Greenbelt is a shopping mall located at Ayala Center, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, near Glorietta. It is owned by Ayala Malls, a real-estate subsidiary of Ayala Land, which is an affiliate of Ayala Corporation. It opened in 1988 and is one of the Ayala Corporation's flagship projects. The mall offers a mix of high-end retail shops, restaurants, amenities, leisure and entertainment. Currently, the mall has five sections: two enclosed areas, two buildings with open-air shopping areas, and Greenbelt 5, which was opened in 2007.
Built around a 250,000-square-meter (2,700,000 sq ft) retail complex, the mall merged the previous small arcades and shops. The mall first opened to the public in 1988. Fashion company Ayala Land conceptualized Greenbelt as the Philippines's first lifestyle center with bars, posh boutiques, lush tropical greenery, a world-class museum, and an elegant chapel. It was renovated in 2001, and as the complex grew, Greenbelt 2 and 3 were opened in 2002, with Greenbelt 4 and 5 opening in 2004 and 2007, respectively, based on other pioneer shops in the area.
The mall was undergoing major re-development, with the ground level of Greenbelt 3 closed in 2019 for renovation. The new area reopened in October 2021, which now hosts luxury labels and a newly-renovated Starbucks Reserve cafe. Greenbelt 4 started its renovation works as of the third quarter of 2022.
Greenbelt 1 features lifestyle, food, and supply stores, two cinemas, and the OnStage Theater, a performing arts theater home to Repertory Philippines. It is also the location of a branch of The Marketplace, the supermarket chain of Rustan's. It used to be the location of Automatic Centre, the anchor appliance store, until its closure on October 10, 2021.
Greenbelt 2 features high-end restaurants and the Greenbelt Townhomes, a two- to three-story condominium on top.
Greenbelt 3 features a mix of international brands including luxury labels, sit-down restaurants, five cinemas and entertainment facilities. The largest Philippine branch known as Louis Vuitton was found here. It is also the location of the Philippines's third 4DX cinema, launched in 2016.
Greenbelt 4 features high-end boutiques. Also included are branches of H&M and Globe store.
Greenbelt 5 has boutiques of Filipino designers, high-end department store Adora, and boutiques.
Glorietta is a shopping mall complex in the Ayala Center, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The mall is owned by Ayala Land and operated through its subsidiary, the Ayala Malls. The mall is divided into five sections (named Glorietta 1–5) and contains many shops and restaurants, as well as cinemas, a gym, arcades and a large central activity center, often used to stage events.
Glorietta 1-4 is integrated with the nearby Greenbelt, SM Makati, Rustan's Makati and The Landmark. Glorietta 5 is fully detached, located in front of the lot formerly occupied by an open parking area between Hotel InterContinental Manila and Rustan's Makati. Coinciding with the redevelopment, the tenants affected by the October 19, 2007 explosion were given an option to relocate there.
Glorietta was originally a park centrally located in the Makati Commercial Center complex. The Glorietta park, with its outdoor stage for event hosting, was built in the 1970s. It was landscaped by Ildefonso P. Santos Jr., a National Artist for Architecture who was also credited for designing the entire complex. The Makati Commercial Center complex, inauguatred in the 1960s, consisted of several small arcades (Maranaw Arcade, Makati Arcade, Angela Arcade, Lising's Commercial, Mayfair Center, Bricktown), theaters (Rizal Theater and Quad Cinemas) and freestanding retail outlets (including Makati Supermart, Sulo Restaurant, Rustan's, Shoe Mart and Mercury Drug). In 1990, Ayala decided to redevelop Makati Commercial Center, then branded The Center Makati, into a new development named the Ayala Center. The plan called for the redevelopment of the Glorietta park and the surrounding shopping arcades into a single shopping mall. To mark the change, the MCC was renamed as the Ayala Center in 1991.
The new Glorietta mall opened in 1992 with a gross leasable area of 250,000 m2 (2,700,000 sq ft), envisioned as one of the largest malls in the Philippines. The mall was divided into four sections and they were home to a variety of shops and restaurants. While Quad 1 and 2 opened in 1991, Glorietta 3 opened in 1992 and Glorietta 4 opened in 1998, just six years later, as a result of the construction of Oakwood Premier. With the opening of Glorietta 4, Quads 1, 2 and 3 would be renamed Glorietta 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
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