16 Sep
2024
Create Waves of Positive Change with SM at the 2024 International Coastal Clean-Up
The International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC) is back for another year and is shaping up to be the biggest one yet, taking place simultaneously on September 21 in 15 different SM
13 Sep
2024
SM Supermalls Powers Up Sustainability with Expanded Electric Vehicle Charging Network
SM Supermalls, a leading Philippine mall operator, reinforces its commitment to sustainability by significantly expanding its Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS) network. With the completion of stations at SM City
12 Sep
2024
SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC) Works with Technical Inspection Association Rheinland for its Food & Safety Hygiene (FSH) Policies
SMHCC collaborated with TUV Rheinland, (Technischer Überwachungsverein or Technical Inspection Association), one of the world’s leading testing service providers in the review of SMHCC’s FSH guidelines, upholding the company’s commitment
11 Sep
2024
National Resilience Council Foundation Elects Board and Kicks off with Expert-led Risk Governance
The National Resilience Council (NRC) Foundation, Inc. held its inaugural meeting and elected Board officers on September 2, 2024, at the SM Prime Headquarters in Pasay City. SM Prime’s Hans
06 Sep
2024
PRC Engineering Board, IIEE, and SM Prime Collaborate on Rooftop Solar PV Compliance
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Electrical Engineering (BEE) and the Institute of Electrical Engineers of the Philippines (IIEE) collaborated with SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime) to study improvements
04 Sep
2024
SM City Baguio’s Rainwater Treatment Facility: A Model for Water Sustainability
SM City Baguio is making significant strides in water stewardship with its innovative rainwater treatment facility (RTF), launched in July 2023. In the months since, the facility has already processed
30 Aug
2024
SM Prime Scores Big at the 14th Asian Excellence Award
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, received awards at the 14th Asian Excellence Award by Corporate Governance Asia, held in
23 Aug
2024
Book Nook Expands Horizons with New Branch at The Podium
In a celebratory atmosphere brimming with literary enthusiasm and community spirit, the Book Nook launched its second branch at the fifth level of The Podium on August 15, 2024. Building
22 Aug
2024
Double Recognition for SM Supermalls at HR Asia Awards
SM Supermalls scored a double win at the 2024 HR Asia Awards held last Friday, August 16. Recognized as both a ‘Best Company to Work For’ for the second consecutive
22 Aug
2024
Highlands Residences’ Ochre Tower: Everyday adventures at Tagaytay Highlands
Tagaytay Highlands stands as the pinnacle of exclusive residential living in the Philippines, renowned for its signature log cabins and sweeping mountain views, all set against a backdrop of cool,
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28 Dec
2007
SM Prime not yet listing on other exchanges
Shopping Mall Developer and operator SM Prime Holdings, Inc. will wait for the enactment of proposed law on real estate investment trust (REITs) before it considers listing in other exchanges, Executive Vice-President Jeffrey C. Lim said.
20 Dec
2007
SM Prime eyes P4B in loans in 2008
SM Prime Holdings Inc., the mall development arm of tycoon Henry Sy, is considering borrowing P4 billion in 2008 to help fund construction of new malls, a company official said.
20 Dec
2007
Banco de Oro to refinance 0m worth of tier 2 notes
The Sy-controlled Banco de Oro, the country’s fastest growing bank, will refinance about 0 million of its tier 2 notes next year, bank president Nestor Tan told reporters yesterday.
20 Dec
2007
SM bank, mall units to raise P12.4B
SM Investment Corp.’s banking and mall subsidiaries plan to get loans and issue debt totaling at least P12.4 billion (6 million) next year to fund expansion projects and refinance debt, officials said.
20 Dec
2007
SM Prime Plans To Borrow PHP4 Bln In ’08 To Partly Fund Capex
SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPH.PH), the Philippines’ largest mall operator by sales, plans to borrow PHP4 billion (.9 million) next year to partly fund its capital expenditure, which is estimated at PHP6 billion, Executive Vice-President Jeffrey Lim said Wednesday.
20 Dec
2007
SM to borrow locally for additional malls
THE country’s biggest mall builder and operator said it will borrow a substantial part of the money required for next year’s capital expenditures from the local market. In a briefing, Jeffrey C. Lim, SM Prime Holdings Inc. executive vice president, said the company will borrow P4 billion out of the P6-billion capex for next year while the balance would come from internally generated funds.
20 Dec
2007
SM Prime plans P4-B borrowings next yr
Shopping mall giant SM Prime Holdings Inc. plans to borrow P4 billion next year to fund the continued development of new malls and the expansion of existing ones. SM Prime executive vice president Jeffrey Lim said the company needs P6 billion to fund its capital expenditures next year.
11 Dec
2007
SM Prime Expands SM City Cebu with Opening of New Annex
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (“SM Prime�?) has just expanded SM City Cebu with the opening of its new annex, bringing total GFA to 268,611 square meters (sqm), making it the largest SM mall in the Visayas region. The new wing of SM City Cebu, which will be inaugurated on November 30, 2007 has a gross floor area (GFA) of 107,049 sqm.
11 Dec
2007
SM Nation
At the education summit, held at the Asian Institute of Management, I acknowledged the breakthrough importance of the Commission on Higher Education’s Memo Order No. 39, which standardizes the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program nationwide. But I suggested that the world it assumed was skewed.
11 Dec
2007
Shopping Center of the Year
The SM Mall of Asia recently received the Philippine Retailers Association’s Shopping Center of the Year Award during its 2007 Outstanding Filipino Retailers and Shopping Centers of the Year Night held recently at the Crowne Plaza in Ortigas.
