SM opens 48th mall

Ahead of the Christmas rush, shopping mall giant SM Prime Holdings opened last Thursday its 48th local mall in BF Parañaque.

In a statement, SM Prime said the SM City BF, which has a gross floor area of 120,000 square meters, would also redefine the BF community’s movie experience.

SM City BF will be the first mall in the country to have four Director’s Club cinemas equipped with electronic recliner seats that can accommodate up to 200 moviegoers. SM City BF will also house two premier cinemas with 180 seats each for a total of six digital cinemas in the new mall.

“We are pleased to open SM City BF in the highly progressive city of Parañaque and this reflects our continuing efforts to better serve the various needs of the city with a more upscale offering,” SM Prime president Hans Sy said.

“Always wanting to give a unique mall experience, we have equipped SM City BF with the most number of premier digital cinemas and Director’s Clubs in a single mall. We are also introducing new facilities and more international brands to heighten our customers’ shopping and dining experience,” he added.

Among the casual dining establishments in the new mall include Vikings, Guernicas, My Little Buttercup, Thousand Cranes, Toho, Kimono Ken, Cafe Mary Grace, Zabo Chicken, Cafe Benne, 12 Cupcakes among others.

Meanwhile, fashion brands include Mango, Uniqlo, Giordano, and Plains & Prints. The anchor tenants are The SM Store, SM Supermarket, Our Home, SM Appliance Center, Ace Hardware and Watson’s.

The mall provides parking space for 1,419 cars and 179 slots for motorcycles located at the 4th, 5th and 6th levels.

In its statement, SM Prime said SM City BF “had been built to be environmentally friendly, sustainable and disaster resilient.”