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Plazuela de Iloilo - an exciting new mall in Iloilo City

I was about to go home yesterday when all of a sudden I just decided to drop by the still unfinished Plazuela de Iloilo . A month ago it had its soft opening with a few locators open but now, though works are still going on, it has quite created a buzz among Ilonggos. From the architecture and the press releases it had, it showcased it Spanish theme maybe as a reminder that Iloilo was the last Spanish bastion in the country. The name of the mall itself, Plazuela shows obvious reference plus its main activity area is known as Plaza Mayor. A new concept of malling in the city as opposed to the usual box typed malls and very compact malls, Plazuela de Iloilo makes malling a leisure. It echoes Iloilo’s way of life – not so hurried despite the hustle and bustle of city life. Compared to the adjacent mall, SM City Iloilo , Plazuela is really very spacious – in fact my first impression is it’s actually a waste of space – lol. But a beautiful one – it could be the next most photogenic places i