SM City General Santos

Shopping mall in South Cotabato, Philippines

SM City General Santos

Location| General Santos, South Cotabato, Philippines
Coordinates| 6°6′58″N 125°10′52″E﻿ / ﻿6.11611°N 125.18111°E﻿ / 6.11611; 125.18111
Address| San Miguel Street, Lagao
Opening date| August 10, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-08-10)
Developer| SM Prime Holdings
Owner| SM Prime Holdings
No. of anchor tenants| 2
Total retail floor area| 95,764 m2 (1,030,800 sq ft)
No. of floors| 3
Parking| 1,500
Website| SM City General Santos

SM City General Santos is a large shopping mall in General Santos, South Cotabato. It is the 45th shopping mall by SM Prime Holdings, the Philippines' largest shopping mall and retail operator. Making it the largest mall in Soccsksargen.[1] It has a gross floor area of 95,764 m2.[2]

It opened to the public on August 10, 2012.[3]

## History[edit]

### Planning[edit]

It was reported in 2008 that SM Prime Holdings, the Philippines' largest shopping mall and retail operator, was interested in developing a shopping mall in General Santos.[4] Rival developer Robinsons Land had started construction on a ₱1 trillion (US$75.2 billion) shopping mall set to open in 2009, challenging long-established malls Gaisano and KCC Mall.[4]

### Construction[edit]

In September 2011, four construction workers working on the mall were injured when a portion of the third floor collapsed as the workers were pouring wet cement.[5] The floor crashed down to the second floor, pinning the workers below.[5] The workers were confined in a local hospital for treatment.[5]

Another construction accident occurred in December 2011, when a platform collapsed as construction workers were installing insulators on the ceiling of the third floor.[6] The workers, who were not wearing safety belts, fell to the concrete floor, resulting in seven workers sustaining varying degrees of injury.[6] The victims were employees of Irvine Construction, one of the construction firms hired by SM Prime Holdings to build the mall.[6]

### Opening[edit]

SM City General Santos opened on August 10, 2012.[3] At the time of its opening, it was 80% occupied.[1]

## Incidents[edit]

* In 2019, The Mall was damaged in outside and the ceiling collapsed inside the mall.[7][8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "SM opens mall in General Santos City". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN. August 9, 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. ^ "SM Prime Holdings - SM City General Santos". SM Prime Holdings. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
3. ^ a b "SM City General Santos - Information". SM Supermalls. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
4. ^ a b Sarmiento, Romer S. (November 11, 2008). "SM group eyes mall in General Santos City". GMA News Online. GMA Network. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
5. ^ a b c Zonio, Aquiles Z. (September 25, 2011). "4 workers hurt in SM mall construction accident in General Santos City". Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
6. ^ a b c Zonio, Aquiles Z. (December 29, 2011). "7 construction workers hurt as platform collapses in SM GenSan". Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
7. ^ https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1372294/work-in-general-santos-city-hall-suspended-due-to-6-2-magnitude-quake
8. ^ https://www.eaglenews.ph/7-2-magnitude-sarangani-quake-damages-structures-buildings-in-gensan/damage-portion-of-ceiling-of-sm-gensan-eagle-news/

## External links[edit]

* SM Supermalls - SM City General Santos
* SM Supermalls
* SM Prime Holdings - SM City General Santos

Preceded by

SM City San Fernando Downtown

|  45th SM Supermall
2012  | Succeeded by

SM Lanang

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SM Prime

Philippine shopping malls
(SM Supermalls)|

| Lifestyle Cities|

* North EDSA
* Megamall
* Southmall
* Mall of Asia
* Lanang
* Seaside City
* CDO Downtown

|

Lifestyle malls|

* Aura
* The Podium
* S Maison at Conrad Manila

SM City|

* Sta. Mesa
* Cebu
* Bacoor
* Fairview
* Iloilo
* Manila
* Pampanga
* Sucat
* Davao
* CDO Uptown
* Bicutan
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* General Santos
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* Trece Martires
* Puerto Princesa
* Urdaneta Central
* Telabastagan
* Legazpi
* Olongapo Central
* Butuan
* Daet
* Roxas
* Tanza
* Sorsogon
* Tuguegarao
* Bataan
* Sto. Tomas

SM Center|

* Pasig
* Muntinlupa
* Las Piñas
* Angono
* Sangandaan
* Tuguegarao Downtown
* Pulilan
* Lemery
* Imus
* Ormoc
* Dagupan
* San Pedro

Others|

* Araneta City
* Delgado
* Makati
* Quiapo
* The SM Store Estancia

| Acquired|

* Megacenter Cabanatuan
* East Ortigas
* Mindpro (70%)
* Grand Central

| SM Cherry
(Cherry Foodarama)|

* Shaw
* Congressional
* Antipolo

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Speciality|

* MAAX
* MOA Square
* NU MOA

Future|

| Future SM City|

* Deparo
* Zamboanga
* La Union
* Laoag
* General Trias
* Jaro
* Gerona
* Pagsanjan
* Malolos
* Tagum
* Naga 2
* Commonwealth
* San Jose, Nueva Ecija
* Tagbilaran
* Santa Rosa Yulo
* Turbina

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Future SM Center|

* Moonwalk Parañaque
* North Davao
* Camiling

Future Acquired|

* J Mall
* Metromall Las Piñas
* Harrison

China shopping malls|

| Operating malls|

* Xiamen
* Lifestyle Center
* Jinjiang
* Suzhou
* Chengdu
* Chongqing
* Zibo
* Tianjin

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Future malls|

* Yangzhou

US (Guam) shopping malls|

| Acquired|

* Agana Shopping Center

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Commercial properties|

| Office buildings|

* E-com Centers
* OneE-com Center
* TwoE-com Center
* ThreeE-com Center
* FourE-com Center
* FiveE-com Center
* SixE-com Center
* SM Makati Cyber One
* SM Makati Cyber Two
* Cyber West North EDSA
* SM CDO Downtown Premier Tower
* SM Strata Iloilo

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Event venues|

* SM Mall of Asia Arena
* SM Seaside Arena

Residential properties|

* SM Development Corporation
* SM Residences
* M Place
* Tagaytay Highlands
* Hamilo Coast

Hotels and convention centers|

* Conrad Manila
* Megatrade Hall
* Pico Sands Hotel (Hamilo)
* Radisson Blu Hotel
* Park Inn by Radisson
* Taal Vista Hotel
* SMX Convention Center
* Manila
* Aura
* Lanang
* Bacolod
* Olongapo
* Clark
* Cebu
* Santa Rosa

Key people and related articles|

* Henry Sy
* Sky Ranch
* SM Cinema
* SM Estates
* SM Investments
* SM Retail
* Savemore Market
* SM Hypermarket
* SM Supermarket
* SM Store
* Teresita Sy-Coson
* Walter Mart

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