Yashano Mall

Yashano Mall

Facade of Yashano Mall
Location Bitano, Legazpi, Albay Philippines
Opening date November 27, 2015
Developer HONG Enterprises
Total retail floor area 32,000 m2 (340,000 sq ft)
No. of floors 4
Website www.facebook.com/YashanoMall

Yashano Mall is a 4-storey shopping mall in Legazpi, Albay. It houses to at least 30 stalls, with 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft),[1] and the first commercial mall in the city to have a LED wall used for commercial advertising.[2]

History

Yashano Mall was opened on November 27, 2015 with Gerald Anderson as the mall's first celebrity guest.[3] It is one of HONG Enterprises' biggest investment along with Gregorian Mall which follows to open a year after.[4] Its one of two mall openings in Legazpi along with Ayala Mall Legazpi - Liberty City Center (a business venture of LCC Malls and Ayala Land)[5][6][7]

HONG Enterprises is a Taiwanese family business which is based in Legazpi, Albay. They are also the operators of HONG Enterprises Stores and the 101 Mall which has several branches across Albay. Their stores offers cheap Taiwanese and Filipino products. Currently, the enterprise is owned by Jucan Hong.[1][8]

However, at the middle of its construction in February 2015, Yashano Mall came to a controversy when the shopping mall was allegedly constructed without appropriate building permit. It was first noted when required billboard that should indicate the building permit number and Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) which is granted through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the City Engineering Office was conspicuously absent at the construction site.

The allegations was exposed by Legazpi Councilor Rolly Rosal who lambasted the city engineering office for allowing its construction for almost a half a year now in violation and total disregard of certain provisions of the Building Code of the Philippines. Rosal who is the City Council's Committee on Public Works and Utilities noted that construction workers in the site are seen to be not wearing the required protective gears such as helmet.[1]

Despite controversies, the mall continues to finalize the structure up until it opened in November.

The mall opened some Legazpi's first. One of which was the Figarro Coffee, a Filipino chain of coffee shop that started in Metro Manila. Then the Bacolod's Chicken Deli opened in June 2016.[9]

On its first anniversary, Yashano Mall's Facebook page revealed to open its hotel business "Lotus Blu Hotel" which is located inside the mall complex.[10][11]

Milestones and developments

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Legazpi mall has no building permit? | Bicol Mail". www.bicolmail.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Noel Addison Agnote - Photo of Yashano Mall's LED Wall". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  3. ↑ "Hi guys ito po si gerald anderson at sa nov 27 by Yashano Mall". metavideos.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Robinsons eyes establishment of giant mall in Legazpi | LEGAZPI CITY". legazpi.gov.ph. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  5. ↑ "Young trader sees entry of Ayala Group in Legazpi mall business as both boon, bane". Philippines Today. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  6. ↑ "3,000 JOBS AVAILABLE: Ayala Mall opens in Legazpi in Dec. | Bicol Mail". www.bicolmail.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  7. ↑ Arguelles, Mar S. "P1.6-B mall venture to spur competition in Legazpi City". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  8. ↑ "SM, Robinsons mall rivalry moves to Albay • The Market Monitor". marketmonitor.com.ph. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  9. ↑ "Branches - chickendelibacolod.com". chickendelibacolod.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  10. ↑ "Yashano Mall - Unveiling of Lotus Blu Hotel". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  11. ↑ "Lotus Blu Hotel website".
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