BWorld 2/26/2010

Davao City -- The Ayala Malls Group will bring to its 10-hectare mixed-use Abreeza project here several stores that are first-timers in this city. Maria Victoria E. Anonuevo, group head, said these stores will make the project, a joint venture of Ayala Land, Inc. and the Anflo Management and Investment Corp., different from other malls in the city. Among the first-in-Davao shops that would open here are Starbucks, Café Laguna, Lemon Grass, Bread Talk, Italianni’s and TGIF for food; Promod, Lucerne, XOXO, New York 101, Hot Flops, Store Specialists, Inc., Zara, Aldo, Celio and Pedro for fashion; Robinsons stores and Toys ‘R’ Us. Robinsons Retail Group officials earlier announced the company would spend P800 million for its separate four-storey building within Abreeza, including a supermarket.