Robinsons Galleria Cebu, also known and branded as Galleria Cebu, is a

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and

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located in North Reclamation Area,

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. It is the 2nd Robinsons Mall to bear the ''Galleria'' branding after Robinsons Galleria. The mall opened on December 10, 2015. The mall is just a few meters from the

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and approximately away from

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. The mall is owned and operated by Robinsons Malls. It is the firm's third largest mall (after

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and its namesake,

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, in

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History

In 2008, Robinsons Land, Inc. announced that they have bought a prime property near the

. The company bared that they planned to build a mall, a three-storey BPO tower, a 153-room Go Hotel (which would have been the first in

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 16 ...

), of office space and a couple of high-rise condominiums. The development was initially called Robinsons Maxilom, named after General Maxilom Avenue, the road it directly borders to. The project was then renamed to its current name a couple of years later. The project

broke ground Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such ceremonies are ...

in July 2012 and construction followed soon. The mall opened on December 10, 2015, exactly two weeks after another mall,

SM Seaside City Cebu SM Seaside, (formerly SM Seaside City Cebu) also known locally as Seaside, is a large shopping mall owned and developed by SM Prime Holdings in South Road Properties, Cebu City, Philippines. The mall opened on November 27, 2015, exactly 22 yea ...

by rival group

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opened.

Mall features

The main mall is four storeys tall, while a BPO building with a total floor space of is three storeys tall. There will be six cinemas in the mall. The mall also has an

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area and the mall's interiors feature lush gardens.Mall Info Main , Robinsons Malls
/ref> When the whole development is finished, it will have a 153-room hotel named Summit Galleria Hotel, BPO towers, and three high-rise condominiums (which will be located at the back of the mall).

References

External links

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