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Abreeza continues bullish growth

One year after

By Carlo P. Mallo

THERE is no stopping the rapid growth of Davao City’s newest lei-sure and financial hub.

Hotels, condominiums, new office and retail spaces continue to sprout at the 100,000 square meter Abreeza Busi-ness District along J.P. Laurel Ave. The 10-hectare Floirendo owned and Ayala-developed property is bustling with cranes and heavy equipment as con-struction continues day and night at a frenzied pace to complete the city’s new business district.

With its existing mall already filled with stores boasting of local and in-ternational brands, there is a demand

for more retail spaces at Abreeza Mall, hence the move to add a new 7-sto-rey wing, whose first three floors ear-marked for retail spaces and the upper four floors for offices.

The three floors of the new wing will add 4,000 square meters of retail space to accommodate more shops in the fast growing Davao market.Set to open by the end of the year or early 2013, the almost half a hectare addition-al retail space will provide more exciting options for Dabawenyo and out-of-town shoppers who have made Abreeza their favorite shopping destination.

Aside from the upcoming retail space, Abreeza maintains its stature as the ultimate shopping and dining desti-nation in the city with its wide array of

stores, dining, and entertainment op-tions. Abreeza also continues to bring in local and international entertainers, much to the delight of Dabawenyos who cannot seem to have enough of such amenities.

The mall is home to more than 300 exciting concepts of leading local, national and foreign brands that have provided shoppers with a wide array of choices.

Abreeza Mall is one robust commu-nity in itself that providesa truly unique and rewarding experience with its se-lection of retail brands of first-in-Davao popular Philippine and foreign fashion concepts, and carefully selected dining options.

A business hotel, condominium build-ings, offices, and the Abreeza Mall make up the new business district of

Davao City, which will change the landscape of the city’s main thoroughfare, J.P. Laurel Ave.

Under construction are the Kukun Hotel, Abreeza Residences, Abreeza Place, and the new wing of the Abreeza Mall comprises the first mixed-use development in Davao City.

Developed in a land area of over 100,000 square meters, the business district will be home to commercial spaces, office spaces, business processes outsourcing spaces, and a lot of green open spaces.

Situated in one of the fastest growing areas of the city, the business district pro-vides a more accessible and well-planned environment that is conducive for both pe-destrians and vehicular traffic.

The development also promises a com-plete package, with the Abreeza Mall pro-viding for retail and commercial needs, the soon-to-rise Kukun Hotel for accom-modations, while Abreeza Residences and Abreeza Place will provide living spaces.

The accessibility of the area makes it appealing for office employees as the com-mute to and from their houses is easier in the area. To further increase the accessibil-

ity of the area, Abreeza Mall has also pro-vided for a shuttle terminal for vans that will service the neighboring cities of Davao.

Parking is also not a problem in the area as there is ample parking in the open area and in the lower ground floor of the mall.

The greenery and wide sidewalks of the district shows that the area has been well planned to make walking and driving easy for everyone.

The new business district promises a brighter and better experience for all Da-bawenyos, which hopefully, will be repli-cated throughout the city.

New business district rises in Davao City

Delight yourself in local flavors, home-baked good-ies, or indulge in the finest cuisines from Italy, Viet-nam, the U.S.A, Japan, and Singapore.

Just imagine, 30 res-taurant and food outlets to choose from!

If you are on a budget, you can try the ingenious-ly designed food court of Abreeza and not fear smell-ing like one after dining.

To solve the problem, the mall has turned their food court into an al fresco din-ing area.

If drinking coffee is your cup of, err, tea, then Abreeza is the place for you as it offers a number of cof-fee shops like Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and Figaro to name a few.

For Filipino cuisine, Abreeza also has a wide range of restaurants from

Iloilo, Cebu, Manila, and Davao, that will bring you back memories of the good old days of having Sunday lunch at abuela’s house.

If you are on a gustato-ry adventure, eat your way through the menus of the many restaurants at Abree-za that serves international cuisine. One can pretend to be on a trip abroad by in-dulging in the different res-taurants serving Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and American cuisine.

And for those days when the good old fast food is all you want, Abreeza doesn’t run out of the com-

plete list of fast food chains.With at least one res-

taurant to try every week, one can never get tired of the many choices of restau-rants and food delights that Abreeza has.

Just like a real trip, you can eat out alone, with your friends, or with your whole family and enjoy the many food trips that you can do at Abreeza. And oh, don’t worry about your luggage getting offloaded the air-plane or having no visa, you don’t need anything in this trip except your insatiable appetite for good food and great choices.

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It figures

The number of restaurants at Abreeza Mall

The number of 3D cinemas at Abreeza Mall

The number of banks at Abreeza Mall The total land area of Abreeza Mall

The total leasable space of Abreeza Mall

The number of tenants at Abreeza

– 1 out of 4 – 300+100,000sqm38 2 53,000sqm

CUSTOMERS of Abreeza Mall will be treated like royalty as the mall

vows to provide only the best service possible.

From the concierge booths, which are strategi-cally located throughout the mall, to the different lounges that caters to the different needs of its customers, Abre-za vows to provide customer service that is at par with the top hotels in the country.

“Here at Abreeza, the customer comes first with a host of specialty services to anticipate and meet the needs of customers,” Abree-za marketing manager Gel Ferrer said.

Dubbed as U-First facili-ties, which includes the Con-cierge counters, Customer and Family Lounges, and the newly- opened VIPinoy Lounge, Abreeza strives to make their customers feel like royalty.

The concierge counters address the basic inquiries or complaints from the cus-tomers, or guide the custom-ers find their way around the mall. The customer lounges, meanwhile, provide spaces where they can relax in be-tween shopping duties.

On the other hand, the family lounge is a space for whole families to relax, which also includes a small play area for the kids.

The VIPinoy Lounge is the membership lounge for overseas Filipino workers and their families. Computer stations are available at the lounge where the overseas Filipinos and their families can keep in touch.

Senior citizens and per-sons with disabilities are also given special atten-tion and provided with the necessary facilities to make their mall experience more convenient.

WITH a sale sign on almost ev-ery storefront, it

comes as no surprise that Davao’s shopaholics got their hearts palpitating and their walking shoes on as they make their way to Abreeza Mall.

Aside from the designer brands that satiate the thirst for luxury of Dabawenyos, the mall is also home to a number of affordable brands that various markets can ac-tually buy and wear.

From the imported but affordable shirts, shoes, pants, bags, accessories, to the well-loved local brands, Abreeza Mall have the wid-est option available. With more than 300 tenants, shopping at Abreeza is like no other.

“We offer a lot of choices here at Abreeza. We have brands that cater to different

market brackets and a wide range of budgets,” Gel Fer-rer, marketing manager for Abreeza, said.

Some of the affordable local brands in Abreeza Mall are Soul, Femme, and Sugar and Spice. The Robinsons Department Store also pro-vides more affordable op-tions.

There are also other brands in the mall like Gap, Debenhams, Marks & Spen-cer, Aloha Boardsports, Nine West, Payless Shoe Source, Italiani’s, T.G.I.F., Armani Ex-change, Philip Stein, Spring-field, Fully Booked, Star-bucks, Promod, Parfois, Aldo, Geox, Esprit, Just G, Sunglass Hut, XOXO, Jewelmer, and Res Toe Run, that offer huge discounts on their products.

One tip for shoppers, look for the sale racks usu-ally located at the back of the stores.

Abreeza: Customer always comes first

Abreeza turns affordable

Cuisines of the world THERE is no need to renew your pass-

ports and book your tickets to taste the different cuisines of the world. It’s as

easy as getting yourself to Abreeza and enjoy-ing the different cuisines that the more than 30 restaurants and food outlets has to offer.

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