Commercial Business District [45Towers|mix]

[InfinitiFX45]

[jp1032]

hindi kaya magkanakawan sa construction site dahil sa mga IS na nandyan? Dapat ialis na ang mga yan bago mag-umpisa yung pagtatayo ng mga buildings

[skyscraper2012]

Originally Posted by InfinitiFX45

saan po dito yung magiging main train station? (since nilipat na sa trinoma yung station kaysa sa may sm north edsa)

[leechtat]

Originally Posted by mouldingo

Sy family to Sec. Abaya: You can build the common station anywhere, so long as it's named 'SM'
By: Krista Angela M. Montealegre, InterAksyon.com
May 31, 2013 5:51 PM

MANILA - The government can build the common station for the LRT1 and MRT3 anywhere it wants, but the facility will have to be named after SM, according to the son of the Philippines' richest man and owner of the country's biggest chain of shopping malls.

"Okay lang whatever decision may come, basta naming rights is ours," SM Prime Holdings Inc president Hans Sy said today.

Transport Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya last Wednesday said the government has decided to ditch SM North Edsa as site for the common terminal of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 and Light Rail Transit Line 1.

Instead of building it beside the SM mall in Quezon City, the government has opted to erect it alongside the Trinoma Mall because, according to Abaya, doing so would entail lower costs. MRT 3 ends in front of the Trinoma, which is owned by Ayala Land Inc (ALI).

SM Prime already paid state-run Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) P200 million for the “naming rights” of the common station, which would also connect the proposed MRT7. Abaya said the government may have to return the P200 million to the SM group.

The government has allotted P1.608 billion for the common station project.

At present, LRT1 runs from Baclaran to Roosevelt in Quezon City, while MRT3 from North Avenue in Quezon City to Taft Avenue in Pasay City.

The planned MRT 7 will begin at Tala, Caloocan City, passing through Lagro and Fairview, Novaliches, Batasan, Diliman, Philcoa, before ending at Edsa corner North Avenue. The railway will serve an estimated two million commuters in the northern parts of Quezon and Caloocan cities.

another controversy begins - SM vs Ayala

[InfinitiFX45]

Originally Posted by skyscraper2012

saan po dito yung magiging main train station? (since nilipat na sa trinoma yung station kaysa sa may sm north edsa)

For all intents and purposes, I believe it's between Trinoma Mall and Vertis North boundary w/c I think would be peaceable, advantageous and most of all favorable/beneficial to Trinoma's mallers and future tenants and/or workers of the whole North Triangle CBD.

[anone]

^ masyado naman malayo at unfair na sa SM yang lugar na yan kahit nakapangalan pa rin sa kanila yung station.

[skyscraper2012]

if I were the government payag na ko sa iname sa SM yung station since may P200million na. Unless mag-offer ang Ayala ng higher amount. Sayang din yung P200million na yun noh.

[cq40]

Ah edi sige let them name it SM. Pero mas malapit pa yung TriNoma. Good job.

[reyvil888]

200M pra sa naming rights ? Galing tlaga ng gobyerno natin ! SM MRT Station pero ang baba mo sa Trinoma.

[alexbam2006]

Lots of activities inside the area, roads and sidewalks are currently being built, as well as drainage.

[mouldingo]

Originally Posted by InfinitiFX45

Those areas that are marked yellow presently have large concentration of IS. What does "redevelopment area" mean??? Does it mean the IS will be allowed to stay?

[leechtat]

of course not. That's absurd. They are relocating the IS, hopefully they will all cooperate. Its a daunting task for any firm more so the government.

[Kintoy]

naming rights to SM, foot traffic to Trinoma & Vertis North. no contest there.