Wednesday, September 29, 2010 [ sunstar.com.ph ]
THE Ayala Land Inc. officially started building its first Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) campus in Talisay City following the groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday.
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BACOLOD. Pamela Perez, Proj. Dev't Manager with Engr. Emilio Tumbucon, Ayala Land Senior VP and VisMin Group head; Talisay City Mayor Eric Saratan; Marivic Anonuevo, Ayala Land Senior VP and Ayala Land Businesscapes Group head; Francis Javier Lacson and Raul Irlanda, Chief Exec. Officer and President, Ayala Property Management Corp. & Makati Development Corp. (Contributed photo)
The Ayala North Point TechnoHub is envisioned to be a fully-integrated Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services community designed for 24/7 operations.
When completed, the campus will consist of several BPO facilities with a total gross leasable area (GLA) of approximately 40,000 square meters, supported by a retail component on the ground floor of each office building, all within a 215-hectare property that Ayala Land is developing in the city.
"Talisay is one of the major growth centers that Ayala Land would like to have a strong presence in," said Ayala Land senior vice president Marivic Anonuevo.
"We are encouraged by the support of the Talisay City Government units and our partner, the Lacson family, in facilitating the early start of this project." she added.
Anonuevo also said the project will bring the success of the company's existing environment-friendly developments such as the UP-AyalaLand TechnoHub in Quezon City and One Evotech in Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna, to the Talisay community.
The initial phase of the project includes the construction of the first two-storey building with approximately 4,500 square meters of GLA. It is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2011.
Upon completion, the development is expected to generate more than 15,000 jobs for the local community from the BPO offices, retail establishments, and support maintenance services. (PR)
Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on September 29, 2010.
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