page_title: SM City Legazpi
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: SM City Legazpi / History
caption_attribution_description: English: SM City Legazpi Food Hall
context_page_description: SM City Legazpi is a shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest retail and mall operator in the Philippines. It is located along Imelda C. Roces Avenue corner Terminal Road, Barangay Bitano, Legazpi City, Albay. Opened on September 14, 2018, it is the first SM Supermall in Albay and the second in the Bicol Region following SM City Naga. It is also the 71st SM Supermall in the Philippines after SM City Telabastagan in San Fernando, Pampanga. SM City Legazpi is currently the largest mall in the Bicol Region based on gross floor area with 87,706 m² of total floor space.
context_section_description: In 2015, the city government of Legazpi City announced that SM Prime Holdings is planning to build an SM Supermalls branch in the city. Legazpi Mayor Noel E. Rosal disclosed in a news report that SM Prime Holdings had earmarked Php1 billion for the new shopping mall. Subsequent news reports revealed that SM will spend Php1.5 billion for the new shopping center. In late 2016, SM presented the design of the new mall.
  The groundbreaking ceremony for the mall was held on February 22, 2017 and construction began immediately after. The jeepney terminal and retail complex of the LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub, including the SM Savemore, were relocated to give way to the construction. In anticipation of possible traffic congestion, alternate roads leading to the new mall  are also being planned, according to Mayor Rosal. The mall is expected to generate 4,000 jobs.
  The blessing and inaugural sale was held on September 13, 2018 attended by local officials and SM Supermalls officials led by SM Chairman for Executive Committee Hans T. Sy Sr. The mall was officially opened on September 14, 2018 with 85% of its space already lease-awarded.
caption: SM City Legazpi Food Hall has a glass wall facing Mt. Mayon
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