SM Southmall
shopping mall in Las Piñas, Philippines
SM Southmall, formerly known as SM Southmall Las Piñas and SM City Southmall, is a shopping mall in the Philippines, owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings. The mall is located along the Alabang–Zapote Road in Las Piñas. The mall has 200,000 m2 (2,200,000 sq ft) of land area, a total floor area of approximately 198,000 m2 (2,130,000 sq ft).
History
Construction for SM Southmall began in November 1993. The mall later opened on April 2, 1995, and is the first SM Supermall in the southern region of Metro Manila and the 5th SM Supermall ever built by Chinese-Filipino businessman, Henry Sy. It is the second SM Supermall to feature an Ice Skating Rink after SM Megamall.
In March 2010, renovations for SM Southmall began, with many stores on the second floor have closed with some stalls on the sides offering small items on sale. The redevelopment saw a newly refurbished SM Store, which relocated from the center of the mall to the side to accommodate more fashion stores, and the addition of the IMAX cinema which was opened last July 14, 2011. The fashion stores opened in December 2011 along with the grand re-launch in November 2012 (which formally ended the renovation process and declared the mall as a 'premier SM mall').
SM Southmall attracts global retailers including Swedish fashion giant H&M which opened on October 29, 2015, and Uniqlo which opened on November 7, 2014.
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