Greenhills Shopping Center

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Greenhills Shopping Center is considered one of the leading shopping complexes in Metro Manila. It offers entertainment as well as several dining outlets for its patrons and consumers. It also boasts of over 1,400 mini-stores and more than 2,000 merchants in a unique indoor and outdoor environment located in San Juan City, Philippines. This 16-hectare shopping center is said to be have always been a favorite destination for bargain-hunting shoppers looking for an assortment of retail items.

The shopping center is bounded by Ortigas Avenue on the west, Connecticut Street on the south, Club Filipino, Eisenhower, and Annapolis streets on the north, and Missouri Street on the east. The mall faces Wilson Street.

1 Redevelopment
2 Malls
3 References
4 Citation

[edit] Redevelopment

In 2001, Ortigas & Co. launched the redevelopment of Greenhills Shopping Center to revitalize the shopping hub of Metro Manila. Among the developments in the shopping center were a multilevel parking area, a Muslim prayer area (for the numerous Muslim merchants), music bars, a gym, additional cinemas, a jewelry center, more restaurants and the renovation of Uni-mart supermarket into a multi-purpose retail supermarket.

In 2005, the massive renewal of the Greenhills Shopping Center was unveiled, boasting of 16 shopping malls within its 16-hectare area.

[edit] Malls

Greenhills Shopping Center

The Center Plaza, where the bazaar is located, houses tiangge style shops where stalls are crowded together, peddling discounted clothes, footwear, jewelry, accessories, furniture, electronics, and handicrafts in the hallways, plazas, parking lots, and other empty spaces between the various sections of the shopping center.

V-Mall is formerly known as Virra Mall and was closed last January 2005. Ortigas & Co., operators of the Greenhills shopping center decided to redesign the mall and regain its reputation as a center for computers. Presently, it contains computer shops; boutiques; SM Prime Stores (Ace Hardware, SM Appliance, Watsons, etc.); a bookstore and a food court.

LifeStyle Center accommodates a sport center and furniture shops as well as old coins and other antique items. It also includes movie theaters like the Theatre Mall and the Promenade. The Theater Mall houses about 200 shops that sell trendy street wear, youth-oriented fashion accessories and other stuff for trend-conscious Filipinos. The Promenade has more than three dozen shopping and food outlets.

Jewellery shops are all grouped together at a vaulted hallway.

Bridgeway Shops contain various cellphone shops which connects the LifeStyle Center with Connecticut Carpark

Unimart Supermarket

Shoppesville Arcade contains shops for local and imported merchandise while the third level has stores selling RTWs, toys, and electronic gadgets. The fourth level, known as Shoppesville Plus, holds computer shops.

Tiendesitas is a newly established shopping venue that showcases Philippine products from art, antiques, furniture, handicrafts to native food, fashion, plants and novelty items.

Connecticut Carpark is one of the malls at the Greenhills shopping center which is located at the eastern side of the complex. It contains upscale restaurants and bars for the trendy.

Annapolis Carpark Square is one of the malls located at the north end of the complex. It has fast food outlets like Jollibee and Chowking as well as Nokia and SMART Business and Wireless Center.

McKinley Arcade is situated in the southwest corner of the complex near Ortigas Avenue. It houses three beauty and wellness shops, a bank and a restaurant.