Mega Metro Manila Malls

[ryanr]

very nice indeed. Its modern, colorful and attractive. Surely will make Araneta a shopping heaven again. Even the parking is nice!

[SKYLINEPIGEON]

im not sure but greenbelt reminds me of bill gates house

[renell]

btw, SM Bicutan looks quite nice. at least compared to it's cousins.

i think the S is Singapore.

[ryanr]

thats coz its one of the newest Cant wait till SM Mall of Asia gets built! I wonder when they will start construction... I'm sure it will look quite nice.

[Edmundtanso]

thanks for that thomasian. gateway mall looks good and very colorful! any update when will they start construction? or had they? anyone know's the architect?

[renell]

Originally Posted by Edmundtanso

thanks for that thomasian. gateway mall looks good and very colorful! any update when will they start construction? or had they? anyone know's the architect?

didnt we hear a lot about this months ago? i havent been there so i cant tell anything.

[absent-minded]

wow... Gateway mall looks sweet!! the parking looks hot!! hahaha.... looks so classy in the pictures....!

[thomasian]

The structure is actually complete, they're just finishing the exterior of the mall.

[Edmundtanso]

okay....it's more like mostly renovating the existing structures. any updates or renderings on manila tower in cubao?

[renell]

hmm.. it's finished but not the exterior? how that possible?

[ryanr]

The structure is finished but the exterior curtain isnt? Am i correct?
Edmund, they started from the ground up. They didnt renovate (or hardly) any buildings to construct gateway.

[weirdo]

gateway looks cheap. i think i'm not gonna like it.

[ryanr]

Cheap? no way. If anything, SM is cheap Gateway has IMAX theaters and signiture boutiques. It also has state-of-the-art movie theaters

[weirdo]

the design. with all those colourful things. looks waay cheap. kinda grand in renderings but i'm sure the colours will make everything look cheap.

i can change my mind if i see the real thing. but now i still think its fugly.

[absent-minded]

how's the SM Mall of Asia going?? I read in the Serendra thread a bit about it.... Henry Sy's trying to get IMAX to put up the theatres there... maybe it is pushing through after all - and soon. was there ever a rendering of it? or is it just being done now?? can't wait...

[ryanr]

I was just gonna say something about those IMAX theaters

anyways, Mall of Asia is not yet u/c. We did have renderings of it but they got lost in the hack attack. I'll try to find them again.

[renell]

Araneta Center gets boost from LRT 2 extension


The Philippine STAR 04/17/2004


The Araneta Center, the country’s first retail and entertainment complex, will get a big boost in customer visits following the Light Rail Transport Authority’s line expansion of LRT 2 up to Legarda or just one more station short to complete the line all the way to Doroteo Jose adjacent to the terminus of LRT 1.

The Araneta Center is the Philippines first owner-managed mixed-use shopping and entertainment destination in Metro Manila with visitors averaging over a million daily. It is a 35-hectare expanse where Metro Manila’s major mass railway transport systems (i.e. MRT 3 and LRT 2) converge. Within its boundaries, one can find the country’s leading retail stores like: Ali Mall; Farmers Plaza; Value Station; SM, Rustans; National Book Store; Isetann; Plaza Fair; Pure Gold; Shopwise; and soon, the Gateway Mall. Here, one can buy the freshest produce from the country’s cleanest wet market, the Farmers Market.

It also serves as a transport hub to public conveyances going to all directions of the metropolis and its immediate environs. It also hosts a provincial bus terminal whose operations reach Visayas and Mindanao. Singularly, Araneta Center has one of the world’s biggest and most famous dome structures, Araneta Coliseum. Recently, Araneta Center started to metamorphose into a most modern, yet, lush garden environment with several ongoing development to once again become Metro Manila’s premier lifestyle center.

Providing unparalleled access to LRT 2 is the Gateway Mall, which is scheduled to open in June this year. This is a P2.5 billion, 100,000 sq.m. retail property development that is the first major leg of the Araneta Center Re-development Plan. The Gateway Mall is the only mall in the world that connects to a world-famous sports and entertainment arena, the Araneta Coliseum. It provides a nexus to Metro Manila’s two mass transport systems, MRT 3 and LRT 2, effectively linking EDSA to Aurora Blvd. It features a 450 sq.m., four-level, lush, tropical-themed, open-air interior garden that opens to the sky called the "Oasis." The Gateway Mall also has a Cineplex with 10 state-of-the-art movie theaters with centralized ticketing facility, centrally controlled projection room and a skylight. There are 16 entry points, plus, three loading and unloading bays specifically designated for PUJs, FX shuttle transport and private vehicles effectively segregating each type for better traffic flow. The Gateway Mall is projected to capture the imagination of the public in its search for the ultimate lifestyle center.

When completed, the LRT 2 project stretches to a total of 13.8 km. It will answer the need for a safe, comfortable and quick way to traverse Metro Manila. The tracks extend from Santolan, Pasig in the east to Doroteo Jose, Manila in the west. It will transport people from Pasig, Marikina, San Juan, Quezon City, Manila and other outlying cities and towns. Later, the line can further be extended as far as the North Harbor in the west and Cogeo, Antipolo in the east.

The project consists of 11 stations interconnected by mostly elevated mass transit line except the Katipunan station, which is underground. The depot lies in the east with the line crossing the Marikina River along Marcos Highway. Then, it travels along Aurora Blvd., Magsaysay Blvd. and Legarda to terminate at Recto Avenue station to the Doroteo Jose station of LRT 1.

The LRT 2 line will be served by 18 four-car trains from the Asia-Europe MRT Consortium led by the Marubeni Corp. All trains are air-conditioned. Each train with four motorized cars has a total length of 92.6 meters. One train has a seating capacity of 232 passengers seated longitudinally on fiberglass benches and 1,396 standing passengers or 1,628 passengers per train.

[amras]

Festival Mall in Filinvest Alabang, Muntinlupa






Alabang Town Center at Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa

[ryanr]

Sweet pics! First time we got good pictures of both those malls. Filinvest looks great in those pics Thanks for sharing them

Festival Mall is quite large...

[atom]

Your malls is so big.Do you have maga malls in every large cities?