SM City Telabastagan
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| Location | San Fernando, Pampanga |
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| Coordinates | 15°07′13″N 120°35′57″E / 15.120246°N 120.599302°E |
| Opening date | May 18, 2018 |
| Owner | SM Prime |
SM City Telabagastan is a shopping mall located at the city of San Fernando, Pampanga. The mall officially opened on May 18 with gross floor area of 55,000 square metres (590,000 square feet); 84 percent was already leased. Numerous local events took place in the mall. The shopping center is located close to the MacArthur Highway while accentuating "colorful" designs according to SunStar. The mall has numerous shops in a total of 150 stalls spanning from technology to food. The mall has numerous parking spaces: 728 slots for cars, 720 slots for motorcycles, and 92 slots for bicycles.
Background and opening
In the first three months of 2018, SM Prime had a consolidated revenue of 23.4 billion PHP, a 14 percent increase. The company's net income also grew to 7.6 billion PHP, an increase of 15 percent. Before the opening, two malls by SM Prime were opened: SM City Legazpi on February 16 and SM City Urdaneta Central on May 4. Three malls preceded SM City Telabastagan in the province of Pampanga: SM City Pampanga, SM City Clark, and SM City San Fernando Downtown.[1] The project team for the mall included the DSGN Associates as the design architect while Jose Siao Ling and associates were the main architects, SMEDD Corporation as the project and design manager, D.A. Abcede and Associates as the Construction Manager, and the New Golden City Builders and Development Corp as the General Contractor.[2] On April 16, the government of San Fernando announced that the mall would open at May 18 at 10:00 PHT (02:00 UTC).[3] A day before the opening, SM Prime announced that the mall had a gross floor area of 55,000 square metres (590,000 square feet). The mall was planned to open with 84 percent of the lease space already awarded.[4] The mall officially opened on May 18.[5]
Further history
On May 18, 2020, the mall re-opened after the COVID-19 pandemic with strict rules including a no mask, no entry policy, physical distancing, and bodily temperature checking. A specialized sanitation team was deployed to regularly disinfect normally touched areas.[6] In June 2025, the mall joined the 2025 Kalayaan Job Fair which was a collaboration between the government of San Fernando and the Department of Labor and Employment Central Luzon.[7] In September 2025, a local film festival was held by the tourism office of San Fernando.[8]
