And it has almost everything one needs - a supermarket, a "Calle Real-inspired "department store, homegrown restaurants and cafes, an appliance store, a medical and diagnostic clinic, fashion and jewelry stores, spa and salons, and government services (SSS, LTO, NBI etc), among others!
"Great Things are going to happen with GT Town Center" opens up Mr. Allan Ryan Tan, VP for Real Estate and Land Development. of GT Town Center during the mall's grand opening last July 19, 2018.
Allan Tan at the grand opening of GT Town Center Pavia. Thanks Andrea for this photo |
The shopping center is named in honor the GO-TAN family, parents of Mr. Alfonso Tan, father of Allan, who migrated here from China and raised their family and grew their businesses in Iloilo.
This project is not only a realization of hard work and a dream for the Go-Tan family, but also a testament to the booming development and progress in Iloilo.
THE MALL
The mall features mostly local entrepreneurs, all home grown-Ilonggo businesses, to help and promote the local enterprise.
Thanks Andrea for this photo-list |
I-BUY is opening very soon with very affordable products |
The second level has the department store with the Food Hub - a stylized food court, and a wide bazaar area with a "Greenhills" feel.
The mall will have an adjacent park - trees were not uprooted but preserved and the idea of a Green Town at GT was also followed with the addition of waste management and waste water treatments. This will serve as seamless connection of the mall to the upcoming GT Town Center Pavia township
THE TOWNSHIP
Backed by the Go-Tan family's core business, International Builders Corporation (IBC), the township will open and house BPOs and business units in the next phase to be followed by vertical residential development - all under the tutelage of the urban planning group, Palafox Associates.
The future project will become one of the showcases of the municipality of Pavia complementing its many housing developments. Subdivision residents will benefit from the convenience of the proximity of the mall which will cater not only to their daily shopping and business and needs but also give them job opportunities. They no longer have to travel to the city for whatever they need but can now just travel nearby.
The elder Tan, locally known as “Ponso”, the founder and father of IBC, surprised guests when asked about his future plans for GT Malls - the family will open 20 GT malls in the future and that's 18 more to go!
GT Town Center Pavia is located along Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr, Highway, in Brgy. Ungka II, Pavia Iloilo. Mall hours are from 9am to 9pm, daily.