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

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and

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located in Sergio Osmeña Boulevard cor. General Maxilom Avenue, North Reclamation Area, Tejero,

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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

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. It is the firm's third largest mall (after Robinsons Manila and its namesake,

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, in Ortigas,

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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

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

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by rival group SM Supermalls 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 al fresco dining 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).

Incidents

2022 former White Gold building collapse

On December 10, 2022, at around 4:20 PM PST, The nearby abandoned White Gold Shopping Mall, collapsed due to weathering, and traffic congestion. Some of the nearby roads had to be temporarily closed. Including B. Benedicto St, in which neighbors the mall on the northwest, near the Summit Hotel. However, the mall has not been damage, nor injured anyone on B. Benedicto St, near the mall, or in the abandoned building.

Gallery

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File:National Book Store at Robinsons Galleria Cebu (2023-07-17).jpg,

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References

External links

* * {{Cebu City Robinsons Malls Shopping malls in Cebu City Shopping malls established in 2015