good day to everyone
I get to have the chance to read all your post in this thread and im quite irritated by behaviours of others in the forum. Ive been a forum moderator way back so i guess i need to break the silence now. be fair at all time just like the other forumers. and do not make a competition in the forum. A forum is made so that we can tackle things that need to be improved. I can see the regionalism attitude present in maybe almost every filipino in the world. Ang, taga bacolod ko ya - taga iloilo kamo, sila taga manila kag ang iban ya sa cebu na sila halin, which is quite irritating because of the fact that we are all filipinos and part of the human race. we are all equal. bisan taga iloilo na sila or taga bacolod kita, their progress would be our progress and our progress will also be theirs and the entire country. di bale na if mas malaki ang rob nila kesa sa bacolod. just stick to the reality that in fact its true. Ive been to rob iloilo for so many times and its true, mas malaki ang rob nila. but also credit the fact that Rob iloilo has Four floors and they have an annex building for a carpark and 2-3 storeys yun. That is inevitable. its is vital in its construction kasi limited ang land area ng robinsons in iloilo. in bacolod, although mas maliit, around 55k sq m.floor area and 15 Has. total land area (pati na sa likod ka rob nga wala pa ma develop), pero take for consideration, we had it since 1997 pa so meaning they did not anticipate the successful turn-out as compared to their anticipation towards the robinsons iloilo. In comparison to bacolod and iloilo, bacolod has a small margin of the middle class family while Iloilo has a high margin of the middle class families which fyi, middle class families contributes to the higest consumer turnouts being vital to the economy of the city. kung ang city damo middle class, it means damo consumers, damo work. while kung gamay ang middle class margins gamay consumers and diutay ubra. in bacolod high class margins is 15% middle class is 35% and mga pigado 50% ehile in iloilo high class 22% Middle class 45% and pigado 30-33% so kung i compare mo sa statistics, mas damo consumers ang iloilo. during this time, iloilo has a total of over 300k population compared to bacolods 350K. but another thing is, 4 Iloilo cities can fit inside one bacolod city and still halog pa. So mas damo gyapon tawo sa iloilo not basing on numbers, basing on person per square kilometers nalang. i think sa bacolod mga 50 - 70 per square kilometer anad sa iloilo ya 200 - 280 per square kilometer. wala pa ni labot ang mga tupad banwa ka iloilo like leganes, sta barbara, etc. etc. nga kun sa bacolod daw nagkadto ka lang from downtown to sum-ag lang asta. So damo guid to sila ya tawo... so ang expectatios should also be higher thats why ang rob iloilo kag SM City nila Huge man.... back to topic -->> and iloilo started the mall mania only in 1999. Gaisano City Iloilo around 1998 and SM City around 1999. im starting to sound regionalistic here but im not, i just wanted to clear things up so that matapos na ang ila diskusyunanay about the rob thing. I think, robinsons bacolod is the 2nd robinsons mall outside MM after cebu, but cebu's Rob is quite smaller and not fit to be called a mall, its just like a department store etc., Factually, Rob bacolod is the Suicidal Decision of the RLC way back in 1995-1996 because, they are going to construct a mall, gigantic in size in a very modular city scale with a population of merely 350,000 and in a lowbeat economy. But they proved themselves wrong, because when RPB opened in July 1997, the turnout is very well and the reaction of the consumers is quite high. 100% occupancy rate from 1997-2007. The Fact that SM City Bacolod have already set afoot in The City of Smiles way back in 1992 when they bought the 18 hectare property on the reclamation area. The Original plan was to build an SM Department store like the one in Delgado and eventually Upsize it to a megamall type. But political turmoils in the city led the Sy's hesitant on their plan to construct an SM in bacolod which apparently in 2005, they were convinced by the Leonardia Administration to reconsider their original plans to put up a mall in bacolod. Originally, the reclaimed area where the Sy's had bought is planned for a recreational strip because supposedly, the Original SM mall draft will be erected somewhere in the East side of the city proper. But due to some reasons, they were not able to negotiate with the owner of the land for the 22 has it has offered them. If that negotiation has been successful, The Mall of Asia in Bacolod would probably be a little smaller than the original Mall of Asia in Manila, meaning, a huge gigantic SM City Bacolod. But because of the unprecedented things, the new SM City draft was relocated to the reclamation area, which is still inadequate to meet the standards to build a megastructure in a reclaimed area. The Original New SM City should be a 5-Storey 155,000 sq. K in area, half of that in SM Mall of asia and Probably the Biggest outside of MM. But because of sub-standard site, they revised the plan into a single level complex draft which although small in size but aesthetic in value. MOA in Bacolod is probably the Third in Complexity of Design and Aesthetics after MOA and SM City Baguio. Other SM Malls just looks like a box of Building filled with stores in it. Presently, SM City Bacolod occupied a total of 4Has of land including the Parking Space. The SM owned Bacolod City International Convention Center (BICC) will be located at the North Side of the Property, the one where the Junkshop is located somewhere in Mambuloc Area. The SM owned mix-use project will begun construction late next year or early 2009. The barges at the back of the SM City Property leading to Bacolod Bay will be stripped off and will be converted into a baywalk while the access roads will be interconected to Talisay and Silay in the North and Bago and Pulupandan in the South to complete the Proposed Coastal Road. The Mix-Use property will include 2-Storey-Building C and Building D of SM City Bacolod with Terraces and three Interconnection Bridges which will connect building A with Building C; Building B with Building D and Building C with Building D. On the South Side of the 18 Has. Property will rise the multi-level condominium units and Offices and the New SM IT Park to be leased by BPO companies worldwide. Meanwhile, after the new government center will be fully operational, another gigantic project will be in the Offing. This will be the conversion of the Old Sugar Central or the BMMC Compound (Approxilately 80 - 100Has) into the Araneta Center Visayas. They plan to construct a cubao like district in bacolod. Planning to build the Araneta Coliseum Visayas and its either Gateway Mall or another new mall. They also plans to replicate the success of the cubao area in a more distinct way, wider access roads, Underground Pass and a park. This has been years in the making. no wonder, the government center was relocated there because the New Bacolod Business District will be located on the East Side of the City. The Circumferential Road is on its way of becoming and 8-laner National Road and constuction is on its way. The Gonzagas are also planning of converting up their land beside the New Government Center into a Mix-Use Property. Lopue's East Center is now eyeing for an expansion and a Multi-Level Carpark. The Gaisano Chain is also planning of putting up its third department store in the Offing on the property at the back of Caltex starmart. While Ayala Property is still struggling to acquire a 30 Ha. Land fron the Aranetas (owner of the BMMC). On the lighter side, Gerry's grill had entered bacolod and in the next few months, we might be shocked in the entry of Starbucks and Seattles best. I just hope they wouldnt have the same fate as Coffee Beanery (sala man to b ang location sang coffee beanery thats why naputo sila.) I also heard that Seven-11 will open up its first branch here in WV along Lacson St., I dont know where but hopefully. I really love 7-11. pang-masa guid ya. BTW, the farmers market (of the araneta group) might be on his way to reality after long debate, this could be the signal of the araneta center... and an access road from sharina heights going to burgos st., via araneta compound is long due its proposal. I hope the city government should act on this. Another thing, I do want to retain Bacolod City Airport, but if retaining it could mean the hindrance from constructing high rise buildings in our city, then we should consider selling it or make the old bacolod city airport an Economic Zone. RIght? kay diba befor, ang sugarland hotel ma add tani 4 storey pa guid para ma meet nila ang star demands nila para ma elevate sa 5 star? diba? hay pero wala nadayun tungod sa airport kay ara guid abi lapit sa main district ka bacolod thats why until now daw wala pa high rise buildings ang aton downtown area....[/SIZE]
