SM City CDO Uptown

SM City CDO Uptown opened on November 15, 2002, in Pueblo de Oro Township, Cagayan de Oro, becoming SM Prime’s first mall in Northern Mindanao and the thirteenth SM Supermall nationwide at the time. The property was originally branded SM City Cagayan de Oro until June 2022, when the company renamed it Uptown to distinguish it from SM CDO Downtown, which had opened in 2017. The Uptown location, on the elevated Carmen district above Cagayan de Oro’s historic central core, captures a residential catchment that grew rapidly through the 2000s and 2010s as Pueblo de Oro and the surrounding subdivisions became preferred neighborhoods for the city’s middle-class households.

The main mall houses anchor tenants including The SM Store, SM Supermarket, Ace Hardware, SM Appliance Center, Toy Kingdom, Cyberzone, and four SM Cinema screens. The Northwing expansion that opened in June 2022 added 24,000 square meters of gross floor area, including open-air dining sections, a Wellness Zone with salons and optical centers, and over 300 additional parking spaces on its upper levels. The Northwing’s open-air design contrasts with the original mall’s enclosed format and reflects SM Prime’s broader move toward more outdoor retail spaces in newer construction.

SM Prime Holdings operates this property alongside SM CDO Downtown, with the two malls dividing the Cagayan de Oro retail market along distinct catchments. The Uptown property serves the Pueblo de Oro Township residents and the Carmen-Macasandig-Lapasan corridor, while the Downtown property captures the central business district workforce and the residents of the older urban core. Approximately 1.4 million residents live within metropolitan Cagayan de Oro, with the broader regional catchment extending across Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, and Lanao del Norte.