CLARK FREEPORT—Property developer Megaworld announced here on Monday the construction of a P1.8-billion mall at the Capital Town Pampanga in the City of San Fernando.
Kevin Tan, chief strategy officer of Megaworld, made the announcement at the Park Inn Hotel by Radisson Clark.
The new mall will be called the Capital Mall and will pay tribute to San Fernando’s rich history and heritage. It will highlight a unique, first-of-its-kind architecture and interiors.
The Capital Mall is slated to be finished in 2022 and is Megaworld’s first full-scale mall development in Central Luzon which will rise inside the 35.6-hectare Capital Town township in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
It will be a three-level mall with a gross floor area of around 33,000 square meters. Megaworld is allocating P1.8 billion to build the mall in two years. Construction will start by first half of 2020.
The Capital Mall is highlighted by its unique architecture that mimics the sugar mill of the Pampanga Sugar Development Co., reminiscent of the original structure that stands on the same spot of the township. The area in which the township is being built used to be the site of the historic Pasudeco sugar central built a century ago.
The mall, to be operated and managed under the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls brand, will also feature the re-created chimneys of the Pasudeco central, and the bricks recovered from the original sugar mill will be used for the mall’s interior walls.
“We are curating a new and unique design concept for this mall. As a tribute to the legacy of Pampanga’s oldest sugar mill, we will build the Capital Mall with its rich cultural heritage in mind.
Pasudeco’s existence became a catalyst for the exponential growth of San Fernando, the capital of the rich sugar-producing province of Pampanga.
“Other recovered portions of the sugar mill, such as the giant bull gears, sprockets and mechanical parts will become part of the mall’s interiors,” said Tan.
He also said the Capital Mall will have a landscaped garden enclave of restaurants and cafés surrounded by water ponds and century-old trees.
It will also have four state-of-the-art cinemas, a food hall and a shophouse strip.
“Even the food hall will sport an industrial architecture highlighted by more mementos of the sugar central,” Tan said. “The cinemas will also feature the 1960s charm and ambience,” he added.
As with its other new malls, Megaworld Lifestyle Malls is integrating sustainability features for Capital Mall, such as solar roofing provisions, and a rainwater harvesting facility.
Megaworld has been known for its Lifestyle Malls brand and is currently operating 17 commercial and mall properties in its portfolio. Just a few days ago, it also announced that it is building a “beach mall” in Mactan, Cebu, another new concept in mall development in the Visayas.
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