TriNoma

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TriNoma
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Location	Epifanio de los Santos Avenue corner North Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
Opening date	May 16, 2007 (soft opening)
Developer	Ayala Land, Inc.
Management	Ayala Malls
Owner	Ayala Corporation
No. of stores and services	550 shops
Total retail floor area	195,000 m²
Parking	8,000 cars (3,500 In Car Park)
No. of floors	4 levels (8 levels for the car park area)
Website	AyalaMalls TriNoma

TriNoma, or Triangle North of Manila, is a shopping mall in Quezon City in the Philippines owned by property development firm Ayala Corporation. Opened in 2007, the mall is located on the side of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, near the North Avenue MRT Station in Quezon City, giving significant market competition to the nearby SM City North EDSA as one of the largest malls in Manila's metropolitan area.^[1]

1 Location and vicinity
2 History
3 Physical details
4 Attractions
5 Incident and Accidents
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Location and vicinity

The mall grounds are situated at the "north triangle" formed by the intersection of North Avenue, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Mindanao Avenue in Quezon City. It is right across the street from another major Philippine mall, SM City North EDSA. Located on a 20 hectare parcel of land, the mall has a gross leasable area of 195,000 square meters, including the adjacent Landmark QC.

It is directly connected to Manila MRT's North Avenue MRT Station. It will be almost connected to the Yellow Line's proposed North Avenue LRT Station. The actual mall is located above the Manila MRT North Avenue Depot. Future plans include an overpass connecting TriNoma to SM City North EDSA.

[edit] History

The actual site of TriNoma used to be the location of "Divisoria sa EDSA", a flea market built by Mayor Brigido Simon as a livelihood project for the informal settlers of Quezon City. Due to unbalanced competition from a mall nearby, it was closed by Mayor Ismael Mathay to give way for the construction of the Metro Rail Transit depot in 1995.

The MRT-3 consortium composed of Fil-Estate Holdings and the Ayala Corporation decided to make the depot underground rather than a regular depot similar to LRT-1 due to its commercial viability as a shopping mall. When the MRT-3 began operations on December 1999, the construction of the mall was not immediately undertaken due to lack of funding. The North Triangle Depot Commercial Corporation was incorporated in 2001 with Fil-Estate spearheading the development and Ayala Land as minority stockholder ^[2].

From 1999 to 2004, the depot was idle space and SM City North EDSA increased its profit when its mall became a destination on the north terminus of the MRT-3. An agreement was signed on December 2004 where Ayala Land bought 30.89% stake of the Fil-Estate Group in the North Triangle Depot Commercial Corporation for P600.1 million and in exchange of a land in Ayala, Makati and other shares swapped. ^[3] ^[4].

Ayala Land started constructing the mall on June 2005 under the project name "North Triangle Mall". ^[5] The mall was named "TriNoma" inspired by the redevelopment of industrial district TriBeCa.

TriNoma was officially launched in a private ceremony in April 24, 2007. It was inaugurated by officials of Ayala Land, its developer, and authorities of Quezon City, led by Mayor Feliciano Belmonte. Members of the media were also present but were restricted from releasing certain footages and photos, as not to spoil consumer excitement.

The soft opening was originally slated for May 3, 2007, but was delayed by structural elements that were yet to be finished. It finally opened to the public on May 16, 2007. The 3.5 billion peso mall was officially launched on October 16, 2007 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro.

The mall was the first building constructed in the 54.3 hectare Quezon City Triangle Exchange. The Quezon City Central Buiness District is a 250.6-hectare redevelopment of the North Triangle (North Avenue, Quezon Memorial Circle, EDSA, Quezon Avenue), East Triangle (East Avenue, Quezon Memorial Circle, EDSA, Quezon Avenue) and Veterans Center (North Avenue, Mindanao Avenue)^[6].

[edit] Physical details

The mall is composed of a single structure and two integrated parking buildings. Inside the single structure is 4 floor levels.

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[edit] Attractions

[edit] Entertainment

6 digital cinemas and 1 THX cinema
Timezone, the flagship and largest Philippine location
RedBox Karaoke
Activity Center, a venue of concerts and other live programs

[edit] Parking Amenities

The mall has two parking buildings, namely the 4-story North Avenue Parking Building(facing North Avenue) and the 8-story Mindanao Avenue Parking Building. It also contains 8,000 parking slots mostly hosted in the 8-story Mindanao Avenue Parking Building.

[edit] Natural Features

A rooftop park in its upper floors
7 water features, including a reverse waterfall

[edit] Retail Establishments

The shopping center, dubbed as a super regional mall, plays host to more than 550 high-end shopping and retail establishments. It boasts of flagship stores which are not only the largest, but also the best out of a brand's chain of establishments. The establishment has already enlisted about 600 tenants and is 90% leased out. It also has two department stores: Crossings Department Store and The Landmark Department Store, the latter serving as the anchor store of the mall and also having a supermarket and a hypermarket.

[edit] Incident and Accidents

On April 17, 2008, Alfonso Reyes, corporate spokesman for TriNoma owner Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), confirmed that building painters Juan de Mariano and Rommel Pañuelas died, while Rafael Tala, Leonil Ortiz and Romel Ricamera were seriously injured at a makeshift scaffolding crash at TriNoma mall.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Categories: Shopping malls in the Philippines