Walter Mart (stylized as WalterMart) is a Filipino chain of community shopping malls located in

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, Central, and South Luzon. The chain operates its anchor stores that include Walter Mart Supermarket, Walter Mart Cinemas, Abenson Appliances, Homeplus Furniture, Electroworld, and SB Furnitures. Filipino retail stores such as

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, Ace Hardware, Robinsons Department Store, and W Department Store are also occupying most of Walter Mart's branches. Walter Mart's corporate headquarters are located in North EDSA,

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History

Walter Mart was founded in the 1990s by Wilson Lim, at the time of the economic crisis when the major players were not expanding aggressively. The company saw that there was an opportunity to expand in developing communities and uplift their standards of living by providing gainful employment to the locals and improving their shopping experience. In January 2013, SM Retails and SM Prime Holdings entered into a joint venture agreement with Walter Mart to co-manage the operations of WM-branded community-based malls located in the provinces of

Central Luzon Central Luzon ( pam, (Reyun ning) Kalibudtarang Luzon, pag, (Rehiyon na) Pegley na Luzon, tgl, (Rehiyon ng) Gitnang Luzon, ilo, (Rehion/Deppaar ti) Tengnga ti Luzon), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...

Southern Tagalog Southern Tagalog ( fil, Timog Katagalugan, also known colloquially as ''Rehiyong Timog Tagalog''), designated as Region IV, was an administrative region in the Philippines that comprised the current regions of Calabarzon and Mimaropa, the pro ...

and cities in

. In February 2016, the SM-Waltermart group rescinded an earlier deal to jointly develop shopping malls with 8990 Holdings as these may take business away from SM's shopping centers.

Walter Mart Supermarket

Walter Mart Supermarket is located within most Walter Mart malls. The first supermarket started in E. Rodriguez,

. In 1995, the owners entered into a partnership with International Grocers Alliance (IGA), making it the only supermarket chain in the Philippines to become a member of the organization. Currently, it is now one of the youngest and fastest-growing supermarket chains in the

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with 28 more locations in

, Central, and South Luzon.

W Mall

W Mall is a

community mall A neighborhood shopping center (Commonwealth English: neighbourhood shopping centre) is an industry term in the United States for a shopping center with of gross leasable area, typically anchored by a supermarket and/or large drugstore. Versus ...

of Walter Mart that was open on April 26, 2018 at

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corner Coral Way,

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. The mall anchors Walter Mart Supermarket, Miniso, Kidzoona, Abenson Home, and SB Furnitures.

Abenson Office Building

The proposed 12-story Abenson office building beside Walter Mart's corporate office is nearing completion - construction started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Gallery

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* {{SMPH Companies based in Quezon City Shopping center management firms Retail companies of the Philippines Real estate companies established in 1990 Retail companies established in 1990 Supermarkets of the Philippines Shopping malls in the Philippines Philippine brands