SM Center Las Piñas will open its doors to the public on Friday, October 2, 2009, giving residents in the South Metro area another exciting new way to shop, dine, and have fun the SM way.
Located at a prime 28,600 square meter property in Barangay Talon in Pamplona, Las Piñas, the 34,000 square meter mall is SM's 35th supermall and the second in the Las Pinas area. The first, SM South mall, which opened in 1995, is located in the eastern section; while SM Supercenter Las Piñas will serve customers in the western section of this bustling city. It will also serve customers in the nearby provinces of Laguna and Cavite.
Since its establishment as a fishing port and a major salt making center during the Spanish era, Las Piñas City has grown into an important residential, commercial, and industrial suburb in Metro Manila. This rapidly urbanizing residential commercial enclave has many large industrial firms and over 250 residential subdivisions, as well as universities, hospitals, and major churches in the area.
Las Piñas is famous for its Bamboo Organ, located inside the Saint Jospeh Church of the Parish of Las Piñas. Built by Fr. Diego Cera in 1824 out of bamboo, wood, and metal, the organ is the only one of its kind in the world, and is praised for its unique, rare, and melodious sound.
Las Piñas is also known as one of the cleanest cities in Metro Manila, and is in the list of the Clean and Green Hall of Fame awarded by the Philippine government. It is also one of two local government units in the country that has been honored with the prestigious Global 500 Roll of Honor of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). It has also recently acquired a Most Competitive City status in the Philippines.
SM Center Las Piñas fittingly has green inspired motifs in its design theme - dazzling geometric floor patterns, leaf motifs on curved ceiling blades, and clean and simple liens at the shop fronts. Storefronts are framed with metal channels and integrated signage zones providing a strong frame work for merchants to apply their unique identities to stand out in the crowd.
The new will have SM Hypermarket as its anchor to serve growing families in the area. Drawn from a European inspired concept, SM Hypermarket is known for bringing the wet market experience to the mall with produce, seafood, meat, and poultry products brought straight from the source in its Hyper Fresh section. The hypermarket's Hyper Grocer, Hyper Fashion, Hyper Living, and Hyper Service sections complete the shopping experience.
It will also have SM mainstays like ACE Hardware, Watsons, shops, restaurants, and banking services through BDO to serve shoppers. For customer convenience, it has an open parking area, a covered carpark for 5,479 slots, provisions for 50 slots, and a jeepney terminal.
The design team for SM Center Las Piñas includes DSGN, Exterior Designer; EDGE Interior Design, JRP, architect of record; DA Abcede & Associates, Project Manager; and DDTKI, General Contractor.