SM Seaside City Cebu

Overview

The building’s circular plan and its location both trace back to the same fact: it sits on reclaimed land along the South Road Properties corridor, a coastal strip built specifically for large-footprint development rather than retrofitted into an existing city grid. SM Prime Holdings opened the mall on November 27, 2015, exactly 22 years after its first Cebu property, SM City Cebu, opened in 1993. At an architect-of-record gross floor area of 470,486 square metres — designed by WV Coscolluela & Associates with Arquitectonica as consulting architect, the firm behind SM Mall of Asia and SM Megamall — it was SM Prime’s 56th mall nationally and its third in Metro Cebu, sized closer to a mixed-use district than a conventional mall. The Seaside Tower and rooftop Sky Park sit alongside an ice-skating rink, cinemas and convention space, with the ocean frontage built into the design rather than added as a view.

Location

South Road Properties (SRP), Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City.

Getting There

Around 15–20 minutes from downtown Cebu City or Fuente Osmeña by taxi or Grab via the SRP coastal road; roughly 40 minutes from Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

Practical Info

• Free entry; the ice rink, cinemas and other ticketed venues inside are priced separately.
• Free Wi-Fi throughout.
• Large on-site parking.

What to Expect

The scale registers most on the rooftop levels — the Sky Park and the upper tiers of the Seaside Tower are where the mall’s reclaimed-land footprint and ocean frontage actually become visible, rather than at ground level where it reads like any large retail floor.

Notes

The November 27, 2015 opening date, 470,486 sqm GFA figure and architect credits per SM Seaside City — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-07-17, corroborated by the original opening-day release: SM Seaside City Cebu: SM Unveils New Regional Landmark in Cebu City — SM Investments Corporation, accessed 2026-07-17.