RLC to open 39th mall in Oct.

Property developer Robinsons Land Corp. is set to unveil its 39th shopping mall in the country with the opening of a two-story shopping center along the Alabang-Zapote Road in Las Piñas on Oct. 25.

Robinsons Place Las Piñas, which is part of a mixed-use development with a mid-rise residential component under the Robinsons Communities brand, has a gross floor area of more than 50,000 square meters, with the gross leasable area of more than 25,000 sq m.

The new mall, which stands on a 6.8-hectare property, will have about 200 retailers catering to 300 subdivisions, schools, hospitals and 700 business establishments located within its five-kilometer radius.

“The Las Piñas-Paranaque corridor is a new market that we can tap. The population is largely middle-class with a good number of professionals, many of whom are well-traveled, and with strong purchasing power. We are providing an exciting, compact mall that will be an alternative to the large commercial developments within the area,” RLC senior vice president and general manager for commercial centers division Arlene Magtibay said.

The worsening traffic situation in the metropolis, RLC said, was creating demand for such shopping districts closer to home.

“The mall’s size is not overwhelming. The location is very accessible to the target market who will no longer have to brave traffic congestion just to go malling,” said Magtibay.

The new shopping center will have Robinsons Supermarket and Robinsons Department Store as the anchors alongside affiliates Handyman, Robinsons Appliance, Daiso, Costa Coffee and Dorothy Perkins.