Shopping and leisure The Araneta City hosts over 2,100 shopping, dining and leisure establishments throughout the complex, which has a total floor area of of shops and dining choices, notably included are the tenants that are located in key malls such as
Ali Mall,
Farmers Plaza, and the
Gateway Malls, as well as in SM Araneta City and Farmer's Market, which has a combined retail space of . Other tenants are apparently located on the retail levels of the Aurora Tower, the Manhattan Gardens condominium complex, the Cyberpark Towers, and on other commercial buildings.
Gateway Mall The
Gateway Mall is a 6-storey mall located within General Aguinaldo Avenue and serves as the complex's flagship mall. The mall has of floor area and houses local and international brands such as
Rustan's,
H&M,
Uniqlo,
Automatic Centre Digital Plaza, and various lifestyle shops, tech shops, food kiosks, and restaurants. The mall was designed by
RTKL Associates in partnership with
Felino Palafox of Palafox Associates and received various acclaims of different organizations, as the mall was named the shopping mall as the Shopping Center of the Year for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007 by the Philippine Retailers Association, a Merit Awardee at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) 30th Innovative Design and Development Awards, and a finalist at the 2008
Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence. In September 2023, the Gateway Mall completed and unveiled its 8-storey expansion project known as the Gateway Mall 2, and has of total floor area. The expansion also features roughly 400 retail shops, 100 restaurants, a modernized
Shopwise Supermarket, an activity area atrium with the Quantum Skyview LED installation, a "Tropical themed" Lagoon Restaurant Collection, the "Palenque" food alley, a
18-cinema cineplex, the "Asian Village" food hall, a K-Pop and P-Pop themed Cafe, a bowling center, a culinary dining hall, a sensory garden, and a "
Mitre" inspired 1,000-seater Sagrada Familia Church.
Ali Mall The
Ali Mall is a four-storey mall located within the corner lot of P. Tuazon Boulevard, and General Romulo Avenue, Ali Mall served as the first integrated mall in the country, following its opening in 1976. Named after
Muhammad Ali in the aftermath of his fight against
Joe Frazier in the
Thrilla in Manila, held at the
Araneta Coliseum. The mall has of floor area and is occupied by local shops, restaurants, and government facilities.
Farmers Plaza The
Farmers Plaza is a 5-storey mall located along
EDSA. Completed in 1969, the mall served as the first mall in the country and formerly house the
Farmers Market until 1976. The mall has a total floor area of and is occupied by various merchandise, electronics, clothing and lifestyle stores, and a
Bazaar, known as the Farmers Plaza Bazaar at the topmost floor.
Farmers Market The
Farmers Market is a wet market located adjacent to the Farmers Plaza. Opened in 1976 after occupying the basement area of the Farmers Plaza, the market has of market space and offers fresh produces in the country.
National Bookstore Superbranch The
National Book Store Superbranch in Cubao, which is also known as the National Book Store Outlet Store, serves as one of the largest branches of the office-supplies store chain in the Philippines. The bookstore first became a single-floor building in 1972, before being upgraded into a 9-storey building in 1982, designed by Rogelio Garcia Villarosa. The bookstore branch also serves as one of the primary warehouses of books within Metro Manila, and for the company's online shopping operations.
SM Araneta City The SM Araneta City, formerly named SM Cubao, is a mall located along P. Tuazon Boulevard and serves as one of the first shopping centers by
SM Retail. Groundbreaking for the construction of the mall began in October 1978, and was completed in 1980. The mall has of space and it is the largest department store building of
SM Store in the country, occupying the mall's first 3 floors and has a floor area of , which also presents the SM Supermarket and the Cyberzone. The building also entered renovation in June 2009 and was completed in January 2010, which featured a modernized facade design pattered with stripes within the grey and white colored exteriors, upgraded interiors such as the upgraded atriums with a "shower-like" LED lights display and a striped interior design, expanded floor space, and a skybridge along Times Square Avenue, linking the building to Ali Mall. Another skybridge was unveiled in February 2019, which is directly connected to the
Cyberpark Tower One, located along General Aguinaldo Avenue. On 3 October 2022, the building was renamed as SM Araneta City, after an agreement was made between the Araneta Group and SM Retail to rename the building. In December 2024,
solar panels were installed in the mall's rooftop area, while additional solar panel units are set to be installed within early 2025.
Fiesta Carnival The Fiesta Carnival is an
indoor amusement park located along General Aguinaldo and General McArthur Avenues. Following the closure of the original Fiesta Carnival, an indoor amusement park which occupied the building from its opening in 1971 to the late 1990s, Shopwise opened its doors in 2004 and serves as one of the biggest branches of the supermarket brand, which has a of retail space. On July 28, 2023, Shopwise moved to the lower ground section of the new
Gateway Mall 2, On February 1, 2026, the amusement park was temporarily closed for renovation works while demolishing small portions of the complex in order to give way for the upcoming City Plaza development.
Other shops and leisure spaces The complex also contains numerous al fresco dining areas, vintage shops, and plant and gardening shops catering its clientele, such as the Araneta City Expo, the Cubao Expo, the Farmers Garden, and the Manhattan Row, wherein the area also serves as an alternative outdoor concert venue. On 3 June 2022, the Araneta City Foodpark, which is also known as the Times Square Food Park, was repurposed in partnership with S&T Leisure Worldwide and became the Araneta Fiesta Park, offering outdoor rides, attractions and outdoor dining spaces. and was initially restored as the Times Square Food Park on November 10, 2023, following the lighting of the 100-foot giant Christmas Tree situated in the area.
Events venues and parking spaces The Araneta City is also host of some of Metro Manila's major event venues, such as the
Smart Araneta Coliseum and the
New Frontier Theater. The city also offers around 10,000 parking spaces, including parking spaces from the Araneta City Parking Garage South, a green parking building completed in August 2012, which is equipped with systems that decreases carbon emissions in the atmosphere, located at the southern part of the
Smart Araneta Coliseum. The parking building is capable of storing over 1,500 vehicles.
Hotels The complex currently houses five hotels, wherein two of the hotels are owned by Araneta Hotels Inc., in partnership with
Accor Hotels. One of these hotels is the
Novotel Manila Araneta City, which opened its doors in 2015. The Araneta Group is also set to open its second hotel in the area in 2023, with the opening of the
Ibis Styles Araneta City.
Ibis Styles Araneta City The
Ibis Styles Araneta City is a budget hotel located adjacent to the
Gateway Mall 2, along General Roxas Avenue. The new hotel opened its doors in a soft opening in March 2024, and features 286 rooms and features five function rooms, three restaurants, a lobby lounge, a co-working space with an all-day patisserie, and a rooftop pool bar with a cantilevered pool, and was fully completed in September 2024.
Office towers and commercial buildings Aurora Tower The
Aurora Tower is a 22-storey, mixed-use tower comprising retail, office, penthouse spaces and a rooftop helipad, with
Isetann Department Store and Supermarket occupying its first seven floors. The tower has of total space and was completed in 1984. The tower also serves as the former headquarters of the
Araneta Group and currently houses local companies, which includes the offices of the
Honorary Consulate of Colombia as tenants occupy the upper levels of the building.
Gateway Office The Gateway Office is a PEZA-certified 11-storey office building situated along Aurora Boulevard and General Aguinaldo Avenue. The building was completed in 2005 and has a total floor area of of office space, which is also directly connected to the
Gateway Mall 1 and the
LRT 2 Gateway Mall Concourse on its ground level and on the building's second floor.
Gateway Tower The
Gateway Tower is a 31-storey mixed-use tower directly connected to the
Gateway Mall. Completed in 2014, the tower serves as the headquarters of the
Araneta Group and other
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies. The tower also comprises retail spaces, more commonly known as the Gateway Tower Mall, corporate office spaces, which are currently occupied by the
Araneta Group, 3 penthouse levels, and a helipad.
Araneta City Cyberpark The
Araneta City Cyberpark is a office development complex located within the city's southern cluster and serves as the office and information technology (IT) Hub components of the area, and houses both international and local companies, primarily
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies. The complex currently comprises three towers, namely Cyberpark Tower 1, Tower 2, and Tower 3 which were completed in 2016, 2019 and 2025, respectively, with two more towers, Cyberpark Tower 4 and Tower 5, on the way.
Other commercial buildings Superbranch, along with the former Quezon Theater (2012) The Araneta City is also home to other commercial buildings within the area, wherein some of the buildings served as movie theaters repurposed into various purposes, or newly built buildings within the 2000s. These buildings are presently occupied by
Puregold,
Rex Bookstore,
Savemore Market, the
Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company, and other local firms.
Residential , along with the
Manhattan Parkway and the
Manhattan Parkview.
Manhattan Gardens The
Manhattan Gardens is a four-phase (Parkway, Parkview, Heights, Plaza) condominium complex, serving as the first
transit-oriented residential development in the country, and occupies hectares of the Araneta City. The development project will have a total condominium units of 9,000 units spread out through 18 residential towers upon completion. At present, the
Manhattan Gardens currently has twelve towers in completion, and is now set to construct several additional condominium towers on the pipeline within the former Araneta City Bus Station.
Vivaldi Residences Cubao Another residential project located within the complex is the
Vivaldi Residences Cubao, a 40-storey mixed-use tower, located along the northwestern side of the complex, and along the corners of
EDSA and
Aurora Boulevard. Owned and managed by Euro Towers International Inc., the tower began construction in 2011, before being completed in 2016, and houses Eurotel on its first seven floors.
Mixed-use development Gateway Square The
Gateway Square is a
mixed-use superblock development located in the central part of the Araneta City. Gateway Square occupies the buildings around the
Smart Araneta Coliseum and the
Gateway Malls 1 and 2 and consists of the eight properties, namely the
Gateway Mall 1, the
Gateway Mall 2, the
Gateway Tower, the Gateway Office, the
Smart Araneta Coliseum, the
Novotel Manila Araneta City, the
Ibis Styles Araneta City and the Parking Garage South. The mixed-use complex has a total floor area of and is the first of its kind in the country as the complex offers a combination of malls, offices, hotels, a sports arena and over 3,100 parking spaces all within a single area. Direct connections to other buildings and developments within the Araneta City are allows seamless transfers through sky bridges, direct access paths, and pedestrian walk paths. The complex also has direct connections to various transport systems, as the Gateway Square hosts two railway stations and other feeder transport systems. The development first began construction in October 2002 with the groundbreaking of the Gateway Mall 1 and the entire complex was completed on 2024, with the completion of the Gateway Mall 2 and the Ibis Styles Hotel.
City Plaza Set to be built within the Shopwise Supermarket, which is currently revived as Fiesta Carnival,
Araneta Mansion The Araneta Mansion, which is commonly known as the White House, and is often translated as the Bahay Na Puti, is also located within the Araneta City, occupying the southwest corner of the complex located along the corner of P. Tuazon Boulevard and
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, and serves as the official residence and ancestral home of the
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