P1.5-billion business hub seen to rise in Palayan City NewsRegionsby BusinessMirror - December 6, 2014 0 PALAYAN City in Nueva Ecija will soon be the next growth area in Central Luzon as an ambitious P1.5-billion business complex was recently inaugurated. The project, a brainchild of Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio Umali is a joint-venture project between MTD Philippines, a subsidiary of the Malaysian conglomerate Alloy MTD and the provincial government of Nueva Ecija. Four multistory buildings will be built on a 3-hectare property donated by the Palayan City local government to the provincial government. It will be known as the Palayan City Business Hub. The hub, with a total area of 37,500 square meters, will be home to two world-class business-processing outsourcing buildings with a combined seat capacity of 2,500, equipped with high-speed Internet connectivity. Also, a three-story, 75-room hotel will be built, as well as the first major commercial complex in the city. The 75-room hotel is expected to complement the nearby 60-room Sierra Madre Suites, giving Palayan City enough rooms accommodate the influx of visitors and investors in the city. The main building is going to be the Nueva Ecija Government Center. The main building will be occupied by national offices that will be relocated from Cabanatuan City to Palayan City. This is part of Umali’s project to consolidate all services, both national and local, in one location, to provide better service to the people. The government center will be comparable to buildings in Metro Manila. The buildings will have state-of-the-art air-conditioning and mechanical systems as well as high-speed Internet connectivity. Umali and his wife Liberal Party Rep. Cherry Mercado of Nueva Ecija, led the inauguration-ground breaking ceremony on December 4, together with DatoAzmilKhalili Bin Khalid, CEO of Alloy Mtd accompanied by Isaac David, president of MTD Philippines together with several members of the board of directors of Alloy MTD. Also on hand at the ceremony was Palayan City Mayor Adrianne Mae Cuevas. Umali said that providing a better working environment will definitely boost incrementally the delivery of services of government personnel to the people. There will also be a central plaza at the center of the business hub. The central plaza will have well-designed softscapes and hardscapes. The plaza, with a total area of 7,500 sq m will serve as the main activity center in the complex. To assure sufficient and stable power for the hub, the provincial government obtained a direct connection agreement from the Energy Regulatory Commission wherein the complex will have its own substation connected to the national grid. In addition, the business hub will have the first liquefied petroleum gas fueled generators to act both as standby or baseload support for the power requirements of the center. The Palayan City Business Hub is expected to generate 13,000 jobs. At least 10,000 of these are for call-center agents, and 3,000 for the various commercial establishments, the hotel and the government offices. The Palayan City local government, in support of this major project, is planning to build a central-transport terminal close to the business hub. This will enable people from other towns and cities of Nueva Ecija to have easier access to the business hub. Construction will start in January 2015 and target completion is between 18 and 24 months.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 12:32:44 +0000
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