Gateway Mall is a shopping mall located at the Araneta City in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines. Owned and operated by the Araneta City, Inc. (ACI, Inc.), a subsidiary of the Araneta Group, the mall was completed in 2004 and currently has of total floor area, making the mall one of largest in the Philippines. The Gateway Mall also currently sits on the northern area of the Araneta City, located at the northern end of the Araneta Coliseum and attracts over 220,000 shoppers daily, due to its close proximity and direct connections to transport terminals and train stations.
The Gateway Mall underwent an expansion project which was completed in 2023 named the Gateway Mall 2, located along the western side of the Araneta Coliseum. The expansion featured a variety of additional shops and restaurants, as well as new leisure amenities and also includes the Ibis Styles Araneta City within the development.
History and planning
The Gateway Mall was once known as the "Millenium Mall" project, a planned 7-storey mall adjacent to the Araneta Coliseum in the early stages of planning of the Araneta Center Redevelopment Master Plan. The redevelopment plan also included the "Manhattan Mall", a mixed-use development with retail and residential components, which became the present Manhattan Gardens complex, a 400-room business hotel now known as the Novotel Manila Araneta City, and the "Manila Tower", a planned mixed-use tower with communication facilities, as part of the Araneta Center Master Plan in the year 2000, and was established in 2002, under a () budget.
For the full commencement of the project, the Araneta Group tapped Felino Palafox of Palafox Associates and Sudhakar Thakurdesai of RTKL Associates as the main architects and urban planners of the project, along with the Deshazo Starek and Tang (now Deshazo Group), Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated and Colliers International as main consultants of the master plan. The plans for the mall contains a large part of the Araneta City, spanning from the Araneta Center–Cubao Line 2 station, around the west side of the Smart Araneta Coliseum, up to the Farmer's Market and General McArthur Avenue, with connections to the adjacent Farmers Plaza. The planned mall is included within the master plan of various developments covering malls and commercial buildings with retail spaces, which aims to have a total floor area of for retail spaces, with plans including an additional of entertainment spaces, which consisted of a full scale skating rink, a cineplex, an IMAX Theater, a bowling alley, and a children and family entertainment center, which is aimed to have a total of of overall retail space in the Araneta City. The master plan commenced with the construction of the Gateway Mall on September 30, 2002, and the Gateway Mall 2 in 2017. Within the next few years, an additional expansion plan was being laid out for the upcoming Gateway Mall 3, planned to be built along the Cyberpark Tower 3 site.
Development The Gateway Mall 1, along with the Gateway Mall 2 (New Gateway), and other nearby properties such as the Gateway Tower, the Gateway Office Building, the Araneta Coliseum, the Araneta Coliseum Parking Garage, the Novotel Manila Araneta City, and the Ibis Styles Hotel are situated within the Gateway Square complex. The Gateway Square is a mixed-use development within the Araneta City, offering retail, dining, leisure, lodging, and entertainment facilities. The complex was completed in 2023 and is also set to have of floor area, including a total of 3,100 parking spaces. The complex is also connected to other buildings and developments within the Araneta City through sky bridges and walk paths.
Gateway Mall 1
Planning, construction, and development The , shopping complex was originally occupied by the Aurora Shopping Arcade, which became the Gateway-LRT 2 concourse, the Quezon Arcade and Plaza Fair, one of the main department stores in the area, until the building was demolished within 2001. The mall became the first property to break ground under the Araneta Center Redevelopment Plan, in which the project broke ground and commenced construction on October 14, 2002 before the mall opened on October 15, 2004, tapping CE Construction Corporation as the project's general contractor. However, the mall encountered construction and funding issues with its contractor, and the Araneta Group was forced to pay ₱114 million for the issues caused by the mall's construction. The mall was also a part of the Metro Centro Project of Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr.. The mall's owner, Jorge L. Araneta, hired Sudhakar Thakurdesai of RTKL Associates as the main architect of the project, and Ralph Peter Jentes of Hyatt International Hotels for the services offered in the mall.
Features
The Gateway Mall 1 has five levels above ground primarily for retail use and three levels of basement parking space, for a total floor area of before expansion. The mall has a total of 213 shops, which includes Rustan's as the primary anchor tenant and 78 restaurants and food stalls, and hosts primarily upscale, electronics, and fashion shops, such as Automatic Centre Digital Plaza, H&M, Uniqlo, Miniso, Samsung, Apple Store, Lacoste, Xiaomi, Robinsons Supermarket and other retail shops, restaurants, and dining outlets.
Gateway 1 also highlights a Fabergé egg-designed glass pavilion located along General Aguinaldo Avenue, which took its inspiration to the Araneta Coliseum and features a high-ceiling glass dome that blends both steel and glass. The pavilion is also surrounded by alleyway of restaurants with al-fresco dining spaces known as the Coliseum Circle and the Courtyard, and connects the adjacent Araneta Coliseum through the mall's sidewalks and alleyways. The exterior designs of the pavilion and the interior designs of the mall were inspired from Filipino festivals and motifs of various patterns. The mall features an activity atrium; The Oasis, an indoor, air-conditioned open-roof garden; The Gateway Gallery; and The Topiary Garden, an open-air rooftop garden, both located at the 5th level. The 3rd level of the mall houses The Food Express food court, and the 4th level of the mall contains the first 10-cinema cineplex of the Gateway Cineplex 18, which features an indoor skylight in its main lobby and includes the 500-seater Cinema 5 and the Platinum Cinema.
Gateway 1 is directly connected to the lower six retail levels of the adjacent Gateway Tower, known as the Gateway Tower Mall. The expansion increased the mall's space with additional of retail space, and was completed in 2013. The mall is also directly connected to the Farmers Plaza, and the Smart Araneta Coliseum through the Gateway Mall 2, which was previously accessed via footbridge, giving direct access to the MRT 3 Cubao Station. The mall is also directly connected to the LRT 2 Cubao Station, the 11-storey Gateway Office Building located adjacent to the LRT 2 Cubao Station Concourse and the Ibis Styles Araneta City. Other direct connections include an elevated link bridge connecting the mall to the New Frontier Theater. In 2018, the Araneta Group announced renovation plans for the Gateway Mall 1, and eventually began in August 2025, with renovation works being constructed along the Gateway Cineplex area. The Cineplex's newly renovated hallway was opened in October 2025 and features similar designs to the Gateway Mall 2's cineplex hallway. In November 2025, plans were laid out for the renovation of the Coliseum Circle area, which will soon feature a glass-covered rooftop covering the Courtyard area of the mall while adding more al-fresco dining spaces for restaurants.
Gateway Mall 2 (New Gateway)
Planning, construction and development The New Gateway (Gateway Mall 2) is an 8-storey expansion project of the Gateway Mall. Plans for the Gateway Mall 2 complex were laid out in 2014, yet the development's proposals were laid out as early as 2000 during the early stages of the Araneta Center Master Plan. Construction commenced in 2017 at a cost of ₱6.5 billion, wherein ₱5 billion were spent for the New Gateway Mall and ₱1.5 billion for the Ibis Styles Hotel. The new expansion of the mall stands at the former Gateway Food Park, the former Gateway-Farmers Plaza elevated walkway and an open lot parking space, located at the west side of the Smart Araneta Coliseum (Red Gate), giving easy and direct access to the Farmers Plaza, the Smart Araneta Coliseum, the Araneta Center–Cubao MRT Station and the Ibis Styles Araneta City, a 286-room economy hotel.
Gateway Mall 2 is a part of the Araneta Center Redevelopment Plan. The mall's construction began in the second quarter of 2017, where the foundations linking to the Farmers Plaza was constructed, and in August 2017, the former Gateway Food Park, as well as the former parking space located on the Coliseum's western Red Gate facade, were excavated to give way for the construction of the main building of the mall, while the official groundbreaking ceremony followed on July 31, 2018. Megawide Construction Corporation served as the general contractor of the project, while the Araneta Group tapped Aidea as the main architectural firm. The Araneta Group also hired Stages, Design and Construction (SDC) for the ending phases of construction and finishing works, J.B Pascual Construction Services for supply and installation works, and AMCOM & Company Inc. as the general consultant of the project. The new mall will comply with basic LEED development standards.
The New Gateway Mall officially topped off on February 11, 2020, and is originally scheduled for completion in the 4th quarter of 2020, to commemorate the 60th anniversary opening of the Araneta Coliseum. However, due to the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the country, the construction and opening of the mall, along with the adjacent Ibis Styles Hotel was delayed, and the construction cost of the entire complex grew from ₱6.5 billion to ₱7 billion, wherein ₱2 billion were allocated for the Ibis Styles Hotel. Major design changes were also made in the mall's architectural designs and exteriors. The new complex was expected to embark its grand opening within 2024, after being partially opened on April 9, 2023 (Easter Sunday), before being fully opened in September 2023. The opening of the mall was eventually moved thrice from its original opening date within December 2022, and was initially moved on the first quarter of 2023 and to November 2023.
Features
The Gateway Mall 2 features a nature-inspired contemporary architectural designs within the mall's interiors and exteriors, which can be seen in various areas around the mall such as The Lagoon fountain, an indoor water feature surrounded by the Lagoon Restaurant Collection, a restaurant row located at the Ground floor; a Coliseum Plaza filled with restaurants at the Ground Level located adjacent to the Smart Araneta Coliseum Red Gate entrance; and a activity area atrium with ceiling-installed LED screens, known as the Quantum Skyview located within Upper Ground-B Level. The Quantum Skyview is also the first wave-shaped, ceiling-installed LED screen in the country.
The mall also includes an Asian Village food hub for restaurants based within the Asia-Pacific region, occupying the 2nd floor; while the third floor houses a Pop Culture Center housing a K-Pop and P-Pop themed Cafe, and a Bowling Center named Paeng's Gateway Bowl. The 4th floor houses the expansion of the 18-cinema Gateway cineplex and the World Kitchens food hall, while the 5th floor houses the Sensory Gardens and the Sagrada Familia Church. The Ibis Styles Hotel's restaurants, StrEats and Le Bistro, are also accessible within the mall's walkways.