Prior to the Pacific War, Escolta Street was also home to the city's first standalone department stores, including H.E. Heacock, until then the largest department store in the Philippines, opening in 1900, and the Aguinaldo Department Store, the most premium store in the Philippines opening in 1921. Other notable stores in the 1920s and 1930s include the upscale La Puerta del Sol and Estrella del Norte.[1]
These super-regional supermalls each have over a hundred local and international stores and are anchored by at least one department store and supermarket or hypermarket. They are also the largest malls in Metro Manila which feature not just stores but also attractions: movie theaters, rides, skating rinks, bowling alleys and other recreational facilities. Each provides thousands of automobile parking spaces and are located mostly near rail stations and established business districts within the metropolis. These malls serve not only the Metro Manila and Greater Manila Area residents, but also local and foreign tourists.
Community or regional shopping centers in Metro Manila are built around one department store or supermarket and are enclosed. These shopping centers are located mostly in suburban residential areas of the metropolis and typically cater to the basic shopping needs of area residents.
Lifestyle centers in Metro Manila are located in upscale business districts and affluent areas like Makati, Ortigas Center, and Bonifacio Global City. Many of these boutique malls are open-air and are popular dining and entertainment venues for Manila's elite.
Strip malls consist mainly of food outlets and several stores and businesses sharing one parking lot. These casual dining and retail centers have become popular hangouts among young professionals in Manila.
These retail centers are located within major office, hotel and residential buildings in business districts and townships around Metro Manila containing several dozen stores in the building's central atrium or podium.
Located within a few miles of Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the Duty Free Philippines FiestaMall and Luxe Duty Free cater to the duty-free shopping needs of international travelers, tourists, and balikbayan people (Filipino nationals who are residents abroad).
Bargain malls in Manila are popular among locals and tourists alike. These independent retailers are mostly housed in enclosed malls which often spill into surrounding streets. They sell everything from ready-to-wear clothes, electronic items to jewelries.
A 52,000-square-metre (560,000 sq ft) regional shopping mall being developed by the joint venture of Ayala Land and LT Group on 35 hectares (86 acres) of property along C-5 Road at the border of Quezon City and Pasig by the Marikina River.[47]
A three-level lifestyle mall to be located next to Grand Hyatt Manila below The Seasons Residences in northern Bonifacio Global City being developed by the joint venture of Federal Land and Japanese firms Nomura Holdings and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings that will house the first Mitsukoshi department store in the Philippines. Expected completion in March 2023.[49]
The retail component of Megaworld Corporation's Westside City, a 31-hectare (77-acre) mixed-use development in Parañaque that will also house the fourth integrated resort of Entertainment City called Westside City Resorts World (previously named Resorts World Bayshore). This lifestyle mall and its casino complex is expected to start initial operations in 2021.[50]
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