SM City Santa Rosa

The facade of SM City Santa Rosa
Location	Old National Highway, Brgy. Tagapo, Santa Rosa, Laguna
Coordinates	14°18′46″N 121°5′55″E / 14.31278°N 121.09861°E / 14.31278; 121.09861
Opening date	Main mall: February 17, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-02-17) Expansion Wing: June 24, 2022; 11 months ago (2022-06-24)
Developer	SM Prime Holdings
Management	SM Prime Holdings
No. of stores and services	350+
Total retail floor area	137,463 m2 (1,479,640 sq ft)[1]
No. of floors	Mall: 2 The Core: 8
Parking	3,351[2]
Public transit access	SRIT
Website	SM City Santa Rosa

SM City Santa Rosa is a shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings. It is located along Old National Highway (Manila South Road), Barangay Tagapo, Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. Opened in 2006, it is the first SM Supermall in the province of Laguna.

Physical details

Opened on February 17, 2006, SM City Santa Rosa has a land area of 17 hectares (42 acres) and a total gross floor area of an estimated 170,000 m² (1,800,000 sq ft). It is located at Manila South Road (also known as the Old National Highway or National Highway) corner Biñan–Santa Rosa Access Road in Barangay Tagapo, Santa Rosa, Laguna. It features more than 350 shops and various dining establishments. Anchors for SM City Santa Rosa are SM Supermarket, The SM Store, Ace Hardware, SM Appliance Center and a food court. The mall also has retail anchors like Uniqlo and Miniso and also features four digital cinemas at the second floor and a garden (known as The Rainforest) at the center of the mall.

The Cyberzone was opened in October 2012 at the former area of The Event Center.^[3]

Expansion Wing

The LED staircase is the main feature of the Expansion Wing

SM City Santa Rosa's Expansion Wing is a 51,000 m² (550,000 sq ft) expansion building that added up to the mall complex's area, totaling to 137,463 m² (1,479,640 sq ft). It opened on June 24, 2022.^[4][5] The main feature in this new wing is the staircase with its LED video screen.

Mall complex developments

Currently undergoing expansion, the SM City Santa Rosa mall complex is one of integrated mixed-used developments known as SM Estates or SM Lifestyle Cities.^[6]

The Core

The Core is a three-tower BPO office building with a leasable area of approximately 30,000 m² (320,000 sq ft), of which majority is allotted solely to BPO companies.^[7] Each tower has four storeys. One tower is complete, while two other towers are currently under construction.^[8] It also contains a four-level parking space and is interconnected to the mall via a footbridge with the Expansion Wing.

iQor, a global managed services provided, celebrated the opening of its new center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 27, 2018.^[9]

Santa Rosa Integrated Terminal

The mall also features a Santa Rosa Integrated Terminal located at the former south parking area of the mall. It is the second of three planned provincial intermodal terminals for the south of Manila under a public-private partnership arrangement and opened on March 26, 2019.

SMDC Park Residences

The Park Residences at SM City Santa Rosa has a 14-tower, mid-rise residential condominium project with a total of 1,864 residential units and is located at the back of the mall. It also features an expansive central park that is inspired by New York City's Central Park.^[10][11][12]

Incidents

• February 3, 2015: A shootout occurred at one of the mall's entrances when a 16-year-old male suspect was unable to enter the mall because he brought in a bladed weapon. The suspect reportedly took a gun and killed a policeman. Another policeman gunned down the suspect.^[13]
• March 5, 2023: About 20 mallgoers were injured when one of the mall's escalators that they rode malfunctioned.^[14][15]