SM Prime Holdings, Inc. will open SM City Taytay, its first mall in the province of Rizal tomorrow, November 9, 2007.

The firm said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) yesterday that the new mall has a gross floor area (GFA) of 91,920 square meters (sqm) and stands on 38,525 sqm of land. SM City Taytay has a leasable area of 42,459 sqm and will have as its main tenants SM Department Store, SM Hypermarket, a food court, and three cinemas.

The three cinemas will have a combined seating capacity of 1,250. Its other mall tenants include Bench, The Face Shop, Penshoppe, Oxygen, Celine, Jollibee, McDonald’s, National Bookstore, Kevin’s Playhouse, Max’s, Floring’s Barbecue, French Baker, among others.

‘We welcome the newest member of our SM Supermalls family: SM City Taytay. Taytay is recognized as the garments capital of the Philippines,’ said SM Prime president Hans Sy. Sy noted that Taytay has a large residential community and it houses the biggest school campus of one of the country’s leading colleges. (JAL)