MANILA, Philippines—The country’s leading shopping mall developer SM Prime Holdings Inc. is set to open on Friday, Aug. 10, a new shopping mall in General Santos City, known as the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines,” thus marking its 45th mall in the Philippines.

SM PRIME Holdings, Inc., the country’s largest mall development firm, is firming up its presence in Mindanao as it opens on Friday its 45th mall in General Santos City, South Cotabato, one of the country’s most populous, highly-urbanized centers, a disclosure to the local bourse showed on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – SM Prime Holdings, the country’s leading mall developer and operator, is opening its 45th shopping mall in the country on Friday in General Santos, South Cotobato.

MANILA, Philippines – SM Prime Holdings Inc. opens to the public today its 45th shopping mall in the Philippines and its first in the province of South Cotabato.

(August 08, 2012) MANILA, Philippines – Forever21, the popular American brand, recently opened its latest store at SM Mall of Asia. Partnering with the SM Retail Group in the Philippines, it continues to extend its fashion reach with the opening of new stores at SM Makati, the Northwing of SM Çity Cebu, and more recently at The Block, SM City North EDSA.

August 7, 2012 – After the phenomenal opening of its first mall in San Fernando 12 years ago, and of a second one in Clark six years after, SM Prime Holdings opened the doors of its 44th mall – the third in Pampanga – last July 20.

MALL OPERATOR SM Prime Holdings, Inc. has completed its financing requirements for the year amounting to P21 billion, signaling its preparation to spend a further P63 billion in the next three years for expansion here and overseas.

SM Prime Holdings Inc., through SM Cares Program on Youth and Children’s Welfare, recently celebrated the National Children’s Book Reading Day 2012, in commemoration of the publication of Jose Rizal’s rendition of “Ang Pagong at Ang Matsing” (Monkey and the Turtle) found in the July 1889 issue of Trubner’s Oriental Record in London. The event was celebrated simultaneously in all the 43 SM Supermalls in the Philippines plus the 4 SM malls in China located in Xiamen, Jinjiang, Chengdu and Suzhou.

MANILA, Philippines – SM Prime Holdings Inc., the country’s largest retail landlord, has set a P63-billion three-year capital spending plan to rapidly expand its presence here and in China in its bid to become a regional player.

PHILIPPINE billionaire Henry Sy’s shopping mall developer is planning to spend P63 billion ($1.5 billion) in the next three years to add as many as 18 shopping malls at home and in China as consumer spending rises.