SM City Davao

SM City Davao, also known locally as SM Ecoland, is an indoor shopping mall in Quimpo Boulevard, Matina, Davao City, Philippines. SM Prime Holdings developed and manages the mall. It is the first SM Mall in Mindanao, opening to the public on November 17, 2001. As of 2025, it is the tenth largest shopping mall in the Philippines and first largest in Mindanao and in Davao City, with a gross floor area (GFA) of approximately 285,820 square meters, making it the largest SM Supermall in Mindanao. Location SM City Davao is built on 13.2 hectares (33 acres) of land with a gross floor area of 78,735 square meters (847,500 sq ft). Floor space expanded to cover 125,143 square meters (1,347,030 sq ft) + 118,144 square meters (1,271,690 sq ft) "Expansion" after the opening of The Annex on March 9, 2012. The mall is at Quimpo Boulevard. A transportation terminal constructed beside the mall accommodates visitors (demolished to make way for the expansion buildind). The mall's exterior facade and interior has similarities to SM City Pampanga and SM City CDO Uptown. Physical details Main Mall The Main Mall is a 3-level square-shaped building with anchor tenants The SM Store and SM Supermarket. It also features six digital cinemas. It has many local and international store brands along with the old Entertainment Center, and the former Cyberzone, whose space of 3,400 square metres (37,000 ft2) at the third floor is now occupied by a passport office of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which opened in September 2012. The Annex The Annex is an expansion building of SM City Davao. It has shops on its 1st and 2nd floors, while business process outsourcing facilities are on its 3rd and 4th floors. 2023 Expansion Building In the first quarter of 2023, works began for an expansion building on the left side of the mall which was once a parking lot and a transport terminal. It had an allotted budget of Php 2,389,016,973, with a proposed area of 164,144.35 square meters, composed of 3 levels of commercial space, 5 levels for parking, and 2 levels for the first Mindanao branch of National University. Included in the project was a 4-level parking building with EM (two levels with mall provision and 2 levels with EMB). It officially replaced Gaisano Mall of Davao as the city's largest shopping mall as well as SM CDO Downtown as the largest SM Supermall in Mindanao. The new wing had its soft opening on July 29, 2025. Incidents Annex Construction collapse incident Five construction workers were removing the scaffolding of the cemented steel canopy when the canopy collapsed due to metal fatigue. The victims were Prudencio Custorio, Alvin Rapista, Ronie Mosqueda, Rogelio Piodo, and Ruel Inampas. They suffered bruises and wounds, and the rescue team brought them to the Southern Philippines Medical Center. Mayor Sara Duterte ordered construction stopped during the investigation. The reason of the collapsed canopy was due to an error in construction method, according to Engineer Jaime Adalin, the chief of Davao City Building Office. 2013 Davao City bombings The mall was subjected to one of the two terrorist bombings that occurred on September 17, 2013, the other one being at Gaisano Mall of Davao after the blast site. It happened during the time of armed crisis in Zamboanga City, which involved elements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF); however, the MNLF Davao Regional Command denied that they were behind the bombings. The incident happened at the Cinema 1. 2019 earthquake After the 2019 Davao del Sur earthquake, the mall building incurred damage, particularly at the top of Annex Building and the ceilings outside the mall collapsed. No deaths and injuries were reported. References External links SM City Davao Official Blog of SM City Davao