ROSALES, Pangasinan, Philippines – SM formally opens today its 32nd mall which covers a 60,989-square-meter gross built up area along MacArthur Highway in Barangay Carmen East this town.
Gerlou Del Rosario, public relations officer of SM City Rosales said 101 retail stores that will be operating here, 76 of them opening today while the rest will open in the succeeding weeks and months.
Among those scheduled to open are the major anchors - SM Department Store, SM Food Court, and SM Cinema - to provide a complete shopping, leisure, and entertainment experience which SM Supermalls have been known for.
SM City Rosales’ first phase, which include the Hypermarket, ACE Hardware, SM Appliance Center, Watsons, and other retail stores and food outlets, opened late last year.
Apart from the SM anchors, the mall has boutiques like Guess, Bench, Penshoppe, For Me, and Giordano; specialty shops like National Bookstore; and restaurants like Jollibee, Greenwich, Pizza Hut, Max’s Restaurant. It also has telecom and computer stores as well as amusement areas. Other outlets that will open in the second phase include Time Depot, Tribal and YKL, as well as food outlets like Pan de Manila and Chowking.
For customer convenience, the mall has parking facilities for 700 vehicles, excluding the area for motorcycles and the central terminal for public utility vehicles and is strategically located beside the main terminal for inter-town public transportation.
The construction team of SM City Rosales includes DSGN Associates, mall designers; Jose Siao Ling and Associates, architects; new Golden City Builders, general contractors; and DA Abcede and Associates, project managers.
Del Rosario said the SM City Rosales, located on a 121,685 square meter property, serves customers in Rosales, as well as neighboring towns like Villasis, Sta. Maria, Balungao, Urdaneta City, Sto Tomas, and Umingan. It also serves customers in Nueva Ecija and Tarlac provinces as well as travelers from Baguio City and the Ilocos Region.