Legal basis and related PEZA actions
- Republic Act No. 7916, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748, authorizes the creation and designation of zones or zone-related areas through a presidential issuance, subject to its implementing framework.
- The proclamation expressly subjects the designated building to Republic Act No. 7916, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and PEZA Board of Directors resolutions.
- The proclamation references PEZA Board Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended by Resolution No. 11-066 (s. 2011) and Resolution No. 14-004 (s. 2014).
Policy and purpose: IT-center designation
- The proclamation creates and designates a building as an Information Technology (IT) Center.
- The IT-center designation is made pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748.
- The designation is intended to confer the status of an IT center for the specified property under the governing PEZA framework.
What is created: Aeon Center IT Center
- The proclamation designates a building to be known as Aeon Center.
- Aeon Center is created as an Information Technology (IT) Center.
- The IT center consists of land/building coverage on two parcels of land: Lot Nos. 2A and 3, Block 45, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang-Zapote Road corner North Bridgeway Avenue, Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
- The aggregate area is Three Thousand Nine Hundred Five (3,905) square meters, more or less.
Location and land technical description
- Lot 2-A is located in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Island of Luzon, and is covered by PSD-00-042985.
- Lot 3 is located in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Island of Luzon, and is covered by PSD-00-040475.
- The proclamation provides detailed metes-and-bounds descriptions for Lot 2-A and Lot 3, including the bearings and the stated survey approvals.
- The proclamation states the approximate areas: Lot 2-A: Two Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Three (2,393) square meters, more or less, and Lot 3: One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve (1,512) square meters, more or less.
Governing regime and effect
- The Aeon Center is created and designated subject to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7916, as amended, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
- The Aeon Center is further subject to PEZA Board resolutions cited in the proclamation: Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended by Resolution No. 11-066 (s. 2011) and Resolution No. 14-004 (s. 2014).
- The proclamation’s effect is to establish the Aeon Center property as an IT Center under the PEZA legal framework.
- The issuance is signed in Manila on February 17, 2015, with the seal of the Republic of the Philippines affixed and countersigned by the Executive Secretary, PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.