Robinson-Calasiao to open next year

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

CALASIAO – Vice Mayor Roy Macanlalay of this town said the Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) has already started the construction of the branch of its mall in Brgy. San Miguel here.

“Ginagawa na iyung Robinson actually. Nag-sa-site development na sila. So most probably sabi nga nila by September next year, open na,” the former mayor said

His son, incumbent mayor Mark Roy Macanlalay, earlier said despite the scarcity of vast tracts of land to accommodate huge malls like SM, Robinson has already purchased a 10-hectare lot near the Honda Car Center in Brgy. San Miguel.

Mayor Macanlalay added that the huge Car Center that is also located in the land RLC has bought would be relocated somewhere in this town.

The two-level Robinson-Calasiao would be built on a 5.8-hectare lot with a gross floor area of 31,900 square meters and a gross leasable area of 23,000 sq m. This brings the total GFA of all 30 Robinsons malls to 1.5 million sq ms.

RLC president Frederick Go said the corporation chose this town famous for its tiny rice cakes for its first mall in Pangasinan because the first class municipality is strategically located between Dagupan City and San Carlos City. Connected via a major highway, Calasiao is just 15 minutes from Dagupan and 25 minutes from San Carlos City.

Meanwhile, Brgy. Captain Angelito Gumarang of Bonuan Gueset in Dagupan City has said that he wants to emulate how Calasiao –under the stewardship of Mayor Macanlalay – has made head way on its war against garbage through its vaunted Material Recovery Facility at Brgy. Bued.

“Maganda ang management nila sa MRF. We will adopt it. We will study kung paano ang kanilang pag-patakbo ng kanilang waste management,” Gumarang said.