SM City Naga set to open in May
MANILA, Philippines - Some of the country’s top merchants got a glimpse of the upcoming SM City Naga at the recent tenants’ preview in SMX Convention Center.
SM Prime Holdings president Hans T. Sy welcomed the tenants during the event together with SCMC president Annie Garcia, VP for leasing Daisy Chua, and SM City Lucena mall manager Jayson Terrenal.
SM City Naga, which is scheduled to open in May, will be SM Prime Holdings’ 34th supermall, and the company’s first in the Bicol region. It is envisioned to be one of the landmarks in bustling Naga City, which is Camarines Sur’s center for trade, commerce, transport, finance, education, and government services.
Located on a 46,000-sqm. property along Roxas Avenue (Diversion Road) in Naga City, the 87,959.38-sqm., two-story mall will serve customers in Camarines Sur, as well as neighboring provinces Camarines Norte, Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, and Masbate.
The mall will have SM Department Store and SM Supermarket as its main anchors, and a retail mix including SM Appliance Center, Ace Hardware, and Watsons, and the best local and international brands in fashion, home furnishings, health and personal care, and electronics.
Food options include SM Food Court, as well as known local and international food chains, specialty restaurants, and well-loved homegrown food outlets. It will also have four cinemas with a total seating capacity of 1,400, and 694 covered parking slots in a four-level building, 113 open parking spaces, and allotted parking for 253 motorcycles.
Located across the city’s central business district, SM City Naga is surrounded by 500 large business establishments, as well as 15 schools, 16 hospitals, 11 hotels, six resorts, 12 churches, and more than 20 government regional offices. Metro Naga also has 54 residential subdivisions, as well as the Mega Naga Coliseum and various warehousing, distribution, and transport companies in the area. Located across the Naga Transport Exchange, the mall is near the city center, the national highway, and the PNR railway.
SM City Naga’s design team includes Design Associates, mall designer; Monolith Construction Dev. Corp, general contractor; Jose Siao Ling & Associates, architects; and D.A. Abcede & Associates, project manager.
