GENERAL SANTOS | SM City General Santos [3F|com]

[chevy_boy]

SM group eyes mall in General Santos City

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — SM Prime Holdings, Inc. has expressed interest to build a shopping mall in this city, posing a potential competition to two established malls and another in the pipeline.



The mall giant expressed the intention to local government officials through affiliate Shopping Center Management Corp.

"It’s 80 to 90% sure that SM is putting up a branch here... and this is a welcome development. Their people had discussed the project with the local government," General Santos Mayor Pedro B. Acharon said.

Rival Robinsons Land has started building a P2-billion mall that is expected to open in June next year. The other two malls that have been operating here for years are the Gaisano Mall and KCC Mall.

The Sy-owned mall developer has yet to give the green light for the branch, although it has posted an Internet ad searching for a lease manager for SM City-General Santos. Efforts to reach officials of the lease department of SM Super-Malls in Manila were unsuccessful.

Mr. Acharon told BusinessWorld SM Supermalls and the landowner of a potential site, the Salazar family, are still in talks. Included in the discussion are the traffic problem in the narrow San Miguel St.

SM reportedly plans to just lease the eight-hectare property for 50 years from the landowner.

Mr. Acharon saw no problem in the viability of the business venture, but cited a concern voiced by micro- and small entrepreneurs. With the entry of big shopping malls, small businessmen fear they will get displaced, the mayor said.

"But I told them that this can be an opportunity for them... That they should think big or reevaluate their strategies to keep pace with the competition brought by these big stores," he added. Mr. Acharon noted that in the case of Davao and Iloilo, small entrepreneurs there managed to adjust six months after giant malls start operations.

Aside from expanding to the provinces, the SM group is also busy building malls abroad. It plans to open one or two more malls in China even as it continues to expand its mall network in the Philippines over the next five years. — Romer S. Sarmiento

[chevy_boy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_City_General_Santos

Wikipedia article for SM City GenSan... regarding the negotiations, from what I've heard last, it's final... Dunkin will still be on their existing site...

[chevy_boy]

GenSan will soon be the only city in Mindanao to have both a Robinsons Place and SM City....

[WawaY[625]]

http://ph.jobstreet.com/jobs/2008/11...14108.htm?fr=c

LEASING MANAGER - SM CITY GENERAL SANTOS (soon to open)



RESPONSIBILITIES:

* * The Leasing Manager shall be responsible in ensuring the maximum occupancy of the leasable spaces of the SM City General Satos. This individual will orchestrate additional potential solicitation of retail tenants and new concepts. He/ she is expected to maintain positive tenant relationships to promote occupancy of the mall properties, and prepares forecasts and maintains budget to maximize mall value and profitability.


REQUIREMENTS:
* * Applicants must have at least 5 solid years of managerial experience in property/tenant management, sales and marketing, or brand management, with a minimum academic requirement of a Bachelors Degree preferably in Business Administration/Management, Marketing, Finance/Accountancy, or equivalent.


* * Ideal candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; with strong negotiation and excellent interpersonal skills which, will be useful in dealing with associates, clients, and customers; he/she must possess a high level of organizational skills and the ability to plan effectively; must be focused and very detail-oriented.


* * Strong background in customer service and a wide network of professional and business contacts are extremely helpful, experience in sales and brand marketing will be very helpful as well.


* * This position will be based in GENERAL SANTOS CITY thus, Gen. San based / born applicants are encouraged to apply. We also welcome those who have studied, worked and/or lived in General Santos and its neighboring provinces and cities.




* * We will only accept degree holders from reputable universities or colleges.




* * Should you wish to apply for this position, please send your updated resume and latest 2x2 colored photo to pjlj@smsupermalls.com and quote, GEN SAN- LEASING on the subject bar.

[Fly2Bacolod]

Originally Posted by chevy_boy

GenSan will soon be the only city in Mindanao to have both a Robinsons Place and SM City....

I think Davao will also have Robinsons and SM.

[WawaY[625]]

Originally Posted by Fly2Bacolod

I think Davao will also have Robinsons and SM.

I think he meant yung full-fledged na Robinsons Place, yung sa CdeO kasi at (soon) sa Davao, parang bitin

the one in Cdeo feels like wing lang ng LimKetKai and the one in Davao is more of a BPO facility with a Retail component (although may Robinsons Place na nakalagay sa perspective)

[earlat]

I'm currently in Gensan and looking at the proposed site, the structures are still there. Dunkin Donuts, etc...

[mercurious guy_21]

during the the opening of our new branch... i happened to listen to the conversation of our big boss and dr. acharon (wife of the mayor) straight from her mouth she said hopefully this year Sm will be in gensan... I mean before construction maraming papel ang kailangan lakarin.... and the company has to comply with that... Just crossing fingers with the info...Gensan is not just one of the progressive cities in Mindanao but in RP considering the population and the market, SM if materialized soon will have have a place in SOCSARGEN.....I once been employed at SM, i know the company,s standards bakit sila dinudumog ng tao....as the logo says... " weve got it all for you"

[earlat]

Originally Posted by mercurious guy_21

during the the opening of our new branch... i happened to listen to the conversation of our big boss and dr. acharon (wife of the mayor) straight from her mouth she said hopefully this year Sm will be in gensan... I mean before construction maraming papel ang kailangan lakarin.... and the company has to comply with that... Just crossing fingers with the info...Gensan is not just one of the progressive cities in Mindanao but in RP considering the population and the market, SM if materialized soon will have have a place in SOCSARGEN.....I once been employed at SM, i know the company,s standards bakit sila dinudumog ng tao....as the logo says... " weve got it all for you"

That's good to hear.

[qwert_guy]

unsa nay update ani?

[cribs88]

Originally Posted by qwert_guy

unsa nay update ani?

any?

[tonight]

kelan ang construction?

[Fahdingding]

When Would be the construction commence? is it true that the negotiation between Sm and the Salazar Family broke down? hopefully, SM will be constructed in Apopong...

[xzibit31]

Originally Posted by Fahdingding

When Would be the construction commence? is it true that the negotiation between Sm and the Salazar Family broke down? hopefully, SM will be constructed in Apopong...

i got some very disturbing news about this.

there is a big possibility that this project will not push through. according to my mole, there are some objections to this project within the sy family. there is also a rumor that negotiations between the lot owners and the sy's have broken down.

lets cross our fingers that this is not true. lets hope for the best.

[Henz]

heard also about this news..from the grapevine..

[GearX]

SM GenSan’s Future Site?

17 September 2008

Bariles Republic has been receiving a lot of queries with regard to the entry of SM Supermalls in the Tuna Capital after we came out with a post on Robinsons GenSan last June 20, 2008.

A lot of speculations have sprung up and so far, there is no definite word yet on the real score.

But for the good news!

Yes, it is true that the representatives of Henry Sy, owner of SM have been talking with the family who owns the land where they want to set up SM CITY-GenSan.

Furthermore, according to my reliable source, SM only wants to lease the lot for 50 years and not to purchase it.

The next question then should be - when are both sides going for the signing of the Lease Agreement so that construction could start very soon?

My lips are sealed for now but for those who want to find out the exact location of this lot, here is a map furnished to me by Jing Velos and edited for this post’s purpose by Jay-Mar Monjas.

[ona]

Tama SM mostly leases land...even their Largest Mall (SM City North Edsa) is allegedly sitting on leased land.

[m1k3]

papresyo ng mga salazar...

[xzibit31]

Originally Posted by ona

Tama SM mostly leases land...even their Largest Mall (SM City North Edsa) is allegedly sitting on leased land.

nope its not. sm ownes the land where north edsa is constructed.

megamall used to be leased land, but sm prime already bought the land.

sm gen san lang ang leased land.

[xzibit31]

good new brothers and sisters of gensan.

toluy na tuloy na ang sm city gen san. but the opening will be pushed back to the last quarter of 2011.