Abreeza Mall opening causes traffic nightmare in Davao City!

The biggest mall in Davao City and the whole of MIndanao has just opened yesterday May, 12 2011!

The mall was mobbed by shop goers from all over Davao City and neighboring provinces on its first day of opening. Hours before the mall was set to open troves of people are already lining up at the mall entrances and private cars are already queuing up to their basement parking space and traffic in the area are already heavy.

As the day went the traffic becomes heavy and it got heavier as the sun is about to set, since people who are working are going home and that adds up to the traffic congestion. Commuters who are going home after their shopping could not get a seat on the jeepneys since most of them are already full. The ride from Gaisano Mall to Abreeza before it was opened took only about 10-15 minutes and now it runs from 40-55 minutes to get there. That is how the congested the traffic situation is.

The presence of traffic police and officers did not do any to help congest the area.

For all those who wants to go to Abreeza mall and shop here are the list of new shops that is for the first time opened shops here in the mall:

Already Open:
Fashion Shops: Adidas, Aerosoles, Alberto, Bambu, Big & Small Group, Bratpack, Cinderella, Cushe, DC, Epic, Esprit, Femme, Freeway, HotFlopz, Janylin, July, Just G., Mossimo, Nautica, Nine West, Officine, Paris Hilton, Penguin, Planet Sports, Promod, Reef, Robinsons Department Store, Shoe Salon, Sneaker Club, Sunglass Hut, Sunny Side Up, ResToeRun, The Face Shop, Toms, Vans, What A Girl Wants (WAGW), Wrangler, XOXO

Restaurants / Food Shops: Hukad, Max’s, Seafood Island, Starbucks, Taters, Teriyaki Boy, Fudge Factory
Other shops: Abenson, Delos Reyes Optical, True Value, Fully Booked

Soon To Open:
Fashion Shops: Aldo, Calvin Klein Underwear, GAP, Mother Care, Stores Specialties Inc., Terranova
Restaurants / Food Shops: Bread Talk, Go Nuts Donuts, Mooon Cafe, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
Other shops: Blims Furniture, Power Mac Center
Rumored To Be In Abreeza (unconfirmed by us):
Fashion Shops: Celio, Forever 21, Lucerne, Pedro, Zara

( I could not verify the stores that were not opened yet if indeed will, a source just told me so. So don't blame me for some erroneous report>)
Restaurants / Food Shops: Cafe Laguna, Chika-an, Dairy Queen, Italianni’s, Lemon Grass, TGI Fridays, Tokyo Tokyo