Elizabeth Mall (Cebu City) Explained

Elizabeth Mall
Native Name:E-Mall
Location:Cebu City
Address:N. Bacalso Avenue corner Leon Kilat Street, Cebu City
Coordinates:10.2981°N 123.8953°W
Developer:Cebu Central Realty Corporation
Manager:Elizabeth Gan-Go
Owner:Augusto W. Go
Number Of Stores:200+
Floors:4
Website:https://www.elizabethmall-cebu.com/

Elizabeth Mall, commonly known as E-Mall, is a shopping mall located in Cebu City, Philippines. It is owned by Atty. Augusto W. Go, Chairman of the Board & President of Cebu Central Realty Corporation who also owns University of Cebu and College of Technological Sciences–Cebu. It also calls itself as the "Shopping Center of the South".[1]

History

Located at N. Bacalso Avenue corner Leon Kilat Street in Brgy. Pahina Central, Cebu City, the lot that E-Mall stands today used to be a vacant lot where formations of citizens' military trainings were held.[2]

The mall opened on December 3, 2003 and specifically caters to the classes A, B, C and D market, as well as to the students and young professionals. It was a gift of Atty. Augusto W. Go to his wife, Elizabeth Gan-Go, for whom the mall was dedicated, during their 33rd wedding anniversary.[3] [4]

In 2014, E-Mall opened its service lane as part of its rezoning strategies to be a one-stop shop in Cebu. It occupies almost half of the mall's third level. The site used to be the previous location of the World of Fun and the mall's activity center, which was then converted into a kiddie play area.[5]

Incidents

Accidental firing of service firearm

On March 30, 2009, a security guard wounded three persons when he accidentally fired his service firearm yesterday noon outside E-Mall. Abraham Duran, a member of the Unisave Security Specialist Agency, said he was trying to remove the magazine of his 9mm service pistol when it suddenly went off. The bullet stuck the ground and Geraldine Consul together with her 10-year-old son, David who had just been about to enter the mall, were hit by shrapnel. Jason Keesey Lureñana, who was standing nearby, was also grazed in the right arm and was taken to the mall’s clinic.[6]

Death of delivery man

On October 17, 2016, a delivery man of Airspeed Philippines Inc. died after he was crushed by the cargo elevator in E-Mall. The body of Juan Amistad Udto was crushed while he was loading goods onto the cargo elevator from the fourth floor of the mall. He was brought to the St. Vincent Hospital but was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician at St. Vincent’s Hospital. He died due to "cervical contortion".[7]

Fastfood outlet fire

On March 5, 2020, a Mang Inasal food outlet inside the mall caught fire. The fire alarm was received by responding firefighters at around 4:45 PM and was placed under control at around 5:11 PM.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elizabeth Mall Cebu City . mallphilippines.com . Philippines Mall Directory . 19 November 2019.
  2. News: Luzon Lumber and reminiscing . Bong Wenceslao . SunStar Cebu . 2013-01-18 . 2019-08-29.
  3. News: E-mall bares plan to expand . John M. Destacamento . The Philippine Star . 2013-12-06 . 2019-08-29.
  4. News: Elizabeth Mall: A different downtown experience . Quennie S. Bronce . The Freeman . 2008-06-11 . 2019-08-29.
  5. News: E-mall opens new service lane . CDN Digital . 2014-03-17 . 2019-08-29.
  6. News: 3 hurt after mall guard's gun goes off . The Freeman . 2009-03-31 . 2019-08-29.
  7. News: Delivery man crushed to death in mall elevator . Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Lesley Cara Delos Santos . CDN Digital . 2016-10-18 . 2019-08-29.
  8. News: Morexette Marie B. Erram . Paul Lauro . Gerard Francisco . Fire hits fastfood outlet inside downtown mall . 24 March 2020 . CDN Digital . 5 March 2020.