does sculpture. He starts his day from the moment “I open my eyes” and works “until I get very sleepy at night.”

Fun dancing

And—Luz is into Latin dances but his favorite is mambo. “Dancing is much nicer and more fun than walking,” he said. “Every man has the obligation to dance well. I have been to many balls and parties and have seen husbands who sit like ducks. It’s pathetic.”

Once, Luz invited Lor and Pabling Calma to go dancing with him. He reserved two dance instructors, but his artist-friends never showed up. “They got scared,” Luz said, laughing.

When he got hooked on dancing, he would go three to four times a week to the club and stay there until 2 a.m. Now, it’s down to once a week. “I’m surprised my wife (theater’s Tessie Ojeda Luz) never divorced me,” he said, admitting he never went to the dances with his wife for he finds it “boring.”

But he’s proud to say that in their 46-year marriage, they’ve had only two minor arguments. “We just can’t remember what we argued about. But, I think, the secret to a lasting relationship is that both should never be angry at the same time. Learn to be understanding of one another.”

Painter’s painter

Luz is much admired by fellow painters. The late Fernando Zobel de Ayala had called him “a painter’s painter.” He noted that, when a Luz painting was offered for sale, which was seldom because of the painstaking nature of the artist’s work, the buyer was often another painter. “Where other painters shout at the top of their voices,” Zobel wrote, “Luz speaks in a whisper and, insidiously, gets a great deal more said.”

When asked who he thinks would be the next National Artist, Luz said, “The person who is desperate to become a National Artist will not become one. But the one who is the least interested in getting such award will be named National Artist.”


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I saw this in Google: Glorietta in the 70's.

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SM's Storyland Theme Park at SM Fairview IS NOW CLOSED!...

...but will be reopening during the summer of 09 after its majah interior overhaul. From the carnivale theme, it will shift into a spacey "Cityscape" theme. initial renderings share that it will look like SM's Science and Discovery Center... but with rides. :D

...for those worrying kids out there, the roller coaster and the bump-cars will stay!

SM's Storyland Theme Park at SM Fairview IS NOW CLOSED!...

...but will be reopening during the summer of 09 after its majah interior overhaul. From the carnivale theme, it will shift into a spacey "Cityscape" theme. initial renderings share that it will look like SM's Science and Discovery Center... but with rides. :D

...for those worrying kids out there, the roller coaster and the bump-cars will stay!
:banana::banana::banana:

:banana::banana::banana:

OT break:

and speaking of roller coasters, according to the roller coaster database (www.rcdb.com) there are only 7 registered roller coasters in the country... most of them built inside malls.

Enchanted Kingdom (Sta. Rosa, Laguna Philippines)
Star City (Pasay, Manila Philippines)
Storyland (Cebu City, Cebu Philippines) <<-- I think this is closed now
Storyland (Quezon City, Manila Philippines)
Storyland (Las Piñas City, Manila Philippines)
Worlds of Fun (Cainta, Rizal Philippines)
X-Site Teen Amusement Center (Muntinlupa, Manila Philippines)

(the list does not include collapsible RCs like the ones built at global fun or boom na boom or the infamous Carnabal sa Circle :lol:)

^ Yep wala nang roller coaster sa SM Cebu.

what about that one in Festival Mall?

SM's Storyland Theme Park at SM Fairview IS NOW CLOSED!...

...but will be reopening during the summer of 09 after its majah interior overhaul. From the carnivale theme, it will shift into a spacey "Cityscape" theme. initial renderings share that it will look like SM's Science and Discovery Center... but with rides. :D

...for those worrying kids out there, the roller coaster and the bump-cars will stay!

hindi po siya closed under renovation lang yung storyland. baka nga isa na yan sa sign ng renovation sa buong mall. pero maganda yung pagkadesign dito

what about that one in Festival Mall?

That's the X-Site Teen Amusement Center on the list posted by Kenny.

oh, thanks for the info sinj. i was looking for Alabang on the locs. :lol:

SM's Storyland Theme Park at SM Fairview IS NOW CLOSED!...

...but will be reopening during the summer of 09 after its majah interior overhaul. From the carnivale theme, it will shift into a spacey "Cityscape" theme. initial renderings share that it will look like SM's Science and Discovery Center... but with rides. :D

...for those worrying kids out there, the roller coaster and the bump-cars will stay!

:banana::banana::banana:

Ay! Bakit ngayon ko lang nalaman yan?

Sabagay, dapt na ring gawan ng renovation. It has been 12 years for SM Fairview since 1997.

Futuristic ba kamo? Tapos patterened sa SM-Science and Discovery Center?

Aba! Join ako! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ay! Bakit ngayon ko lang nalaman yan?

Sabagay, dapt na ring gawan ng renovation. It has been 12 years for SM Fairview since 1997.

Futuristic ba kamo? Tapos patterened sa SM-Science and Discovery Center?

Aba! Join ako! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

you shoud've seen how crowded Storyland was during the holidays, you'd have to wait at least 45 mins in line just to get ride passes. my pamangkins are big fans of the place... it's really a welcome development up north in the metro... And it completes the SM experience up in Fairview.

fun fact: the marching band that are now regulars at SM MoA originally marched around the halls of SM Fairview (and maybe at Southmall) for months way back in 2000 just to promote the opening of Quezon City's only indoor theme park.

it's been 8 years since it opened to the public, I practically grew up with it... it really deserves a theme change.

naisip ko lng...di ba may gagawin na SMtheme park sa may MOA complex or sa ECIty..di kaya outdoor SToryland theme park to?

Ay! Bakit ngayon ko lang nalaman yan?

Sabagay, dapt na ring gawan ng renovation. It has been 12 years for SM Fairview since 1997.

Futuristic ba kamo? Tapos patterened sa SM-Science and Discovery Center?

Aba! Join ako! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


isabay na rin nila yung mall mismo :nuts::nuts::nuts:
hay sa tuwing nakikita at naririnig ko ang salitang roller coaster
iba naiisip ko, hay

^^ano naiisip mo?

naisip ko lng...di ba may gagawin na SMtheme park sa may MOA complex or sa ECIty..di kaya outdoor SToryland theme park to?

kung magtatayo ng themepark sa bay area eh sa E-City ito. Ayon sa masterplan ng MoA. Office Buildings, condos, hotels at Casino ang magpapalibot sa MoA.

The future is in the NORTH

SM City North Edsa (grand relaunch of World's 2nd Biggest Mall in 2009)
Grand Central Terminal (MRT-LRT loop to have the Country's Main Integrated transportation hub - phase 1 by 2010)
**Essential components of the upcoming Triangle Business Park, QC(World Bank Conceptualized "Economic Center of Gravity for Metro Manila")

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most of all sinira ng glorietta 5 ang view sa g4 foodcourt.

You mean this view? Can anyone post a photo before Glorietta 5 was built?

Taken from Starbucks at G4
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You mean this view? Can anyone post a photo before Glorietta 5 was built?

Taken from Starbucks at G4
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^^ OMG.. almost araw-araw na ako nandito sa area pero hindi ko pa napasok yan.. i'm such a loser.. bukas magpapa-divirginize na ako kay glorietta 5.. :lol:

^^ Uy! Ang ganda naman nyan! G5 ba yan? :?

most of all sinira ng glorietta 5 ang view sa g4 foodcourt.

Just so you know, gigibain ang buong Glorietta, so, ok lng yan :lol:

Eentrance nanaman SM Fairvew ko...... :lol:

Transport Terminal B :D

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^^ hindi pa rin ba bukas ang basement?
hindi pa ako nakakabalik ng annex2 for two weeks
:lol::lol::lol:

Let's take a break from the mainstream...

The Venetian Mall Update by @--SuperB0y--

The Venetian Mall is looking good.

Jan 28

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^^ganda!

Let's take a break from the mainstream...

The Venetian Mall Update by @--SuperB0y--

Where exactly is this mall located?

Where exactly is this mall located?

Sa Mckinley Hill. Malapit lang sa The Fort. May shuttle bus din sila from edsa ayala papunta doon.:)

^^
I think that mall is located at one mckinley hill fort bonifacio taguig just right after American cemetery.

Our company supplied to Woodridge projects also located at same site...

^^ hindi pa rin ba bukas ang basement?
hindi pa ako nakakabalik ng annex2 for two weeks
:lol::lol::lol:

sakatunayan inaalis lahat ng tiles papalitan siguro ng bago.

According sa SM 3 day sale susunod na yata ang SM Sta. Mesa sa Feb 13-15 tapos yung SM Fairview sa February 27-28 March 1

You mean this view? Can anyone post a photo before Glorietta 5 was built?

Taken from Starbucks at G4
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Is that black thing located at the wall of G5 a multimedia screen? I saw a similar screen at Eastwood.

Ang ganda ng Venetian mall.Impressive yung design,,Sana isunod na nila i construct yung gondola ride/effect...haha

Sa Mckinley Hill. Malapit lang sa The Fort. May shuttle bus din sila from edsa ayala papunta doon.:)

as in dadaan sila hanggang sa mall mismo? ang problema lang sa mall na to, mahirap commute. taxi lang siguro. pero i guess, ang target naman talaga nila eh yung mga nakatira sa mga condos nila pati na rin mga empleyado sa loob ng mckinley hill.

dati hill pa ang mckinley hill...
bakit ngayon hindi na?
:)

Ang ganda naman nung Venetian Mall...

Minus the office buildings, a perfect place to chillax! :okay:

I also like the fact that it is very detailed.....

Parang pinattern siya sa Eastwood CityWalk.... :?

ask lang po ako...

about sa Kipling, ilang branches na ba in Metro Manila?

thanks!;)

^^I know there is one branch in SM North EDSA "The Block". Not sure how many.

Ang ganda naman nung Venetian Mall...

Minus the office buildings, a perfect place to chillax! :okay:

I also like the fact that it is very detailed.....

Parang pinattern siya sa Eastwood CityWalk.... :?

They're from the same developer, Megaworld. And like its predecessor, it would have BPO offices around to complement it.

^^ Mckinley hill is better planned than Eastwood. sobra siksikan mga buildings sa eastwood e. i hope in the near future, matapatan ng megaworld ang Ayala in developing malls. they have a lot of u/c and proposed malls like newport,chinatown and this venetian mall. pati na rin siguro sa e-city. so aggressive!

Bukas na po yung Seen by EQ at Sbarro sa Annex 2 ng SM city Fairview. Tapos yung Basement level ng A2 Plain white nalang yung tiles niya parang sa MoA kaso mas maliit ng konti

dapat laging sale sa SM North para maglipatan lahat sa SM.

^^ malulugi naman SM nyan :D

dapat laging sale sa SM North para maglipatan lahat sa SM.

Yan din yuung strategy ng isang mall eh "Big Big Sale" pa nga eh eh halos araw araw big big sale dun eh, gusto na ibenta yujng mga inaamag na tinda...teka anung mall ulit yun? U? U? Uni? EVER Gotesco? :nuts:

^^ Err.... Ever! SM! Bilhin nyo na nga Ever! :lol:

^^I know there is one branch in SM North EDSA "The Block". Not sure how many.
thanks a lot! pero may branch ba din sila sa Rustan's?

Sinisimulan na po ba ang LRT sa SM North Edsa?

atsaka akala ko ba irerenovate ang Main Building?

South Gate Mall and South Gate Tower - The newest gem shines on EDSA

http://colliersid.com/880

For Lease
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Property Address:
EDSA corner Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Description:
A 20-storey modern tower clad with a full glass curtain wall with and unique 6 storey podium at its base. In it is 37,000 Sq.M. of leasable office space wired and designed with the lastest and most modern communication and energy saving technologies to meet the high-tech requirements of today's businesses.

Features


Constructed with state-of-the-art low emissivity glass curtain walls
Typical tower template of 1,912 Sq.M. of gross floor area
2 levels of basement parking
Connected to a podium of 18,340 Sq.M. of retail, dining, entertainment and supermarket space
Direct bridgeway connection to Metro Rail Transit (MRT) at the third level
Rooftop garden at the podium
Rooftop helipad
Security System, Building Monitoring System and Card Access System
Security metal detector at the main entrance
Green Architecture

Specifications

Power Load 100% back-up power Airconditioning System VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow) air conditioning system and chilled water. Provision for 5 units of ACCU @ 28.72 tons. Telecommunication Provider Eastern Telecoms, PLDT, and Globe Building Design World-class design by Wong and Ouyang Ltd, the architects of Pacific Place in Hong Kong. One of the few buildings to boast full glass curtain walls. Implementation of "Green Architecture" concepts, providing tenants with power saving benefits. Floor plate and amenities perfectly suited for BPO occupiers needs. Structural Integrity Certified by Aromin & Sy + Associates Inc. For further details contact:

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Jill Abolins
Office Sales and leasing
Manila
632.888.9988
email Jill (jill.abolins@colliers.com)


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Ieyo de Guzman
Investment Sales
Manila
632.888.9988
63.920.970.7262
email Ieyo (ieyo.deguzman@colliers.com)

Sinisimulan na po ba ang LRT sa SM North Edsa?

atsaka akala ko ba irerenovate ang Main Building?

Sinisimulan na LRT sa tapat ng SM North Edsa The Annex. Yung Main Mall di pa nirerenovate yung loob.

**Good News: Mukhang finishing touches nalang yung SM North Sky-Garden dahil halos tapos na ang painting sa lahat ng structures. Baka mag-open ang Sky-Garden before Valentines Day!!!

South Gate Mall and South Gate Tower - The newest gem shines on EDSA

http://colliersid.com/880

For Lease
http://colliersid.com/property_images/3108_lg.jpg

Property Address:
EDSA corner Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Description:
A 20-storey modern tower clad with a full glass curtain wall with and unique 6 storey podium at its base. In it is 37,000 Sq.M. of leasable office space wired and designed with the lastest and most modern communication and energy saving technologies to meet the high-tech requirements of today's businesses.

Features


Constructed with state-of-the-art low emissivity glass curtain walls
Typical tower template of 1,912 Sq.M. of gross floor area
2 levels of basement parking
Connected to a podium of 18,340 Sq.M. of retail, dining, entertainment and supermarket space
Direct bridgeway connection to Metro Rail Transit (MRT) at the third level
Rooftop garden at the podium
Rooftop helipad
Security System, Building Monitoring System and Card Access System
Security metal detector at the main entrance
Green Architecture

Specifications

Power Load 100% back-up power Airconditioning System VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow) air conditioning system and chilled water. Provision for 5 units of ACCU @ 28.72 tons. Telecommunication Provider Eastern Telecoms, PLDT, and Globe Building Design World-class design by Wong and Ouyang Ltd, the architects of Pacific Place in Hong Kong. One of the few buildings to boast full glass curtain walls. Implementation of "Green Architecture" concepts, providing tenants with power saving benefits. Floor plate and amenities perfectly suited for BPO occupiers needs. Structural Integrity Certified by Aromin & Sy + Associates Inc. For further details contact:

http://colliersid.com/images.php?oid=486

Jill Abolins
Office Sales and leasing
Manila
632.888.9988
email Jill (jill.abolins@colliers.com)


http://colliersid.com/images.php?oid=685

Ieyo de Guzman
Investment Sales
Manila
632.888.9988
63.920.970.7262
email Ieyo (ieyo.deguzman@colliers.com)


Ito ba yung matagal na nakatenggang building sa Magallanes? Nakikita ko kasi sya recently na full operation ulit sila

My Review of Glorietta 5: "Ayala has gone boxy...maybe a little too boxy"

Exteriors:
Looks designed in the 90's. Too simple - Ayala could have done a lot more to improve the design.

General Interiors:
"Waltermart Makati looks even more beautiful than this...don't even try comparing this to SM City North's The Annex because SM's latest effort is in a much higher level"

Circulation:
The positive thing is that Ayala has managed to maximize the space because of the grid layout of the design.

Walls:
Glass facade interspersed by concrete columns. Very simple.

Flooring:
TriNoma's tiles would look like a masterpiece compared to the tiles of G5. G5's tiles Look & feel like PLAIN CEMENT!! The only way I knew they weren't is when I saw the thin lines that made a grid pattern on the floor, then I realized they were really tiles!:ohno:

Shops:
Almost the same shops as the ones in Ali Mall. One of the few bright spots are the good dinning selections on the mall & some of them face the park fronting Glorietta 4.

In General:
The mall addition should have been called "The Depot".

^^ That doesn't sound good. But I guess it was because the project needs to be rushed so they can start with the glorieta redevelopment, ASAP. They can always renovate it anyway, design is not much of a problem at this point, it's the function that matters, and that would be to house the tenants of Glorietta 1 (including G2 and PS2) so they can proceed with the redevelopment.

Ito ba yung matagal na nakatenggang building sa Magallanes? Nakikita ko kasi sya recently na full operation ulit sila

Yup, yan na nga yun.

^^Yun din yung naisip ko...G5's purpose is to house dislocated tenants affected by Glorietta's renovation. But even so with what happened to G5 it seems Ayala is already feeling the bite of "The Global Financial Crisis". My hopes for the renovation of the whole Ayala Makati complex is still high though.

boyce avenue live at sm malls! :D

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Ito ba yung matagal na nakatenggang building sa Magallanes? Nakikita ko kasi sya recently na full operation ulit sila

That would of been a good residential place also, for condo, love the idea that it's an easy access to MRT/LRT.

Sinisimulan na LRT sa tapat ng SM North Edsa The Annex. Yung Main Mall di pa nirerenovate yung loob.

**Good News: Mukhang finishing touches nalang yung SM North Sky-Garden dahil halos tapos na ang painting sa lahat ng structures. Baka mag-open ang Sky-Garden before Valentines Day!!!

:banana: yehey! pag magbukas na ang LRT, let the WAR begin.

kanina galing ako sa North edsa at 1st time ko lang nakita yung cinema lobby (cinema c) na wala masyadong tao. 3 day sale pa man din

galing ako trinoma
kanina. ang daming
tao. nakakahilo.

kanina galing ako sa North edsa at 1st time ko lang nakita yung cinema lobby (cinema c) na wala masyadong tao. 3 day sale pa man din

dapat nga irenovate na talaga ang movie house ng SM.

Gawin nilang THX, if possible, gawin nilang stadium style, LaZ.

^^ That doesn't sound good. But I guess it was because the project needs to be rushed so they can start with the glorieta redevelopment, ASAP. They can always renovate it anyway, design is not much of a problem at this point, it's the function that matters, and that would be to house the tenants of Glorietta 1 (including G2 and PS2) so they can proceed with the redevelopment.



Yup, yan na nga yun.
Well, it's not really that bad, the interiors are still UNFINISHED BTW :lol:

:banana: yehey! pag magbukas na ang LRT, let the WAR begin.

Believe me...SM North Edsa doesn't need the LRT to compete at the moment, the Sky-Garden would be enough to level the playing field for 2009. Dudumugin ng tao yang SM Sky-Garden. Pag nagbukas yang LRT at lalo na yang Grand Terminal, the playing field will be in favor of SM North unless TriNoma unleashes its secret weapon along the lines of a TriNoma Annex (w/ Rustans), Hypermarket at Sky-Garden 2 on top of the current Parking lot fronting SM???

Abangan ang susunod na kabanata sa Ultimate Mall Showdown. SM North Edsa vs. TriNoma vs. Eton Centris

The flooring of Trinoma is terrible! :ohno:


My Review of Glorietta 5:
Flooring:
TriNoma's tiles would look like a masterpiece compared to the tiles of G5. G5's tiles Look & feel like PLAIN CEMENT!! The only way I knew they weren't is when I saw the thin lines that made a grid pattern on the floor, then I realized they were really tiles!:ohno:

Ito ba yung matagal na nakatenggang building sa Magallanes? Nakikita ko kasi sya recently na full operation ulit sila

i wanna know the story behind this revival... was there a buyout? or magically the original developer suddenly won the lottery? very interesting!

^^ there was a buy-out. the sort of 'we'll finish what you failed to deliver' thing.
the whole story can be found here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=727892).

The “Battle” of the cinemas begins
by AUC. February 01, 2009

Philippine movies became more productive when SM Cinemas (West Avenue Theaters Corporation), the largest movie exhibitor in the Philippines, opened their first branch on 1987 at SM North Edsa shopping mall, the first and true “supermall” in the Philippines, with eight wide screens, state-of-the-art sound and a new taste for movie lovers.

It’s in the middle of the crisis, after the historical Edsa Revolution, and the reformation of the government, but West Avenue Theaters didn’t mind it, continued their dreams of becoming the largest movie operator in the Philippines. After four to five years operation in SM North Edsa, SM decided to add 4 additional theaters at the mall’s annex.

From that time, SM Cinemas at SM North Edsa became the avenue for the premiere nights and advance screenings events of both local and foreign films, and became the den of the producers and distributors who wanted their movies to gross high as much as possible, a box office hit and much better if a blockbuster hit. After a few years, SM Cinemas opened more branches around the metro and around the country.

Although SM Cinemas opened their doors for new branches in Megamall, Sta. Mesa, Manila and Cebu, and other movie operators such as Robinsons Movieworlds at Ermita and Galleria, SM North Edsa cinemas continued of becoming the template of the producers wanting a big income and impact from the people. A single showing of a box office movie in 12 movie houses at SM North Edsa can gross an amazing P10 million, prior to its 300, 000 visitors a day, proving that nothing beats the “first and original” cinemas inside a mall. Some of the movies gave SM North Edsa the title as the top grossing theater in the country are Spider-Man film series and Harry Potter installments.

The auditorium styles of Sy’s cinemas were applied in all their branches nationwide. SM Cinemas reigned, with almost 150 theaters operating nationwide, as the competition also rises between the cinema operators nationwide.

Other cinema operators in our country didn’t follow Sy’s plan, else, made their own piece, by stadium-style cinemas that can be found in Araneta Center’s Gateway Mall, Powerplant Rockwell and Shangri-La Cineplexes. Robinsons Movieworld followed them, converted their Robinsons Galleria and Robinsons Ermita theaters from auditorium styles to stadium styles. And it works!

The fireball of hot tensions rise in 2007 as Ayala Malls introduced TriNoma, the new kid on the block in front of SM North Edsa, the most populous and most profitable mall of SM, with their very exciting anchors, including 8 state-of-the-art cinemas, that beat the longtime leader SM North Edsa in terms of exhibiting foreign movies.

Trinoma topped the list of the best performing theaters in 2008 movies such as “National Treasure”, “Jumper”, “10, 000 BC”, “Prince Caspian”, “Hancock”, “The Dark Knight”, “High School Musical”, “Quantum of Solace” and 2009 movies realeased this January namely “Bedtime Stories” and “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”. Meanwhile, SM North Edsa also joined the Top 10 list of all the said movies, but never got its original title as the “Top Grossing movie house” in the Philippines. The guys from TriNoma are surely packed with sunny faces, after the results that their new LaZ seats theaters are number 1.

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.

“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.”

Now on, TriNoma is the country’s top money maker, becoming the benchmark for a movie to be a big hit.

A spokesman of one movie distributor cited Trinoma’s good location (it has a direct access to the commuter train that runs the length of North Edsa to Edsa/Taft and it’s the loading/unloading stop for buses plying the Baclaran-Monumento-Meycauayan route) and the multiplex’s well-designed theaters and state-of-the-art projection and sound (all theaters are digital with one THX certified) as the biggest come on for audience that wants value for money.

But the people behind SM North Edsa are planning for a new trick, to grab their original title from the new kid on the block. They’re planning to renovate the whole mall including the mall’s cinemas, starting from the opening of the Annex to their Sky Garden, said to be more beautiful that TriNoma’s garden site and to the new face of the whole mall, the new face of SM North Edsa.

A new LRT station will also open soon at SM North Edsa, with 1, 000, 000 customers a day, connecting LRT from Monumento to the mall. The people of Trinoma are maybe struggling right now, thinking of their future plans to keep the former people of SM North and their current people, and how can they retain their title.

Additional headache for TriNoma is the upcoming IMAX Theater on SM North Edsa. The plan is all set, renovating the Cinema 4 of The Block to a 800 seat-IMAX Theater for P500 admission, hoping that this would bring people to the original cineplex in the Philippines.

CREDITS: Isah V. Red, Manila Standard Today

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:49:00 02/01/2009
Filed Under: Lifestyle & Leisure

(Thumbs up) TAKING shape above the clutter of Edsa is a one-of-a-kind wonder in the metropolis. It’s a Sky Garden that snakes around SM North Edsa, from The Block to the Annex.

It’s a good sign that even mall developers are trying to create a natural landscape—a vast expanse of greenery that should give weary urbanites a chance to breathe. Metro Manila is a megapolis gasping for air.

At last, here is a design that should give mallrats their much needed oxygen supply.

Spanning almost 16,000 sq m, it will be lined and dotted with trees and foliage—perfect for absorbing the smog around. A waterfall (man-made, of course) is at the end of this winding promenade.

Retail stores and restos in sleek glass-and-steel pavilions will rise in the Sky Garden.

The centerpiece of this development is an ampitheater with a skylight atrium. Designed to be the prime events venue of the north, it will have panoramic lights, which should make it quite a sight at night.

The Sky Garden, which is due to open in April, should give mall-goers a fresh view of the cityscape, no matter the congestion.

Source: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20090201-186766/Oxygen-for-a-choking-city

^^Okay narin kung mag-open sa April yung SM North SkyGarden kasi kailangan din palang patubuin lahat ng foliage para maganda. Bukod dito kailangan pang gawin yung interiors ng mga shops at dining establishments sa Sky-Garden. Pero yung exteriors ng mga structure sa Sky-Garden patapos na kaya akala ko mas maaga magbukas.

SM North Edsa Grand Revenge...este Relaunch has just begun...there's more to come
1. Imax Construction & Cineplex renovation
2. City Center (former main mall) interior renovation
3. Relaunch of SM Bowling Alley & Bingo Center at SM "The Annex"
4. Renovation/Expansion of former Cyberzone & Parking Building
5. Possible renovation/expansion of former Ace Hardeware Building beside "The Block"

i wanna know the story behind this revival... was there a buyout? or magically the original developer suddenly won the lottery? very interesting!

^^ there was a buy-out. the sort of 'we'll finish what you failed to deliver' thing.
the whole story can be found here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=727892).

Just like what happened to TriNoma huh.

^^Okay narin kung mag-open sa April yung SM North SkyGarden kasi kailangan din palang patubuin lahat ng foliage para maganda. Bukod dito kailangan pang gawin yung interiors ng mga shops at dining establishments sa Sky-Garden. Pero yung exteriors ng mga structure sa Sky-Garden patapos na kaya akala ko mas maaga magbukas.

SM North Edsa Grand Revenge...este Relaunch has just begun...there's more to come
1. Imax Construction & Cineplex renovation
2. City Center (former main mall) interior renovation
3. Relaunch of SM Bowling Alley & Bingo Center at SM "The Annex"
4. Renovation/Expansion of former Cyberzone & Parking Building
5. Possible renovation/expansion of former Ace Hardeware Building beside "The Block"

hehehe. Grand Revenge lol

Sana ang IMAX and cinema renovation magawa na as much as possible.

^^Baka isabay na nila yang Imax at Cineplex upgrade sa gagawing renovation ng City Center...tingin ko hinihintay muna ng SM na magbukas most shops sa "The Annex" at SkyGarden para may additional income sources ang SM North. Maaapektuhan kasi retail acitivties ng SM North kung may interior renovation na

4. Renovation/Expansion of former Cyberzone & Parking Building
5. Possible renovation/expansion of former Ace Hardeware Building beside "The Block"


ano kaya balak nila diyan?
cyberzone carpark + main building = city center ?

may mga harang na sa likod ng dating ace
(yung malapit na sa tricycle terminal)
ano din kaya balak nila doon?

^^sa ngayon mukhang di muna gagawing isang building yang Cyberzone at Main Building kasi Interior Renovation lang daw muna yung "City Center". I think SM reserves the old Cyberzone/Carpark building & Ace Builders Bldg. for another renovation/expansion pero mukhang oobserbahan muna nila mangyayari sa sinasabing World Crisis. Makakaapekto rin yung upcoming competition mula sa TriNoma at upcoming Eton Centris commercial complex.

^^sa ngayon mukhang di muna gagawing isang building yang Cyberzone at Main Building kasi Interior Renovation lang daw muna yung "City Center". I think SM reserves the old Cyberzone/Carpark building & Ace Builders Bldg. for another renovation/expansion pero mukhang oobserbahan muna nila mangyayari sa sinasabing World Crisis. Makakaapekto rin yung upcoming competition mula sa TriNoma at upcoming Eton Centris commercial complex.

Sana kung maglalagay sila ng IMAX sa Cyberzone na lang para mas malaki diba.

Masyadong manipis yung lote ng old Cyberzone. Okay naman kung sa The Block ilagay kasi at least mas madaling puntahan

2 years na ata akong hindi nakakapunta ng SM North. since nag-open kasi ang Trinoma, dun na lang kami namamasyal.

^^ Baka namimiss ka na ni North EDSA! :lol: :lol:

yup talo sila ng trinoma...laking lugi siguro ng sm north....anyway...yung talamak na lang talaga na mall rats ang pagkatapos mag shop sa trinoma....tatawid pa sa sm north edsa....:lol:

^^ Yung nga ang inconvenience minsan. Tapos hindi pa din tinutuloy ng Trinoma yung extension ng overpass na ginawa ng SM North.

Kung magiging integrated lang silang dalawa, walang problema mag mall hopping.

^^ Yung nga ang inconvenience minsan. Tapos hindi pa din tinutuloy ng Trinoma yung extension ng overpass na ginawa ng SM North.

Kung magiging integrated lang silang dalawa, walang problema mag mall hopping.

^^

Advantage kasi ng Trinoma nasa dulo ng MRT Line. :)

So far OK yung tambayan sa taas may "mist" effect pa hehehe! :lol:

^^ Hahahaha! :lol:

Ayoko ng esclator sa SM north edsa - ANNEX ang hirap maglakad para makaabot sa kabilang escalator going down/up and I know na may elevator.. pero para kceng nasacrifice ang convenience sa exaggerated n int. design......