ALI Starts Building Technohub In Iloilo

Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. has started construction of its Atria Technohub to capitalize on Iloilo’s growing business process outsourcing market.

Photo Insert: L-R: Dindo Fernando (ALI Head of External Affairs Division), Maria Teresa Pison-Regalado (Board Member, Adauge Commercial Corp), Carol Mills (Head of Ayala Land Offices, Inc.), Edgardo Pison (Vice Chairman, Adauge Commercial Corporation), Bernard Vincent Dy (President and CEO, Ayala Land Inc.), Francis Cruz (Executive Assistant of the Mayor, Iloilo City), Elmer Tiaño (Baranggay Chairman, San Rafael Iloilo City), Robert Lao (Head of Ayala Land Estates, Inc.), Dante Abando (President, Makati Development Corporation), Jennylle Tupaz (Senior Estate Development Head for Central Luzon and Vismin of Ayala Land Estates, Inc.)

The firm said the project is situated in the Atria Gardens – the latest phase of its flagship development, Atria Park District. Atria Gardens will be home to a commercial and lifestyle hub with the offices as anchors.

ALI President and CEO, Bernard Vincent Dy, and LGU representatives led the launch of the two new office buildings totaling 25,500 square meters of gross leasable floor area. With the addition of these buildings to its portfolio, ALI continues to expand its footprint within and outside Metro Manila, especially in high-potential provincial sites like Iloilo City.

“With the city’s rapidly expanding BPO market, we break ground on Atria Technohub. This is envisioned to be a BPO campus and the business address of choice of top BPO investors in this region,” said Dy.

He added that “The strategic cluster of office buildings, supported by sprawling retail and civic spaces, will not only cater to the rising demand for office spaces but will also significantly contribute to the vibrant local economy.”

Atria Technohub will continue to uphold the Ayala brand of architecture and building systems while keeping sustainability in mind, particularly in how the natural landscape is incorporated into the design.

There will be open spaces and walkways that will make pedestrian mobility within the property as seamless and convenient as possible.

Apart from the new office towers, Atria Gardens will boast shopping and dining components strategically situated in a park setting. It will have a high street experience celebrating the best in local and global retail concepts and first in Western Visayas flagship outlets.

“The quality of education also remains high, with institutions in the region producing quality graduates to support the expansion of offices all over the city. All these and more, make Iloilo City a preferred location for local and foreign BPO investors,” noted Dy.

ALI first ventured into Iloilo City in 2012. Since then, Atria Park District has become one of Iloilo City’s major residential, commercial, business, educational, and medical hubs thanks to such establishments like Qualimed, Seda, Avida, The Shops at Atria, and Ateneo de Iloilo.

Iloilo’s economy is driven by a wider range of industries including agribusiness, tourism, BPOs, trading activities, and service-driven firms including banks, educational institutions, and hospitals, among others.

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