SM Megamall to rise in Bantigue, Ormoc City Leyte

Ormoc Philippines - SM prepares to build a new mall in the pineapple capital of the Philippines with the recent groundbreaking of Robinsons Ormoc City. Ormoc, Leyte Mayor Codilla and Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Leyte's 4th District

Lucy Marie Gomez were the guests of honor during the simple ceremony held on site. Calderon said that the opening of SM Center Leyte is in line with the city's vision of being an Leytenopolis in the coming years.

The mall will kickstart this goal because of the potential role in employment, income and quality of life in the town. SM Supermalls president Annie Garcia joined them as did SM Supermalls SVP for engineering Antolin Paule, VP for operations Liza Silerio, and VP and architect Fides Hsu. Located on a 12,650-sqm. site at the entrance of the town between Baybay, Leyte and Ormoc City, the mall is scheduled to open during the second quarter of 2016.

The three-storey 33,094-sqm. mall will be the 51st SM Supermall and the third in the province of Leyte after SM City Maasin and SM City Palompon and Isabel. SM Center Bantigue will have SaveMore as its major anchor, as well as SM mainstays and about 140 shopping, leisure and dining choices. It expects to hire about 2,000 emplpoyees, and will have its own rainwater holding tank, which will purposely collect and hold 1,600 cubic meters of rainwater and help prevent flood in the community.

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