Sunday, August 10, 2008 [ philstar.com ]
MALOLOS CITY – Members of the Bulacan business community here welcomed the soft opening of the P160-million first garden-type mall in the province on Friday citing opportunities to Bulakeños.
Trader Sally Monterhermoso told The STAR the opening of the Cabañas will create opportunities to hundreds of jobseekers in Bulacan.
She said that would-be tenants to the said mall will hire workers from Bulacan and nearby communities, aside from the fact that it will be the next business destination in the province.
This was affirmed by Reggie Rodrigo, the project manager of the Doña Rita Realty Corp. that developed the Cabañas, the first garden type mall in Bulacan.
Rodrigo said he was surprised by the aggressiveness of local entrepreneurs who outnumbered their Manila-based counterparts.
“More Bulakeño entrepreneurs inquired to become tenants in the Cabañas and we are surprised by their aggressiveness compared with the Manila-based businessmen,” he said.
Rodrigo said that they are under negotiation with the prospective tenants saying they are careful in the screening process because it will soon be translated into hundreds of job opportunities.
Rodrigo said that at present, Banco de Oro (BDO), Cocolife, a salon, a money changer, and other business entities have already signed contracts as tenants to the new mall.
“I am sure, more than a hundred jobs will be opened because the supermarker is labor intensive,” he said.
Rodrigo said the Cabañas will have its grand opening by October in time for their scheduled October fest.
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