SM Delgado is a shopping mall in

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. It is owned by SM Land Inc. and operated by Metro Manila Shopping Mecca Corporation, the same arm of the SM Group that operate the branches at SM City Manila and SM City Santa Rosa. It is the oldest SM store in the Philippines outside

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. It is located within

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's commercial district along Delgado and Valeria Streets. It is the fourth SM Store built by Henry Sy Sr. and the first branch opened outside Metro Manila. Initially just a department store, SM Supermarket was conceptualized and opened at SM Delgado in 1985. The mall was relaunched in 2004.

History

It was opened on May 15, 1979 and was relaunched in 2004. The original edifice was demolished on February 2, 2004, and a new building was built on the same vicinity that was opened to the public on December 8, 2004. In 2007, an annex building was added to complete the shopping center's redevelopment. SM Delgado was originally known as SM Iloilo prior to the opening of SM City Iloilo on June 11, 1999.

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External links

SM Department Stores
Official website.
SM Prime Holdings
The official website of the parent company.
SM Supermarket
The official website of SM Supermarket {{SMPH Shopping malls in Iloilo City SM Prime Department store buildings in the Philippines Shopping malls established in 1979 Buildings and structures in Iloilo City Proper

History

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