Ayala Mall
Being there
Has several department stores, two supermarkets, a movie theater, lots of restaurants and hundreds of stores. The terraces have a central park-like area and several floors of shopping, mostly restaurants, on either side. The mall is in the Cebu Business Park which hosts the Cathay Pacific office, foreign banks a few consulates, and the Seda hotel. There is now a 2nd Ayala mall at the IT park.
The story
Ayala Center Cebu (also known as Ayala Center Cebu by Ayala Malls or simply Ayala by the locals) is a large shopping mall owned by Ayala Malls at the Cebu Business Park in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the first Ayala mall located outside of Metro Manila. It opened in November 1994, one year after their rival mall, SM City Cebu opened. For more than 20 years, it was the only Ayala Mall to bear the word Ayala in its name until Ayala Malls Serin opened in March 2015.
On an average day, more than 100,000 people visit Ayala Center Cebu, with the figure increasing to 160,000 on weekends. It is the centerpiece of the Cebu Business Park Complex.