Robinsons Dumaguete (formerly known as Robinsons Place Dumaguete), is a

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located in

Dumaguete Dumaguete, officially the City of Dumaguete (; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it h ...

, Philippines. It has a total gross floor area of over and is located on almost of land area. It is the first and largest full-service shopping mall in

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and is a major component of the Dumaguete Business Park and IT Plaza in Brgy. Calindagan. It features an activity center, two atria, and an

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area. The mall contains outlet store brands such as

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, Bench,

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, Daiso Japan, Dumaguete famous Sans Rival shop, Hukad by Golden Cowrie,

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, Shakey's, and iStore among others. Located in its vicinity is Go Hotels Dumaguete, a hotel chain also owned by Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), and a public transport terminal which serves the commuting public coming from north and south of Dumaguete and the rest of Negros Oriental, as well as those from the neighboring provinces of

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, and some areas in

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History

Robinsons Place Dumaguete opened on November 23, 2009, making it the 27th shopping mall development of

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, a division under Robinsons Land Corporation. It was constructed by Freyssinet Philippines, Inc. and is RLC's sixth mall development in the

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, and second in

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after Robinsons Place Bacolod. The mall has been awarded by the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) as the ''Mall of the Year'' for 2012. In October 2015, the

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opened a passport office at the mall's second level. RPD launched the Lingkod Pinoy Center wherein some government agencies have put up offices inside the mall such as

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, SSS, Philhealth, LTO, PhilPost, Bureau of Quarantine and PSA. The mall's major redevelopment and expansion is partially completed with new stores opening.

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