Friday, December 25, 2009

Glorietta

Glorietta

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Glorietta 5 facade.

Location

Ayala Center, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Opening date

1991

Developer

Ayala Land

Management

Ayala Malls

Owner

Zobel de Ayala family

No. of stores and services

more than 500 shops and restaurants

No. of anchor tenants

5

Total retail floor area

250,000 m²

Parking

2000+ cars

No. of floors

5 floors

Website

Glorietta

Glorietta

Glorietta is a large shopping mall in the Ayala Center in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The mall is owned by the Zobel de Ayala family and its holding company, Ayala Corporation. The mall is divided into five sections (named Glorietta 1–5) and contains many shops and restaurants, as well as cinema screens, a gym, arcades and a large central atrium often used to stage special events. It has an activity center, located at the heart of the mall. It is also integrated between Greenbelt Mall, SM Makati, Rustan's Makati and The Landmark, a department store. Ayala Center is planning to construct Glorietta 5, which will be located in front of Hotel Intercontinental Manila and beside Rustans Department Store, as part of the Ayala Land's plan of redeveloping Glorietta. The tenants affected by the October 19, 2007 explosion will be given an option to relocate there. [1]

A shot of the central atrium area during an electronics event.

Glorietta was originally a park surrounded by establishments; in fact it was used as a location by Viva Films for its youth-oriented movie Hotshots. But in the early 1990s the Zobel De Ayala family decided to renovate Glorietta, Quad, Greenbelt and the whole of the Makati Commercial Center to a whole new mall which will carry the name Ayala Center.

The plan was to recreate Glorietta to an indoor facility and integrate it with the remaining buildings surrounding it as well as the newly-constructed buildings that replaced the ones that's been torn-down namely the QUAD cinemas, By the mid and late 90s Glorietta reached its popularity as a premier mall. The construction was so perfect because of its indoor setup which makes it convenient for its customers. Bar-hoppers would enjoy air-conditioned facilities and could go to different bars and restaurants without having to go out of the facilty.

The Glorietta mall was opened in 1991 having a gross leasable area of 250,000 m², envisioned as one of the largest malls in the Philippines. Still today, Glorietta Mall remains as one of the biggest in Metro Manila. Glorietta is a one-stop, self-sufficient shopping center. Glorietta offers complete shopping and dining options ranging from apparel, accessories, home furniture, appliances to specialty brands. It has a fully air-conditioned atrium with water features, an indoor playground for children, and an activity center that hosts the best concerts and shows for its shoppers.

Other new buildings were also constructed in between 1999 and 2005, making Glorietta bigger than its original construction plan.

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