SM City Clark
SM City Clark is a large shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, Inc. It is located along M.A. Roxas Highway in Clark Freeport, Angeles City, Philippines. It is the second SM supermall in the province of Pampanga after SM City Pampanga in City of San Fernando and Mexico, Pampanga. It is the largest shopping mall in Luzon outside NCR after its expansion and renovation.
The facade of SM City Clark | |
| Location | Angeles, Philippines[1] |
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| Coordinates | 15°10′06″N 120°34′49″E / 15.16845°N 120.58018°E |
| Address | Manuel A. Roxas Highway, Barangay Malabanias, Clark Freeport |
| Opening date | May 12, 2006[1] |
| Developer | SM Prime Holdings |
| Management | SM Prime Holdings |
| No. of stores and services | 500+ shops and restaurants |
| No. of anchor tenants | 20+ |
| Total retail floor area | 308,909 m2 (3,325,070 sq ft)[2] |
| No. of floors |
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| Parking | 3,350 cars[3] |
| Website | SM City Clark |
Location edit
SM City Clark is located along M.A. Roxas Highway in Barangay Malabanias, Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Philippines.[1] The mall is adjacent to the Clark Main Gate, Clark Veterans Cemetery and the Clark Global City.
Facilities edit
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Opened on May 12, 2006,[1] the mall has a land area of 17-hectares and a total gross floor area of an estimated 144,484 square meters. It features more than 300 shops and various dining establishments. It was expanded in 2013 with a new foodcourt, The Meeting Place and a business process outsourcing (BPO) center. It also features IMAX theater which was opened on December 14, 2012. It is the sixth IMAX cinema in the country and the only IMAX cinema in Luzon outside of Metro Manila and a bowling center.
Park Inn by Radisson Blu is an 8-storey, 154-room hotel located within the mall complex. The newly constructed south wing gives an additional 95 rooms and 5 more suites.
SMX Convention Center Clark is set to open in 2022 together with the Additional 4 BPO buildings and the skyline which will connect and provide easy access on all the buildings inside the mall complex.
The mall complex will host the SM Grand Terminal Clark, an multimodal transport terminal. The groundbreaking for the facility took place in late 2021.[4]
Events edit
- The mall held the PyroFest, the biggest fireworks festival every year of November at 'The Meeting Place'.[5]
- The mall held the 10th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition on February to March 2019. This was supposed to be at the SM Mall of Asia bayside area, but was postponed in support for the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources or DENR.[6]
Incidents edit
December 2015 shooting incident edit
On December 24, 2015, an off-duty rookie cop, suspected of trying to steal a parked motorcycle, was shot by responding Clark Development Corporation (CDC) security personnel and security guards at the mall's parking lot. The slain suspect was identified by Chief Supt. Rudy Lacadin, Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director as Police Officer 1 Jomar Binuya Batul, a member of the Provincial Public Safety Command in Oriental Mindoro. He allegedly tried to steal a motorcycle parked in front of a Jollibee branch, at around 3:40 in the afternoon. He fled on foot towards the mall's parking lot when a CDC security officer accosted him. A brief chase and a shootout ensued.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Dela Peña, Zinnia B. (11 May 2006). "SM Prime set to open 24th mall in Clark". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "On top of the world at SM City Clark's Sky Line". businessmirror.com.ph. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "SMX Convention Clark Fact Sheet" (PDF). smxconventioncenter.com. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ "Grand transport terminal to rise at SM City Clark complex". 3 November 2021.
- ^ "SM City Clark Pyro Fest 7 set on all Saturdays of November". iOrbitNews. 7 November 2018.
- ^ "The Biggest and Greatest Pyromusical Show Moves to SM City Clark!". SM Supermalls.
- ^ "Rookie cop shot dead in Pampanga mall parking lot over motorbike theft". Kicker Daily News./