Alabang Town Center


Alabang Town Center is a shopping lifestyle center located south of Metro Manila, located next to gated residential communities, and business developments in Barangay Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa. Opened in 1982, it is considered one of the oldest shopping malls in Metro Manila. It is owned and operated by Alabang Commercial Center Corporation, a 50–50% joint venture involving Ayala Land and the Madrigal family. In 2025, Ayala Land sold their 50% stake in ACCC to the Madrigal family, after which, Rockwell Land acquired 74.8% stake of ACCC.
It has a total of of retail space and has several high-end retail stores, including Rustan's Department Store, and high-end brands, including Marks & Spencer and The Gap. Another major tenant of the mall is the Metro Department Store and Supermarket, which opened in August 2013 and was once the location of a passport office of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Alabang Town Center caters to the retail needs of citizens living in southern Metro Manila, particularly those from Las Piñas, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa.

History

Alabang Town Center occupies a portion of a vast estate originally owned by the Madrigal family. In the early 1970s, the family entered negotiations with the Ayala Corporation, then led by Enrique Zobel, to divest a significant tract of their Alabang holdings. Rather than a straightforward sale, the two parties formed a joint venture to transform the area into a master-planned residential and commercial district that currently includes the Ayala Alabang Village and the Madrigal Business Park.
Alabang Town Center opened in 1982 as a strip mall with a supermarket and two cinemas that had the St. Jerome Emiliani and Sta. Susana Parish, a Roman Catholic church built in the 1970s, as its anchor tenant. The mall was expanded in 1994 and 2007 and became a cosmopolitan Mediterranean-designed, airy lifestyle center.
In February 2011, expansion of Alabang center was underway incorporating Metro, which is known for its comfortable and friendly retail outlets all over the country. The four-level Metro replaced the open parking lot near McDonald's housing a department store, a grocery store, and basement parking. Construction commenced on October 20, 2011, and the Metro opened in 2012. A new wing linking the Metro became operational late 2011, wherein 70 new stores were opened.
In 2012, there was an expansion and a new wing known as the lifestyle strip saw many restaurants, stores, and shops added. The same year, restaurants outside at the Corte de las Palmas, such as Chili's, Jamba Juice and Krispy Kreme, were opened. The Metro supermarket opened on August 11, 2012, while their department store opened on August 18, 2012. Parking was also opened to Metro and ATC customers.
In 2015, the ATC Corporate Center, an office building integrated with the mall, was opened. In 2016, there are further plans for redevelopment which will include a new Lifestyle Centre.
On December 16, 2025, Ayala Land sold its 50-percent stake, for, in ATC's operator, Alabang Commercial Center Corporation, to its existing joint venture partner, the Madrigal family. On December 22, 2025, Rockwell Land announced that they acquired a 74.8 percent stake on ATC for ₱21.6 billion.

Incidents

  • February 10, 2012: A shootout during a failed robbery of an armored van delivering cash to Czarina Foreign Exchange, a money changer outlet at the mall, at about 11:15 a.m. PHT resulted in the death of a security guard and a robbery suspect, with another security guard wounded. The robbers were unable to steal an undisclosed amount of cash and escaped on motorcycles.
  • September 14, 2012: Security guards and robbers clashed at the mall's Madrigal exit during an attempt to deliver cash to Czarina Foreign Exchange at around 10:20 a.m., with the robbers fleeing on motorcycles after a failed grenade attack. The incident left one robber dead, six injured, and the amount of stolen cash unconfirmed. The Muntinlupa City police chief was relieved following the incident.