MANILA, Philippines - SM prepares to build a new mall in the art capital of the Philippines with the recent groundbreaking of SM Center Angono in Rizal. Angono, Rizal Mayor Gerry Calderon and Rizal First District Rep. Joel Roy Duavit were the guests of honor during the simple ceremony held on site. Calderon said that the opening of SM Center Angono is in line with the municipality’s vision of being an Angolopolis in the coming years. The mall will kickstart this goal because of the potential role in employment, income and quality of life in the town.
Also present were Angono First Lady Ida Calderon, Rizal Provincial Administrator Russell Ynares, Members of the Municipal Council Gino Miranda, Joan Saguinsin, Elmer Deloritos, Bryan Cruz, ABC President Joey Calderon, and chairmen of the barangays in the municipality.
SM Supermalls president Annie Garcia joined them as did SM Supermalls SVP for engineering Antolin Paule, VP for operations Liza Silerio, and VP and architect Fides Hsu.
Located on a 12,650-sqm. site at the entrance of the town between Manila East Road and Quezon Avenue, the mall is scheduled to open during the second quarter of 2014. The three-storey 33,094-sqm. mall will be the 51st SM Supermall and the third in the province of Rizal after SM City Taytay and SM City Masinag in Antipolo.
SM Center Angono will have SaveMore as its major anchor, as well as SM mainstays and about 140 shopping, leisure and dining choices. It expects to hire about 2,000 emplpoyees, and will have its own rainwater holding tank, which will purposely collect and hold 1,600 cubic meters of rainwater and help prevent flood in the community.