SM Mall of Asia

SM Mall of Asia
SM Mall of Asia logo
SM Mall of Asia in May 2016
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LocationBay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates14°32′6.24″N 120°58′55.75″E / 14.5350667°N 120.9821528°E / 14.5350667; 120.9821528
AddressSeaside Boulevard, Barangay 76
Opening dateMay 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)
DeveloperSM Prime
ManagementSM Prime
ArchitectArquitectonica
No. of stores and services663 shops, including 217 dining establishments
No. of anchor tenants16
Total retail floor area589,891 m2 (6,349,530 sq ft)
No. of floors
  • Main Mall buildings: 3 (including expansion)
  • SM Store: 3
  • MOA Square: 8
  • Carpark buildings: 8
Parking8,000 slots[1]
Public transit accessBus rapid transit  1  SM Mall of Asia
Bus interchange SM Mall of Asia
WebsiteSM Mall of Asia

SM Mall of Asia (also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA; Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈmɔwa]), is a large shopping mall in the Philippines, located at Bay City, Pasay, Philippines, within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed area within Manila Bay, and the southern end of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA).

Owned and developed by SM Prime, the largest mall chain owner and developer in the Philippines, the mall currently occupies 16 hectares (40 acres) of land area of the Mall of Asia Complex and a gross floor area of approximately 589,891 m2 (6,349,530 sq ft), and offers 46,647 m2 (502,100 sq ft) of floor area space for conventions and social functions.[2] The area attracts a daily average foot traffic of about 200,000 people.[3]

The mall is currently the largest shopping mall in the Philippines and the sixth in the world.[3] When it opened in 2006, it was the largest shopping mall in the Philippines until SM North EDSA was redeveloped in 2008,[4] and was relegated to third place by the expansion of SM Megamall from 2011 to 2015 when SM Seaside City opened to the public before returning to this spot in 2017.[5][6] Later, it again became the largest shopping mall in the Philippines starting 2021, following the opening of IKEA Pasay City, the first IKEA store in the country and the largest IKEA store in the world, at the mall's complex.

Following the mall's opening in 2006, it caused several smaller shopping malls nearby to close, such as the Pearl Plaza and the Uniwide Coastal Mall, both located in Barangay Tambo, Parañaque. However, this is changing with the rise of other malls and similar structures such as the Ayala Malls Manila Bay and W Mall.

  1. ^ "About MOA". Philippines Today. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Savills, K. M. C. "SM Mall of Asia Complex: The New BPO Hub of Bay City". kmcmaggroup.com.
  3. ^ a b "25 Largest Shopping Malls In The World". List 25. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "SM City North Edsa's new annex makes it world's third-largest mall". GMA News. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "SM Megamall undergoing P1.5 B expansion". Philippines Today. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  6. ^ "SM Megamall opens new Carpark and Bus Bay". SM Prime. Archived from the original on May 4, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

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