SM Prime’s SM Seaside City Cebu was recognized recently by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Philippines Building Healthy Places Awards in the Commercial-Retail category.
Building Healthy Places Awards recognize outstanding and innovative projects that add value to the community, promote healthy life choices and enhance the environment.
SM Seaside City Cebu is the center of a future 30-hectare mixed-use masterplan which will hold office, residential, and hospitality components. It provides not only convenient retail, food and beverage outlets, services, and leisure activities, but also public transport access, outdoor roof-gardens, and a green inner courtyard in which social and communal activities can take place.
The mall holds outlets for several physical and leisure activities, such as fitness centers, bowling-lanes and ice-skating. It also contains medical clinics, health-food outlets, drug-stores and spas. Outdoor playgrounds and water-playgrounds in the roof-garden provide physical outlets for kids, while a perimeter jogging path allows visitors, workers, and residents to stay fit.
Aside from the mall’s content, its architecture aim to promote human interaction in the mall, which is considered critical to its success. SM Seaside City Cebu is not just a place to shop; it is designed to be the social hub of the local community, and the architecture aims to reflect this role, with its grand entrances, central courtyard, and sweeping gardens.