Alabang

Filinvest City skyline in Alabang

Alabang is a barangay in the Muntinlupa City, Philippines. At one time the area was a farming district, and has since grown from a village to a commercial center, including the Alabang Commercial Center and Filinvest Corporate City Now (Filinvest City). It is also near the Madrigal Business Park. It is 8.064 square kilometers.^[1] A large portion of Ayala Alabang came from Barangay Alabang.

Economy

Barangay Alabang, part of the second district of Muntinlupa, has undergone tremendous growth mainly due to a development boom in the late 1990s. The development of High-End large scale commercial real estate projects; the Filinvest City, changed the landscape of the Alabang Alabang from what was once vast fields of cow pasture in the late 1980s, into a district that houses new residential, business, industrial and commercial establishments.

Some of the country's premier business district, Filinvest City's Spectrum Business District, The Northgate Cyberzone which specializes in hosting information and technology industries, the towering Insular Life Towers, the Asian Star Building home to Fluor Corporation and other big companies, As SCA Hygiene Philippines, Henkel Philippines, Other Satellite Offices As ECOLAB, Maynilad Water, Filinvest Development Corporation, RDB Talents & Events Management Inc (BEATalent Development & Marketing Inc), My Fame & Fortune Talent Agency Inc, Verizon Wireless, Convergys Philippines, Genpact Philippines, Integra Philippines, HSBC Data Processing Service, TeamAsia Inc, E Telecare, Firstsource Solutions Limited, The Hershey Company Philippines, Petit Monde Apparel Corp, Unilever Philippines, Filinvest Alabang Inc, &, Shell Philippines B.V. the Asian Hospital and Medical Center,The phase of the Hotel Buildings Crimson Suites, Acacia Hotel, and The Bellevue Manila Hotel, With The Future Development Of The Peninsula Hotels In Filinvest City And Designed By World Renowned B+H Architecture are important places of interest and landmarks of the district.

Shopping centers

Festival Supermall or Festival Mall is a large shopping mall owned and operated by Filinvest Development Corporation located at the sprawling and vibrant Filinvest City in Barangay Alabang Muntinlupa City, and is acknowledged as the first theme mall in the Philippines. The mall opened in the middle of May, 1998, and it became Filinvest’s flagship project, setting the standard for shopping centers in the south of Metro Manila. The whole Festival Supermall complex has an area of 20 hectares, the biggest mall in the south of Metro Manila, with the most number of tenants, and still remains as one of the largest malls in the Philippines.

Festival Supermall is the biggest of all five current malls in City. It is located at the heart of Filinvest City, a major business district in Alabang. The mall can be easily accessed via South Luzon Expressway from Filinvest Exit, Alabang Exit, and South Station Exit, and also via the National Highway and Alabang-Zapote Road. Festival Supermall is also adjacent to some of the largest malls South of Metro Manila, namely Alabang Town Center, SM Southmall, and other prominent malls like Starmall Alabang (Formerly Metropolis) and Lianas Alabang.

Starmall Alabang, or formerly known as Metropolis Star Alabang is the first community shopping mall in this city and it is owned by Starmalls, Inc. It has features and anchors like: Robinsons Supermarket, Robinsons Department Store, Finds, Cinemas, and among others.

There is also the South station, Fastbyte at Northgate, Westgate Center, Commerce Center, South Supermarket and The Filinvest Tent Commercial Block.

See also

• Muntinlupa City
• Alabang Town Center
• Ayala Alabang

References

External links

Media related to Alabang at Wikimedia Commons