- For the place in California, see Glorietta,
Orinda, California
.
Glorietta is a large
shopping mall in the Ayala Center in
Makati
City
, Metro
Manila
, Philippines
. The mall is owned by the
Zobel de Ayala family and its holding
company,
Ayala Corporation. The
mall is divided into five sections (named Glorietta 1–5) and
contains many shops and restaurants, as well as cinema screens, a
gym, arcades and a large central atrium often used to stage special
events. It has an activity center, located at the heart of the
mall. It is also integrated between
Greenbelt Mall,
SM
Makati,
Rustan's Makati and
The Landmark, a
department store. Ayala Center is planning to construct Glorietta
5, which will be located in front of Hotel Intercontinental Manila
and beside Rustans Department Store, as part of the Ayala Land's
plan of redeveloping Glorietta. The tenants affected by the
October 19, 2007 explosion
will be given an option to relocate there.
History
A shot of the central atrium area
during an electronics event.
Glorietta was originally a park surrounded by establishments; in
fact it was used as a location by Viva Films for its youth-oriented
movie
Hotshots. But in the early 1990s the Zobel De Ayala
family decided to renovate Glorietta, Quad, Greenbelt and the whole
of the Makati Commercial Center to a whole new mall which will
carry the name
Ayala Center.
The plan was to recreate Glorietta to an indoor facility and
integrate it with the remaining buildings surrounding it as well as
the newly-constructed buildings that replaced the ones that's been
torn-down namely the QUAD cinemas, By the mid and late 90s
Glorietta reached its popularity as a premier mall. The
construction was so perfect because of its indoor setup which makes
it convenient for its customers. Bar-hoppers would enjoy
air-conditioned facilities and could go to different bars and
restaurants without having to go out of the facilty.
The Glorietta mall was opened in 1991 having a gross leasable area
of 250,000 m², envisioned as one of the largest malls in the
Philippines. Still today, Glorietta Mall remains as one of the
biggest in Metro Manila. Glorietta is a one-stop, self-sufficient
shopping center. Glorietta offers complete shopping and dining
options ranging from apparel, accessories, home furniture,
appliances to specialty brands. It has a fully air-conditioned
atrium with water features, an indoor playground for children, and
an activity center that hosts the best concerts and shows for its
shoppers.
Other new buildings were also constructed in between 1999 and 2005,
making Glorietta bigger than its original construction plan.
Awards
• Shopping Center of the Year (Philippine Retailer's Association
and Department of Trade & Industry, 2002 & 2004)
Tenants
Current tenants
Former tenants
- Park Square 2
- Anson's Building
- Canary Bar
- Streetlife
- Cable Car
- Tower Records
- DC Diner
- Studebakers
- Virgin Cafe
- Club Synergy
- Glico's worlds of fun.
- Paradigm
- Spoofs Unlimited apparels
- Filbars
- Toys "R" Us
- Tokyo Fashion
- Sbarro
- Mangan Restaurant
- Mexicali
Future Tenants
Incidents
On
July 27,
2003,
Magdalo soldiers led by
Lt
Sr Grade Antonio Trillanes took
control of the Oakwood apartments in Makati City. Glorietta,
where the Oakwood Premier stood, was also closed during the
siege.
On
May 17,
2000, thirteen
people were injured in an explosion at Glorietta. Police said the
blast originated from a comfort room of a restaurant and affected a
nearby video game arcade (
Timezone). Two rival "hip-hop"
gangs were seen fighting near the restaurant shortly before the
blast occurred.
On
February 14,
2005, a passenger bus was bombed in Makati City, near
Glorietta. Four people were killed and 36 injured. On the same day,
a mall in General Santos City and a bus terminal in Davao were also
bombed.
Abu Sayyaf claimed
responsibility, with spokesperson
Abu
Solaiman saying on a radio interview: “This is our Valentine
gift to Gloria.”
On
October 19,
2007,
an
explosion in Glorietta 2
killed eleven people and injured a hundred others. Initially,
authorities termed it a
LPG
explosion in a restaurant, but later began investigating the
probability that the cause of the explosion was a
C4 bomb. The explosion destroyed much of
Glorietta 2's main lobby and vehicles parked outside.
Several days later, October 23, 2007, senior government officials
expressed "a high level of certainty" that the explosion was an
accident , but the bomb theory has not been totally ruled out. This
was brought on by the inability of experts to find bomb components
after four days of rigorous investigation. It is believed that the
explosion was caused by underground structures in the mall that
might have triggered the blast, pending further
investigation.
Glorietta 4 Fire
Two days later, October 21, a fire broke out at around noon in the
kitchen of one of the restaurants in Glorietta 4. It was put out by
firemen an hour later. The authorities announced that this incident
was in no way associated with the earlier Glorietta blast.
Glorietta 4 was closed, right after this disaster, while the
authority said that the open areas that is not affected by the
disasters are business as usual.
References
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