SM Prime Holdings

SM Prime Holdings
Public company
Traded as PSE: SMPH
Industry Property, Shopping malls and retailing
Founded Manila, Philippines (1958)
Headquarters Pasay City, Philippines
Number of locations
 55 malls (as of November 27, 2015)
Area served
 Philippines
China
Guam
Key people
 Henry Sy, Sr. (Founder, Chairman and CEO)
Parent SM Investments Corporation
Slogan We've got it all for you!
Website SM Prime Holdings

SM Prime Holdings, inc. or SM Prime is the parent company of the SM Group's shopping malls. It is the largest shopping mall and retail operator in the Philippines. It was incorporated on 6 January 1994 to develop, conduct, operate and maintain the SM commercial shopping centres and all businesses related thereto, such as the lease of commercial spaces within the compound of shopping centres. It later went public on July 5, 1994 and subsequently grew to become the largest company listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange in terms of revenue. As of 2007, SM Prime Holdings became one of the largest shopping mall chains in the world. The company's main sources of revenues include rental income from mall and food courts, cinema ticket sales and amusement income from bowling and ice-skating.

Currently, it has 52 operating malls totalling a gross floor area of 5.5 million square meters located in the following locations: Metro Manila, Baguio City, Pangasinan, Cauayan City, Central Luzon (Cabanatuan City, Bulacan, Pampanga and Angeles City, Tarlac and Olongapo City), CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Lucena City), Naga City, Visayas (Iloilo City, Bacolod City and Cebu City) and Mindanao (Davao City, Cagayan de Oro City and General Santos City).

On April 2, 2008, SM Investments Corp. (the parent company to SM Prime) announced that it would participate in a $1 billion casino project in Manila. The 40-hectare Bagong Nayong Pilipino-Manila Bay Integrated Tourism Project consists of a casino, hotels, shopping malls and other entertainment facilities.[1] In July 2012, SM partnered with Lawrence Ho of Macau-based Melco International Development, the son of casino magnate Stanley Ho, and James Packer, the son of the late Australian media giant, Kerry Packer to proceed with the new casino development, which is expected to capitalize on a growing middle class and increased tourism.[2]

History

SM City North EDSA, the first SM Supermall in the Philippines

The roots of SM date back to the 1950s when entrepreneur Henry Sy, Sr. established a shoe store in Carriedo, the then-central business district of Manila. His aggressive and adamant strategy helped him gain large profits within a few years and he later expanded his business in Quiapo to become a fully functioning department store named "Shoemart", specialising in the sale of shoes, the sector of which the store originally was. Shoemart was later abbreviated to SM and became commonly known as "SM" or "Shoemart" by the locals. The SM in Carriedo was later abandoned and moved in the present site in Quiapo near the Manila LRT Line 1. The old site was demolished in 1982 and was turned into its Clearance Outlet.

The first SM Supermall, SM City North EDSA, was opened in 1985 and started the Philippine "malling" phenomenon. Sy observed the malling hobby of Filipinos and opted to make every SM Supermall like an amusement park. All SM Supermalls contain at least one or more amusement facilities, such as cinemas, bowling centers, convention centres and game arcades.

Located in several cities and areas in Metro Manila, as well as major provincial cities, each SM is easily accessible and situated by places of public interest (churches, schools, major roads, highways, etc.). SM opened its first department store outside Metro Manila (SM Delgado) in Iloilo City in 1979 and was relaunched in 2004.

On May 21, 2006, SM opened the SM Mall of Asia.

On May 17, 2013, SM opened the SM Aura Premier. The same year, the company announced a merger with SM Land, which owns SM Development and Commercial Properties Group. As a result, upon approval by Securities and Exchange Commission, SM Prime is one of the largest property companies in the Southeast Asia region, competing with Gokongwei-led Robinsons Land (which owns Robinsons Malls and Tan-led Megaworld Corporation).[3]

Malls

Philippines

Main article: SM Supermalls

China

Name Opening Floor area (m²) Location
SM City Xiamen December 13, 2001 126,000 2F, SM City, NO468 Jiahe Road, Xiamen City, Fujian, China
SM City Jinjiang November 26, 2005 170,000 Fu PU SM International Square, Jinjiang City, Fujian, China
SM City Chengdu October 20, 2006 176,000 SM City (CHENGDU) NO.29, Section.2 of 2nd Ring Road, Chengdu City, Sichuan, China
SM Lifestyle Center October 30, 2009 109,947 3F, SM Lifestyle Center, NO468 Jiahe Road, Xiamen City, China
SM City Suzhou September 23, 2011 69,275 No. 1109, Yuehu Road, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu China
SM City Chongqing December 14, 2012 146,323 No. 148 Songshi Avenue, Ranjiaba, Yubei District, Chongqing City, China 401120

Pacific Islands

Standalone department stores

The SM standalone department stores are some of the first department stores before it grew into a big business.

Name Opening Location
SM Quiapo (Clearance Store) November 1972 Carriedo St., Quiapo, Manila
SM Makati (Flagship Store) September 1975 Ayala Center cor. EDSA, Makati City, Metro Manila
SM Cubao October 1978 Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila
SM Delgado (Iloilo) May 1979 Valeria Street cor. Delgado Street, Iloilo City, Iloilo
SM Harrison October 1984 Adriatico St., Malate, Manila

Hotels and Conventions

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Inquirer.net, SM joins $1B casino project, Alliance gains on Star Cruises tie-up
  2. ↑ Macau's Melco in $1 billion Philippine casino project
  3. ↑ SEC approval of amendment to Plan of Merger bet. SMPH and SM Land - PSE.com.ph
  4. ↑ http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19986283_ITM SM tycoon opens 'small' Guam outlet

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