05/16/2015 5:25 PM – MANILA – Thousands attended the opening of SM City San Mateo on Friday.

On its Facebook page, SM Supermalls posted a photo of SM Prime President Hans Sy surrounded by mall goers at the mall’s grand opening.

Netizens also took to Twitter to post photos of the thick opening day crowd.

Teen star Julia Barretto graced the mall’s opening day. Love team James Reid and Nadine Lustre are expected to be at the mall Saturday afternoon.

SM City San Mateo is the 52nd mall of SM Prime Holdings in the Philippines and its fourth in the Rizal province.

SM Prime is owned by the family of the Philippines’ richest man, Henry Sy.

The new mall has 80,043 square meters in gross floor area and already has an 86% occupancy rate.