SM City Clark explained

SM City Clark
Address:	Manuel A. Roxas Highway, Barangay Malabanias, Clark Freeport
Location:	Angeles, Philippines
Coordinates:	15.1685°N 120.5802°W
Developer:	SM Prime Holdings
Manager:	SM Prime Holdings
Number Of Stores:	700+ shops and restaurants
Number Of Anchors:	20+
Floor Area:	308909m2^[1]
Parking:	3,350 cars^[2]
Floors:	Mall: 2 Tech Hubs: 8

SM City Clark is a large shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, Inc. It is located along M.A. Roxas Highway in Clark Freeport, Angeles City, Philippines. It is the second SM supermall in the province of Pampanga after SM City Pampanga in City of San Fernando and Mexico, Pampanga. It is the largest shopping mall in Luzon outside NCR after its expansion and renovation.

Location

SM City Clark is located along M.A. Roxas Highway in Barangay Malabanias, Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Philippines. The mall is adjacent to the Clark Main Gate, Clark Veterans Cemetery and the Clark Global City.

Facilities

Opened on May 12, 2006,^[3] the mall has a land area of 17-hectares and a total gross floor area of an estimated 144,484 square meters. It features more than 300 shops and various dining establishments. It was expanded in 2013 with a new food court, The Meeting Place and a business process outsourcing (BPO) center.

Existing Features/Facilities

• Park Inn by Radisson Blu is an 8-storey, 154-room hotel located within the mall complex. The newly constructed south wing gives an additional 95 rooms and 5 more suites.
• SMX Convention Center Clark was opened in 2022 together with the Additional 4 BPO buildings and the skyline which will connect and provide easy access on all the buildings inside the mall complex.
• Carpark a paid parking for vehicles that is located on the west wing and connected to the west transport terminal.
• Skyline an elevated park that connects the mall to the Tech Hub Towers, SMX Convention, and National University.
• Bowling Alley an eight-lane bowling alley and includes other activities such as billiards tables, dart, table tennis, and arcade games.
• IMAX Theater which was opened on December 14, 2012. It is the sixth IMAX cinema in the country and the only IMAX cinema in Luzon outside of Metro Manila.
• The Meeting Place an indoor park near the food court that houses a fountain.
• National University Clark Campus

Future DevelopmentThe mall complex will host the SM Grand Terminal Clark, an multimodal transport terminal. The groundbreaking for the facility took place in late 2021.^[4]

Events

• The mall held the PyroFest, the biggest fireworks festival every year of November at 'The Meeting Place'.^[5]
• The mall held the 10th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition on February to March 2019. This was supposed to be at the SM Mall of Asia bayside area, but was postponed in support for the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources or DENR.^[6]

Incidents

December 2015 shooting incident

On December 24, 2015, an off-duty rookie cop, suspected of trying to steal a parked motorcycle, was shot by responding Clark Development Corporation (CDC) security personnel and security guards at the mall's parking lot. The slain suspect was identified by Chief Supt. Rudy Lacadin, Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director as Police Officer 1 Jomar Binuya Batul, a member of the Provincial Public Safety Command in Oriental Mindoro. He allegedly tried to steal a motorcycle parked in front of a Jollibee branch, at around 3:40 in the afternoon. He fled on foot towards the mall's parking lot when a CDC security officer accosted him. A brief chase and a shootout ensued.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: On top of the world at SM City Clark’s Sky Line. 5 July 2022. businessmirror.com.ph. 2022-08-23.
2. Web site: SMX Convention Clark Fact Sheet. smxconventioncenter.com. 2022-11-13.
3. News: Dela Peña . Zinnia B. . SM Prime set to open 24th mall in Clark . 1 January 2020 . The Philippine Star . 11 May 2006.
4. Web site: 3 November 2021 . Grand transport terminal to rise at SM City Clark complex .
5. Web site: SM City Clark Pyro Fest 7 set on all Saturdays of November. 7 November 2018. iOrbitNews.
6. Web site: The Biggest and Greatest Pyromusical Show Moves to SM City Clark!. SM Supermalls.
7. Web site: Rookie cop shot dead in Pampanga mall parking lot over motorbike theft. Kicker Daily News. /