Power Plant Mall is an upscale indoor

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. It is the anchor establishment of Rockwell Center, a mixed-use area north of the

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on the Pasig River waterfront across

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. It is one of two shopping centers developed and managed by Rockwell Land Corporation, a subsidiary of

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, in

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. It was designed by

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Description

The four-level shopping mall is located at Rockwell Drive corner Estrella Street in

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, Makati. It is part of the Rockwell Center, which includes the

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, the ninth tallest building in the metropolis. It has a

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of and is anchored by Rustan's Marketplace, an eight-screen Power Plant Cinema, and a mix of high-end tenants such as

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and J. Lindeberg. It also contains several dining outlets, The Fifth at Rockwell events hall, a

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called the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and three levels of basement parking. The mall can be reached from

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via Estrella and

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and from the Makati CBD via

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. The nearest MRT station is

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on EDSA.

History

Power Plant Mall was built in December 2000 on the former site of the 130-megawatt Rockwell Thermal Plant owned by the Lopez-led Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company. The thermal power plant, named after the company's first president James Chapman Rockwell, operated between 1950 and December 14, 1973 when it was hit by a fire. In 1994, after protests from Makati residents against its reopening, the plant was decommissioned and subsequently converted by its owners into a modern commercial district. Construction on the shopping mall began in 1998 and was completed and opened on December 26, 2000.

Expansion of the mall

Beginning in 2014, Rockwell Land expanded the Power Plant Mall by adding another of additional leasable space, expanding the total retail floor area from with three additional floors, and two VIP cinema theaters. The ground and second levels (R1 & R2) of the expansion opened in December 2017, while Cinemas 7 and 8 at Level R3 opened in January 2018. It is also connected to the luxury condominium development Balmori Suites, replacing the cancelled expansion of Aruga Hotel.

References

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