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SM City Pampanga


SM City Pampanga is a large shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines. It is the very first SM Supermall in Central Luzon. SM City Pampanga is currently the longest and biggest mall in the region, with more than 820 meters sprawl of mall shopping area. It has the largest land area of 316,000 m2 (3,400,000 sq ft) among SM Supermalls.

by Jhaypee Guia on September 04, 2012
SM City Pampanga

SM City Pampanga is a large shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines. It is the very first SM Supermall in Central Luzon. SM City Pampanga is currently the longest and biggest mall in the region, with more than 820 meters sprawl of mall shopping area. It has the largest land area of 316,000 m2 (3,400,000 sq ft) among SM Supermalls.

Location and Vacinity

SM City Pampanga is located along Jose Abad Santos Avenue, corner North Luzon Expressway, Lagundi, Mexico, Pampanga (Annex 3, Main Mall), and San Jose, City of San Fernando, Pampanga (Annex 1 & Annex 2), directly across Robinsons Star Mills Pampanga, Hotel Sogo Pampanga, East Gate Center, and NLEX San Fernando North Bound Exit.

The mall's east wing (The Main Mall and Building 4) is located at Jose Abad Santos Avenue (formerly Olongapo-Gapan Road), Barangay Lagundi, Mexico, Pampanga. On the other hand, the west wing (Buildings 1 & 2) is located on the same road but this time part of the city of City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Pampanga. The mall is adjacent to both the San Fernando Exit of the North Luzon Expressway and to Robinsons Star Mills Pampanga.

Physical Details

The mall opened in November 2000. An annex (building 2) was added in October 2002. Annex 3 (building 3), added 99,439 square meters to the mall's gross floor area. The newest annex (Building 4) opened in October 2007 with an additional 16,700 square meters of floor area making SM City Pampanga the longest SM Supermall in the Philippines spanning almost 1 kilometer from end to end.

Anchors

  • SM Department Store
  • SM Supermarket
  • SM Cinemas
  • SM Food Court
  • SM Appliance Center
  • SM Cyberzone
  • SM Digital Theater
  • Our Home
  • Toy Kingdom
  • National Bookstore
  • Surplus Shop
  • Ace Builders Center
  • Watsons
  • Sports Central
  • Odyssey
  • Fitness First
  • TeleTech
  • World of Fun
  • Quantum
  • Tom's World

Some of the hotels that can be found in Angeles City

  • Angeles Beach Club Hotel
  • Grand Central Hotel
  • Orchid Inn Resort 
  • Hotel California Angeles City 
  • Wild Orchid Resort 
  • Century Resort Hotel
  • Savannah Resort Angeles City 
  • Maharajah Hotel 
  • Devera Hotel 
  • Dollhouse Hotel & Cafe Angeles City 
  • Affinity Condo Resort 
  • Hotel V 
  • Kokomos Hotel and Restaurant Angeles City 
  • Montevista Villas Hotel Angeles City 
  • Natalia Hotel 

Getting There

Motorists and commuters will arrive in Pampanga in just 1-½ hours by car or bus from Manila through the North Luzon Expressway exiting via San Fernando, Angeles or Dau Toll Plaza.

All bus lines linking Manila with Baguio, Pangasinan, and Ilocos pass through the province. Philippine Rabbit serves the provincial capital (San Fernando) from Manila. Victory Liner links Angeles City and Olongapo City. Baliwag Transit and E. Jose Transport operates route services from Olongapo City to Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija via San Fernando, Pampanga. Arayat Express also serves the San Fernando-Cabanatuan route. Other buses that pass through the towns of Pampanga include Dagupan Bus Lines, Dangwa Tranco, Five Star Bus Co., Farinas Transit, Franco Federico Lines, Maria De Leon Trans, Partas Trans Co. and Viron Transit.

Also, there are jeepneys and/or mini-buses in each town or city that serve inter-zonal points towards other parts of the province.

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