After years and years of speculation, the wait is finally over!
Robinsons has just begun the construction of what should be one of the biggest investment projects in the Tuna Capital of the Philippines, General Santos City in years!
This project, a first-class shopping center reportedly costing P2 billion pesos and to be known as Robinsons General Santos, is under the Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), a JG Summit Company headed by Chairman Emeritus, John Gokongwei, Jr.
Situated in an 8.5 hectare property acquired by the Gokongwei’s in the late 80s along the corner of Jose Catolico Avenue, National Highway and the Bula-Lagao Road, this proposed edifice is about 500 meters away from the KCC Mall and the Gaisano Mall.
Clearing of the land has began almost a week ago after a series of meetings between RLC people and the local authorities including GenSan Mayor Pedro Acharon, Jr. It will be remembered that years ago, before a series of bombings rocked the city, they were supposedly set on starting this project back then and have even applied for a building permit. Eventually due to the barbaric terroristic incidents, they held off….. until now.
The Robinsons Gen. Santos site at corner J. Catolico Avenue (going right) and Bula-Lagao road (going left)
And so with Robinsons’ impending move to go ahead with their project, the city government will be awarding them incentives in form of tax breaks. “Mall operations” is one of the top “investment priority areas” under the city’s New Investment Code.
Robinsons Gen. Santos will be a two-storey mall which will house the company’s flagship stores- Robinsons Department Store, Robinsons Supermarket, Robinsons Appliances, Handyman Do It Center plus four Robinsons’ cinemas.
Aside from that is a Bingo center, an Amusement center and lots and lots of rentable spaces for retail shops and boutiques, restaurants and dining establishments.
More than 500 workers will be hired for the construction of the biggest of all of the Gensan malls and about 700 personnel will be employed once it becomes operational. I learned that the Robinson’s management has pledged that 80% of their new hires will all be locals which redounds well for the benefit of the city’s new graduates and unemployed but skilled workforce.
Bula-Lagao Road
Meanwhile, according to a very reliable source, the SM group for its part is now on its final talks with the owners of a prime 8-hectare property along Santiago Boulevard which they have optioned to lease for their own mall.
And with NCCC of Davao recently opening its warehouse outlet at Kimball Plaza‘s old bodega at Leon Llido Street, signs may be pointing to their eventual entry into the Mall business in GenSan considering that they also have a four-hectare property along the National Highway.
Wow! All these only mean one thing – more and more investors are now seeing Gen. Santos city in a new light and are beginning to realize the truth in the Tuna Capital of the Philippines being named twice as the Most Competitive Mid-Sized City in the country.
Robinsons Gen. Santos is scheduled to open during the 2nd quarter of 2009. Check back here for regular updates.
Updates: More photos of the mall site…
The Robinsons Lot now with its new fence.
A grader doing ground clearing inside the Robinsons lot.
may grocery ba kau sa rob. mall dito? kailang ba matpos? magkano ba ang rate ng mga casual kung sakali ng magtrabaho kami? ask lang din me kung kailan din kailangan ninyo ng mga desier? pls answer all of my question tanxs
hago!!!!
ask lang ko waay pa lage pic ninyo na gina pakita diri na site para makita man namo kung anu gid ang itsura sang mall
dalawa cguro..pag may NCCC ug SM pila naba??
robinson’s construction paved new beginning for gensan’s industry. after robinson, sm will follow… it will definitely follow.
call centers now are on there verge of doing feasibility studies about putting up caal centers in gensan. like me working in a call center in cebu now and checking every now and then for possible infos when a call center would open in gensan. well, heres good news. Etelecare is on their last stage of their feasibility study and so far the review is good… so so good that anytime next year a big building for a call center will soon rise.
Actually there is no hotel inside the rob mall but they are planning to build another building for their hotel expansion later after the mall completion
tinuod ba gyud na naay hotel na iconstruct sa rob????
So, dalawa na ang MCdo ng Gensan?
With Robinson’s in GenSan, can SM be far behind? 22 o ba ito??
@TISOY – Talaga ‘soy?? bahhhkket? kung trulalu man napaka close naman ng proximity nito sa 1st mcdo branch sa tapat ng kcc…tsk tsk anu bang planning yan?…by the way, howd’ you know? siguro ikaw ang tenant coordinator ng Robinson’s Gensan ano…pakilala you naman. 🙂
wow galing sa likod ng robinson MC DO dalawa na MC do outlet dito…
Wow, grabe ayos na ang Gensan. Tamang tama after 2 years matupad na pangarap ko makapag patayo ng Jollibee dyan sa Calumpang Area. Tamang tama din pag natuloy ang UST sa Bgy Ligaya at least maipagpatayo ko na ang Apartment ko sa lupa ko doon.
Dapat ang SM doon na lang banda sa kanto ng papuntang airport sa corner banda sa Shell papuntang Fishport. Kasi mas madami ang tao sa banda doon. Tapos ang mga tao na galing sa fishport or from Koronadal deretso na ang daan di na papasok sa city.
Kulang pa sa plano ang City Engineer ng Gensan. Di pa malawak ang pag iisip. Dapat ang isipin nila ang future expansion kasi sa bandang huli sisikip ang trapik dyan. Dapat ang forecast nila 10 years forecast hindi ang current forecast. Dapat ang City Engineers nila, lalabas sila ng Gensan at mamasid sila sa ibang bansa lang Qatar or Dubai at makita nila ang expansion.
Asa ka dinhi sa Doha?
yes.. gensan now.. is most competetive midsize city in whole philippines..do u know it?
I think the aiport of Gensan serves the whole region well. It should serve its purpose and not just be another white elephant as what it has been years and years ago. Any this is totally unrelated to this thread… =D
@jm_21052000 – @jm_21052000 – Korek ka jan…kailangan talaga munang mag karoon ng feasibilty study para sa needs ng Koronadal sa ngayon at sa hinaharap…siguro kapag dumating na ang time na hindi na kayang i-cater ng GenSan international airport ang air traffic to & from Socsksargen area, ay maybe thats the time na we need to expand more the airport or if not, maybe put up a new secondary airport somewhere within the region. Sharing of powers lang kung baga, GenSan is the commercial and educational center of the region, koronadal naman serves as the regional center. check and balance lang yun.
hi jan, i think building an airport in koronadal city is not yet feasible for now… hundred thousand plus pa lang kasi population ng city, besides the international airport of gensan is less than an hour from koronadal. =) siguro saka na ‘pag kailangang kailangan na nila ang airport.
anyway, this article is not about airport, it’s all about robinsons gensan! hurray! malapit na… ehehe
sana may airport rin sa koronadal city
eh sa koronadal wala pa rin ba
gud day mr. Author, may i know the market value of the land near Robinsons Mall?
Saan pwedeng mag apply for a work in robinson’s mall especially office works? I need work.. Thanks! God Bless!
@epm -Actually the fencing of the area already started but the October plan was postponed due to peace and order situation of mindanao but they resume their plan next year as per my friend who is the resident architect of sm davao.
What’s the latest buzz regarding SM’s entry in Gen.Santos?
@jasper0127 – san mo nakuha ang balita jasper? mukha nga kasi me fence na lot ng SM eh, inalis na rin ang dover lanes, siguro isusunod na nila ng dunkin. =)
How true SM Gensan already started for their land preparation for the proposed mall?
yipee!! gensan’s gonna be a great city! hehe.. just thinking, parang ang liit talaga ng SM kung dun lang sa likod ng st.elizabeth.. san ang parking area??? hehe!! hm… well, kung gagawin ba nilang 5-storey ang SM, e di maganda.. hehe.. dami nang mapasyalan dito.. pero iniisip ko, pagkatapos maitayo ng Robinson, at ng SM, may tao pa kaya sa gaisano at kcc? hm… hehe.. just a thought!
Any updates……..maybe new pics?? wold love to see how far the building is now………
its nice to know such….
just make security a priority for these terrorist not to bugged in again and disappoint these overwhelmed investors….
congratz to gensan..
this is really great! uhmmmm, ‘di pa magbubukas ang robinsons sa december, 2nd quarter pa ng 2009. relax lang, hehe 🙂
that is awesome… wow, after years of hearing all those speculations… finally just after i left the whole city, they started to construct this, now i could not wait to go home and see it with my own two eyes the finished Robinson in the City…
that’s also one of the biggest investment i’ve ever heard so far.. hehehe… that means GenSan is finally over being pulled down because of the terrorist actions.. and its time to shine.. that would make our town be more attractive to the foreigners…
awesome
nakita ko ung hiring ng robinson GENSAN sa jobstreet they need a store trainees manager pa amn..grrrrrrrrrrrr
how true this coming december will open….any1 can answer
wow, by December mag open ang ROBINSON pustahan tau…..Buti naman papalagyan nga TRAFFIC LIGHTS sa NFA at sa st Elizabeth lage na lang may banggaan dyan..saka sana if mag open na ung Robinson Mall palagyan ng overpass sa harap mismo…ngaun p lang nga hindi pa naopen hindi ako makakatawid ang lalaki pa ng mga sasakyan dumadaan mga bus saka mga trak.
Greetings on a Tuesday afternoon, kuya.
Many are asking where can they apply for jobs at Robinson’s. Hope you can help me on this. Please send your reply into my email address. TYSM.
Bob
sign of progress for gensan… hopefully more investors will come so that we will be known more…not only with our tuna products but as a most desirable place to live in the philippines due to excellent economic competitiveness, excellent safety and security for residents as well…
hi i’m stay now about 2 year in gen san uhaw, but been here before just on vacation.
1st time was in 1994 that time gen san was more known as bomb-town than boom town. (that did not scare me by the way, i stayed 7 months in lagao)
since then I’ve been several times staying in gen san, but only since… i think 2002/2003 that i really start to so something changing in gen san, the cause of that was the fish port.
now gen san is really booming.
i just hope that the major realizes this also and start asap to do something about the structure of the city.
only the main road are cemented and that is just not enough.
and put garbage cans all over the city so it becomes a clean city 🙂
and help people to clean up and paint theyr buildings so the city looks beatifull 🙂
go gen san go
ow btw happy 40th birthday to “general santos city”
hi mylin mitamura, i was about to suggest also ice skating rink, naunahan mo lang ako. to the robinson’s team, y don’t u consider dat? it’s wat we call thinking out of the box! if u’ll have the ice skating rink, then it will be the 1st in mindanao….
by the way, cebu pacific has add’l flights in its GES-MNL route, thank u thank u thank u!!!
astig ang mga taga jg summit!!!! mabuhay!!!
good for the generals and also for the shoppers near the city especially living in polomolok! thanks to the investors of this project…
whew! kapoy basa ug comments oi!
lingaw kaau!
by 2009, 3 na ang canteen ng STI!
Gaisano, KCC ug Robinsons
by 2010, 4 na jud ky apil na ang SM!
GO!GO!GO! GENSAN!!!!
like ko na ang gensan kasi marami nang mga pinatayung mga mall at ano pang mga proyek to ang ating gobirno sana mapalabung pa nila at sana wala nang gulo sa ating bayang sinilangan*
at hiling kulang sa gobirno natin keep up the good work!
kaya natin yan!mayor kaya natin yan ^^
BY:alla rubio
hello lahat ng mga tag gen san city.sana pag natuloy ang sm mall of gensan sana mag lagay sila ng ice skating rink.para mas maraming bata ang matutu sa sport na figure skating or hucky skate.
Mr. John Gokongwei for next commander of MILF..
ganda talaga ng gensan ngayon lalo na sa lagao rami na pina tayo sana naman may sm d2 sa gesan para may malaki na na mall sa gesan in hestory^^
Why are they all so near each other?Traffic will get worse.Progress is good how about infrastructure and peace?
usually may kasamang hotel yan pero id siguro nila isasabay….
kailan ba talaga matapos ang mall ng robinson sa gensan? anung year at anung months? sana matapos na ito agad.. tanx!!!
viva sa lahat ng mga upsilon phi sigma 1935!!!!
Hi jm! Meron raw pero sa second phase pa nila… Meaning, after finishing the mall during the 2nd quarter of 2009. Thanks. :0
Hi Tisoy! Dito rin galing ang nakita mong pic ng Robinsons, kinopya lang yan rito. Check out my article here: http://www.gensantos.com/2008/08/an-artists-sketch-of-the-robinsons-gensan-frontage/
Thanks!
http://www.friendster.com/photos/56155588/1/179517095 ito yung pics ng robinson mall of gensan..i dunno if totoo..
nakita ko na pics ng robinson gensan..parang ito ung itsura kasi nga palapad.maganda parang may spotlight
is this true robison gensan pics???
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