SM City Rosales

SM City Rosales is a shopping mall owned by SM Prime Holdings located along MacArthur Highway in barangay Carmen East, Rosales, Pangasinan.[1] It opened on November 28, 2008 and is the first SM Supermall in the province of Pangasinan. The mall has a land area of 121,685 m² (1,309,810 sq ft) and a total gross floor area of 60,989 m² (656,480 sq ft).[2]

SM City Rosales

Façade of SM City Rosales
Location	MacArthur Highway, Brgy. Carmen East, Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippines[1]
Coordinates	15°52′46″N 120°36′09″E
Opening date	Main mall: November 28, 2008[2] Annex: May 15, 2009 Re-opening: November 27, 2009
Developer	SM Prime Holdings
Management	SM Prime Holdings
Owner	Henry Sy, Sr.
No. of stores and services	200+
No. of anchor tenants	8
Total retail floor area	60,898 m^2 (655,500 sq ft)
No. of floors	Bldg. A: 1 Bldg. B: 2
Parking	700 slots
Website	SM City Rosales Website

Typhoon Parma devastation

On October 8, 2009, the mall was not spared from Typhoon Pepeng as floodwaters entered the ground level of the mall. Merchandise and fixtures owned by the mall's anchor stores and tenants were swept away by the raging flood caused by torrential rains brought by the typhoon. Around 1,000 people, including a pregnant woman, were stranded inside the mall complex.[3] The mall's rooftop became a drop-off point for the rescue workers that were deployed to bring relief goods to the affected residents in the nearby areas.

Barely two months after being devastated, the shopping mall re-opened to the public on November 27, 2009.

Transportation

The mall contains a Public Transport Terminal, with vans, jeepney, and tricycle service to nearby areas. It also serves as a bus stop for inter-provincial bus lines.

References

1. "SM City Rosales is the country's 32nd supermall". The Philippine Star. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. "SM Prime opens SM City Rosales today". The Philippine Star. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
3. ABS-CBN News Online, 1,000 stranded in SM mall in Rosales