Gaisano Mall of Davao, branded as GMall of Davao, is a major shopping mall located along J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City, Philippines, part of the Gaisano Malls operated by DSG Sons Group, Inc. with a gross land area of , and a total floor area of including the multilevel car park building. It is the largest of more than 40 Gaisano malls in the Philippines and the largest mall in Davao City and in Mindanao. It has six floors of shops, arcades, food hall, theater with eight cinemas, and home to ''The Peak'', located in the top of the mall. Tens of thousands of customers shop in the mall daily.

Establishment

The mall opened on April 20, 1997, with only 4 floors including The Peak, restaurants, and shopping centers.

Features

The 6-story mall houses about 620 to 700 retail stores and shops. At the topmost part of the mall is "The Peak" which is located at 6th level, a new attraction for shoppers, which was intentionally built to compete with SM Davao's The Annex, SM Lanang Premier's Fountain Court and

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's high-end restaurants.

Incident

*The mall was subjected to one of the two terrorist bombings that occurred on September 17, 2013, the other one being at

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. It happened during the time of armed

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in Zamboanga City, which involved elements of the

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(MNLF); however, the MNLF Davao Regional Command denied that they were behind the bombings. *A small fire occurred on April 10, 2019, at a pizza parlor of Shakeys branch, located at the upper ground floor of the mall.

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