Image via WikipediaCEBU CITY, Dec 11, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) --Robinsons Land Inc. (RLC, PSE:RLC) has opened its multi-million-peso Robinsons Cybergate Cebu, a mixed-use project that fuses office, wellness and retail into one development.
Robinsons Cybergate Cebu is the newest is the newest high-rise building around the Fuente Osmena rotunda in the heart of Cebu City and is just across the Robinson mall and Cebu Midtown Hotel.
RLC general manager Nilo Mapa Jr. said the project is a testament to the companys intention to expand its presence in Cebu.
Momot Irizari, RLC-Cebu group property manager for the commercial centers division, said 80 percent of leasable space of the seven-story building is already booked.
RLC is still negotiating with various business process outsourcing (BPO) companies for its 6,300-square-meter space allocated for a call center operation.
Hopefully, by the end of the year we will be able to sign a deal with a company for the BPO space, she said.
She said that right now, inquiries come from BPO players that have existing operations in Cebu and those that have yet to locate here.
But RLC is open to have more than one BPO locator to occupy the fifth to seventh floor of the building, depending on the need of the company.
Since the call center is open on a 24-hour shift, some of the retail and food tenants have also agreed to operate 24/7, like the pharmacy, convenience stores and the coffee shop.
The first two floors of the Robinsons Cybergate Cebu features food and retail outlets, including homegrown restaurants Mooon Cafe, Flame It and Golden Cowrie. The second level also features a food court, where food kiosks and carts are located.
The third floor of the building is dedicated to its wellness component and this includes salons and spa operators.
The fourth floor is where the medical clinics are found and Irizari said a number of medical practitioners are going to open clinics there, ranging from internal medicine doctors, obstetricians, dentists and orthopedics.
Although the structure is already 100 percent complete, some finishing touches and final fit-outs have yet to be done. RLC is looking at holding a grand opening or a building inauguration by the third quarter of 2010.
Irizari said RLC is already looking ahead to the start of initial ground work for a similar development at the North Reclamation Area in Cebu City.
The development of RLCs 45,000-square-meter property, located near the old White Gold department store, is set to open in 2011.
Though still a mixed-use project, it will have a different concept from the Robinsons Cybergate Cebu.
Irizari said the still unnamed project will have a supermarket, department store, al fresco dining, a serviced-apartment component and a convention center.
December 11, 2009
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