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Global Gateway Clark answer to Metro Manila’s congestion

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A modern city is on the rise in Central Luzon to be the country’s next world-class economic hub outside Metro Manila.

The 177-hectare business center, called Global Gateway Clark, is now the top priority location for some of the biggest local and international companies scrambling for prime spots in a fully master-planned property at par with Metro Manila’s Bonifacio Global City.

Michael Russell, president of Global Gateway Development Corp., said the ultra-modern city is the solution to some of Metro Manila’s economic problems such as over population, traffic and airport congestion.

Russell said Global Gateway Clark is completely livable, disaster-ready and designed to accommodate multinational corporations like airline companies, business process outsourcing firms, healthcare industries and transportation facilities essential to a modern day city.

One of the earliest locators in Global Gateway Clark  is the Medical City Hospital, bringing the best of the country’s healthcare services to Central Luzon.

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Close by is the new three-hectare campus of the University of the Philippines in Clark which will accommodate more scholars.

Clark, just a one-hour drive from Metro Manila through the North Luzon Expressway, boasts of world-class infrastructure such as an international airport.  Philippine Airlines, the country’s flagship carrier, has started to expand its operation in Clark International Airport to fly passengers to local, and ultimately international, destinations.

PAL’s senior vice president for operations Ismael Gozon said Clark is very promising to the aviation industry. Other carriers such as Cebu Pacific and AirAsia are also launching new flights from Clark.

Global Gateway Development Corp. president Michael Russel

Airport authorities said that with less traffic, comfort and better flying experience, passengers from Northern and Central Luzon including Metro Manila will now have a better alternative.

An estimated 24 million Filipinos from Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan and other neighboring cities and provinces stand to benefit from the additional flights.

Direct flights to Davao, Puerto Princesa, Busuanga in Palawan and some Southeast Asian destinations are already in place.

Global Gateway Clark sits at the crossroads of North Luzon Expressway and Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway and only 30 minutes away from the newly expanded Subic Bay deep-water port and is directly adjacent to Clark International Airport.

Once completed, the city will be divided into four zones:  Aeropark, Business Park, Town Center and Logistics Park.

Russell said the Logistic Park is master planned to house several warehousing and distribution facilities.  Businesses doing light manufacturing, according to Russell, can also operate out of this zone with ease.

The Business Park is where prime space will be located, along with complementary retail, pocket parks and residential space supporting a true live, work play environment. The Aeropark will be home to research and development, modeling and simulation as well as IT center, BPO campuses and educational facilities. 

The Town Center will host several retail establishments.

Russell said the future of the Philippine economy is just outside Metro Manila where space and the people are available to lead the next wave of growth.

“In the next few years, international businesses and workers will be catering to even larger markets and will require proportionally larger, more efficient and better connected environments to keep up with the country’s growing economy,” said Russell.

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