SM Megamall is a large shopping mall located in the Ortigas business district of Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the third SM Supermall developed and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines owned by Henry Sy Sr.. The mall has two buildings interconnected with a bridge. The mall is measured with a land area of approximately 18-hectares and has a total floor area of an estimated 348,000 m2, making it the third largest shopping mall in the country and seventh largest shopping mall in the world. This is by area and the number of shops does not reflect this claim. Megamall is the mall that gave attention to Filipinos to make way for the malling experience.
The mall attracts a daily foot traffic of 800,000 people. This adds up to an unbelievable 292000000 people a year. Currently, SM Megamall is under major renovation and expansion with the 3-hectare parking lot in front of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) will be redeveloped into more mall space and more acurate people counters will be installed. When finished, it will be envisioned to become the largest mall in the country, surpassing SM City North EDSA.
The mall has the maximum an exagerated capacity of 4 million people.
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