SM Mall of Asia

The SM Mall of Asia is the largest shopping mall in the Philippines aIt opened on May 21, 2006. It is owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, under the management of Henry Sy, a Filipino-Chinese business tycoon.

The Mall of Asia was constructed within the reclamation aarea, west of Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City, aptly nicknamed "Bay City". It is built on 19.5 hectares of reclaimed land and has a gross floor area of 386,224 square merres. The mall is located at the southernmost tip of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue. A roundabout was constructed to the front of the mall with a huge bronze globe similar to that of the Universal Studios Theme Parks and the Unisphere in New York City.

The mall grounds consist of four buildings interconnected by walkways: The Main Mall, the Entertainment Mall, and the North and South Carpark Buildings. The Main Mall includes dining and shopping establishments and a food court. The Entertainment Mall is a two-story complex, a majority of which is open-air, facing Manila Bay. It's 5,000 parking spaces are divided across two 6-story parking buildings. The South Parking houses the mall's official SM Department Store, while the mall's supermarket, the SM Hypermarket is located within the North Parking Building.