SM City

SM City is a name for a major shopping mall owned by Henry Sy and his company SM Prime Holdings, the largest retail and mall operator in the Philippines and one of the highest shopping management firms.

An SM City can be either small or big as long as there's major appearing anchors like the SM Department Store, SM Supermarket/Savemore, SM Hypermarket and SM Cinemas.

History

Back in 1985, when SM City North EDSA was opened, The name was originally SM Center North EDSA. Then in 1986, they made a motto stating "More than just a Center, It's a City" and changed the name from SM Center to SM City. Currently SM has been developing and establishing SM City malls throughout the country. But not all SM Malls have the word City on it. Some SM Malls have the word Center for minor shopping malls and only features SM Hypermarket on it.

SM City Malls

SM City Malls In the Philippines

SM City Malls In China

Anchor Tenants appearing in an SM City

SM Department Store/The SM Store

Every SM City Mall has an SM Department Store, It can be a small branch or big branch as long there's enough space for the mall to squeeze the anchor tenant. Now SM holds the largest chain of department stores in the country today and all of them are located inside SM City Malls.

SM Grocery Stores/ SM Markets

The grocery stores can either be SM Supermarket Savemore Market or SM Hypermarket. Being owned by the SM Group, it now holds more than 40 grocery store branches strategically located inside and outside SM City.