Ever Gotesco Commonwealth Center
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| Location | Commonwealth Ave, Quezon City, 1121 Metro Manila, Philippines |
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| Opening date | Main Building: September 27, 1994 Paragon Place: 2014 |
| Developer | Ever-Gotesco Malls Group of Companies |
| Owner | Everwoods Green Resources and Holdings Inc. |
| No. of stores and services | 290 shops and restaurants |
| Total retail floor area | 295,000 m2 (3,180,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | Main Mall: 4 (Including A Basement Level). Department Store: 3. Paragon Place: 3. Royale Place: 2. Calle Bistro: 1. Sky Bistro and Bingo: 1. |
| Public transit access | 7 Don Antonio 7 |
Ever Gotesco Commonwealth Center (Formally Ever Gotesco Mall Commonwealth Center) is a shopping mall built in 1994 and located in Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. It’s the 3rd Ever Gotesco mall built by the Gotesco Investment Incorporated, after Ever Center Las Piñas.
History
In 1989, after Ever Center Las Piñas opened, Ever Gotesco bought a 5 hectare lot in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. The construction started in 1992 until June 1994. It was completed and opened to the public on September 27, 1994. The existence of the mall led to the formation of the new company called Ever Gotesco Resources And Holdings Inc., which was founded the same day the mall was opened.
In 2007, the mall was known for being the place of the kidnapping of Jonas Burgos.
In 2019, the mall became the 8th largest mall in the Philippines and the largest Ever Gotesco mall in terms of land and floor area. In 2019, the mall expanded its land area due to its redevelopment in 2017–2021. It was renamed into Ever Gotesco Mall Commonwealth Center in 2017 and Ever Commonwealth Center in 2018.
In 2023, Ever Gotesco became full owner of the 15.9 hectare mall after being leased for 29 years.
Features
The design of the mall features a castle-like building similar to a Disneyland castle, with 500 parking spaces.
It has 3–4 floors, with the lower ground floor housing a supermarket and some restaurants. In mid-2017, they introduced Calle Bistro, which opened in 2018, and in 2023, Famtastic Center was introduced and opened in August 2023.
It is the first and only major shopping mall in the area of Batasan Hills and Matandang Balara.
Incidents
- It was known that protesters were gathering near Ever Commonwealth to further protest against Aquino's speech, with the organizers of the protest mainly being Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and other militant groups.[1]
- Unofficially, some protesters were also protesting near Ever Gotesco by some anti-RH protesters.
- In 1996, the mall was first caught on fire, which started at the upper ground level. The fire didn't spread and was declared out after 3 hours.
- Clashes between the PNP and PDEA also took place in that area.<refn|For the full information about the incident, see 2021 PNP–PDEA shootout.|group="Note"}}
- On August 9, 2021, a minor fire incident happened at the back alley area located at the basement of the mall.[2]
See also
- List of largest shopping malls in the Philippines
- List of shopping malls in Metro Manila
- SM Malls
- SM City North Edsa
- Trinoma
- Ever Malls
Notes
References
- ↑ "Protesters remove steel barricade near Ever Gotesco in Quezon City". Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ↑ "Ever Gotesco Commonwealth vax thrust shelved due to fire". Retrieved 2021-08-21.
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