RLC expands Ilocos mall

Gokongwei-led Robinsons Land Corp. has nearly tripled the footprint of its pioneering shopping mall in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, betting on the rising affluence of Ilocanos.

RLC announced Monday the opening of a new lifestyle wing and business process outsourcing (BPO) offices in Robinsons Place Ilocos, bringing the gross leasable area of the mall to 53,600 square meters from 20,500 sqms.

“The present success of the North Wing of Robinsons Place Ilocos has prompted us to expand the mall to cater to more shoppers,” RLC president Frederick Go said in a statement.

San Nicolas is deemed the business center of Ilocos Norte with local businesses coming from such sectors as services and manufacturing.

The mall expansion with mixed-use development (south wing) is located beside the original mall (north wing) that was opened in December 2009. The new wing is a four-story building. Doris Dumlao-Abadilla