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SM City Bacolod


SM City Bacolod is a supermall located along Rizal Street, Reclamation Area, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It has a total of land area of 161,096.60 square meters and a total floor area of 61,413 square meters. SM City Bacolod is the 29th supermall of SM Prime Holdings and the 3rd in the Visayas Region. It opened on March 1, 2007. SM City Bacolod is currently undergoing renovation and expansion that will be completed by 2013.

by Jhaypee Guia on September 04, 2012
SM City Bacolod

SM City Bacolod is a supermall located along Rizal Street, Reclamation Area, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It has a total of land area of 161,096.60 square meters and a total floor area of 61,413 square meters. SM City Bacolod is the 29th supermall of SM Prime Holdings and the 3rd in the Visayas Region. It opened on March 1, 2007. SM City Bacolod is currently undergoing renovation and expansion that will be completed by 2013.

Mall features

SM City Bacolod hosts international and local fast food chains, restaurants, and stores. It has four cinemas showcasing films and live sports games. The mall is divided into two buildings called the "North Wing" and the "South Wing". The two buildings are connected by two bridgeways that allow patrons to walk between the two structures. The South Wing houses the grocery supermarket, cinema, local fast food chains and pharmacies. The North Wing houses the department store, appliance center, food court, international fast food chains and boutiques.

Expansion

SM City Bacolod is currently undergoing an expansion in its North Wing. Plans bared by SM Prime Holdings will see a P2.5 billion three-storey expansion plan on both the North and South wings while the existing mall structure will be extended to two-storeys. The expansion will accommodate 150 more store tenants which is set to be completed by 2013.

Anchors

  • SM Department Store
  • SM Supermarket
  • SM Food Court
  • SM Cinemas

Junior anchors

  • SM Appliance
  • Ace Hardware
  • Surplus Shop
  • Watsons
  • SM Home World
  • Toy Kingdom

 

List of Accommodations in Bacolod City

Hotels 

First Class

  • L'Fisher Hotel - 4th Lacson Street, Bacolod City
  • Hotel PAGCOR - Magsaysay Avenue, Bacolod City
  • Luxur Place - Magsaysay Avenue, Bacolod City
  • Eastview Hotel - Carlos Hilado Circumferential Road Corner
  • Grand Regal Hotel - Araneta St., Singcang, Bacolod City

Economy

  • Bascon Hotel -  Gonzaga  Locsin Streets, Bacolod City
  • Check Inn Hotel - Ponce Building, Luzuriaga St, Bacolod City
  • Northwest Inn - JB Corner, Rizal-Mabino Sts

Tourist Inns

  • Bacolod King's Hotel - San Sebastian-Gatuslao Street
  • Belle's Pension - 17th Lacson St., Bacolod City
  • Casa Marabella - Ylac Avenue, Villamonte
  • G&J Horizon - Locsin-Libertad, Bacolod City
  • Pearl Manor - North Drive - Lacson St., Bacolod City
  • Regency Plaza Inn - Lacson Extension, Bacolod City
  • Traveller's Inn - BS Aquino Drive- Lacson St., Bacolod City

 

Accessibility

By air

The city is only 55 minutes from Manila, serviced by the country’s 3 major airlines: Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and Air Philippines, with four round trip flights daily.

From Cebu City, Bacolod is only 30 minutes away, with 3 round trips daily through Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific.

The New Bacolod-Silay Airport of International Standard is 20 minutes to and from the Bacolod downtown.

By sea

Bacolod is normally a 20-hour cruise to and from Manila aboard world-class vessels; 55 minutes to and from Iloilo on fast seacrafts.  The Banago and BREDCO ports are the vessels entry point.

By sea and land

The 18-hour travel time to and from Manila via land and sea transport is now possible through RORO (Roll On Roll Off) vessels traversing through the Strong Republic Nautical Highway using the ports of Iloilo, Caticlan in Aklan, Roxas in Mindoro and Batangas in the Province of Batangas.

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