SM Prime Holdings, Inc., the country’s largest mall developer, is opening today the SM City Fairview Annex in Novaliches, Quezon City.

This will add 28,600 square meters of gross floor area to the main mall, increasing SM Fairview’s total GFA to 182,783 sqm.

 “With the expansion of both SM City Fairview and SM North EDSA, which also happens to be our very first mall, Quezon City remains to be one of SM Prime’s most important local partners, and continues to be a domain for further growth,” SM Prime President Mr. Hans Sy said in a statement yesterday.

The opening of SM City Fairview Annex will is expected to create, directly and indirectly, about 1,500 new jobs

The SM City Fairview Annex has 19,100 sqm of gross leasable area and will have as its mall tenants Ace Hardware, Timezone, Grills, Chilly Willy’s, Sbarro, Breadtalk, Ford Motors, Center for Pop Music, All Flip Flops, and People R People, among others.

Last year, SM Prime launched SM City Marikina, the SM Megamall Bridgeway, SM City Rosales in Pangasinan. The Annex at SM City North Edsa, and SM City Baliwag in Bulacan, were also opened.