SM City Marikina is a shopping mall owned and managed by SM Prime Holdings, and is located in Calumpang, Marikina,

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. As part of the chain of

SM Supermalls SM Supermalls, also simply known as SM, owned by SM Prime, is a chain of shopping malls in the Philippines that as of November 18, 2022 has 82 malls located across the country and 20 more scheduled to be opened for an eventual total of 102 mal ...

, the mall is owned by

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Upon completion in 2008, it is the 31st SM Supermall built in the Philippines, the 14th SM Mall built within Metro Manila, and 3rd among other SM malls to open in the eastern region of Metropolitan Manila, after

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in Mandaluyong and SM Center Pasig in Pasig. It is also the first SM Mall along

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before SM City Masinag as well as SM Cherry Antipolo. SM City Marikina is located near

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and

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. It is situated along

, Calumpang, Marikina. This mall has a total of 60,000 square meter land area and a total of 124,877.85 square meter gross floor area, make it as the largest single building shopping mall along Marikina-Infanta Highway and considered one of the largest structures within the Marikina Valley. It is also considered one of the most resilient and sustainable mall in the Philippines, it also serves as a place of refuge during times of calamities in the area. SM City Marikina was opened to the public on September 5, 2008, with opening ceremonies headed by then MMDA Chairman

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, and his wife, then Mayor of Marikina

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, and attended by other city officials, as well as Sy and other SM executives.

History

Discussions for an SM mall to be built in Marikina were held as early as 1996. The mall began its plans in 2006 when

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bought an estimated 120,000 square meter lot that was owned by

which was supposed to become an amusement park called Fun Pamilya. Construction began on early 2006. SM Prime Holdings and BF Construction Corporation are the developers of the mall. The mall's structures utilized 246 stilts, enabling the mall to support the upper levels (Basement 1 up to top floors) from its ground area (Basement 2). It also has new bridges (branching towards Marikina-Infanta Highway) surrounding the establishment. The mall's main entrance is located at the 3rd level of the building (1st floor of the mall) to be at par with Marikina-Infanta Highway's high elevation, and to minimize if not prevent damage to the structure and the mall itself during flooding.

Location

SM City Marikina is located beside the

and

and situated along Marikina-Infanta Highway, Calumpang, Marikina. The location of the mall is accessible through different modes of public transport such as jeepneys, buses, AUVs, and taxis as well as train via

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Santolan Station Santolan station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on Line 2. It is located in along the Marikina–Infanta Highway in Calumpag, Marikina, near its boundary with Pasig. From 2003 to 2021, this station was the eas ...

. There are also specialized bridges branching out to and from Marikina-Infanta Highway bridge which all vehicles from

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going to

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can directly access the mall. It also has an interchange beneath the Marikina-Infanta Highway bridge, allowing all vehicles to easily access the different points of

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, like those en route to NAIA,

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and

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. SM City Marikina is located nearby many residential areas, and it is one of the easily recognizable and prominent structure in the area.

Mall features

SM City Marikina's is one of the largest building structures in Marikina. The mall features a five-level building (three upper floors function as the mall area and 2 lower floors serve as the indoor parking lots). It has a grand entrance, high ceilings and interplay of glass and steel, with modern Asian influences. Interiors have spacious areas with multicolored lighted ceilings with circle accents. It has more than a thousand parking slots including provisions for motorcycle parking, a

jeepney Jeepneys (), sometimes called jeeps (), are minibus-like public utility vehicles, serving as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They are known for their crowded seating and kitsch decorations, which have become ...

terminal for commuters, a 4-meter-wide pedestrian overpass to and from the main mall area to the Santolan LRT station and another 2.40-meter-wide overpass to the Bus Bay 2 area.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sm City Marikina Shopping malls in Marikina Shopping malls established in 2008 SM Prime

History

Location

Mall features

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