Updates: Ayala Atria Iloilo, KAPIDECO, San Rafael (January 2015)

Up until a couple of years ago, Brgy. San Rafael in Mandurriao District of Iloilo City used to be covered with vast salt beds. Now, it is being developed as one of the city’s major business, residential, medical, and educational hubs with Ayala land and Kapideco Estate as the biggest developers.

Here are photo updates of new developments and construction activities at Brgy. San Rafael:

Westland Gateway Complex

This completed 2-story building along Donato Pison Avenue is home to a diverse mix of newly opened food and beverage stores. Its tenants include Z Burger Bar and Lounge, Brewery Gastropub, Kollar Kitchen, Desserts in the Sky, Space H Resto Bar, Cabugan Seafood Haus, and Bornok’s Kandingan & Manokan.

Westland Gateway Complex, Iloilo’s newest dining and entertainment hub.

Atria Park District by Ayala Land

This 21-hectare mixed-use development by Ayala Land is the company’s biggest investment in Iloilo City. Atria Park District will include mixed-use residential developments, parks and landscaped areas, commercial and office establishments, a Seda hotel and institutional areas. The development is estimated to cost over P15 billion.

Existing and recently completed developments at Atria Park District include Ayala Technohub (near Smallville Complex) and QualiMed Iloilo, one of the newest hospitals in the city. Ateneo de Iloilo campus is also located beside the property.

Currently under-construction are: The Shops (to be managed by Ayala Malls group), 7-storey Seda Hotel, and Avida Towers Iloilo.

Construction of 7-storey Seda Hotel and The Shops by Ayala Malls.

Closer view of Seda Hotel construction.

On the right, is the site of Avida Towers Iloilo where the Avida Towers and Avida Storeys will rise. This is the main residential condominium development at Atria Park District Iloilo. According to its masterplan, it will be composed of a cluster of 15-storey and 8-storey condominium buildings.

On the left, you can see the completed main building of Qualimed Hospital Iloilo.

Donato M. Pison Monument

A 30-feet structure standing on a landscaped rotunda. It is a centerpiece of the Kauturan Pison Development Foundation Corporation (Kapideco) Estate in Brgy. San Rafael.

Donato M. Pison Monument dedicated to the patriarch of the Pison Clan of Iloilo.

District 21 Hotel

A 7-storey hotel, which looks to be under the “21 group of hotels” in Iloilo City. Other hotels in this group include Diversion 21 Hotel, Smallville 21 Hotel, Century 21 Hotel, and Highway 21 Hotel.

District 21 Hotel under construction along Donato Pison Avenue.

Closer view of District 21 Hotel

Medicus Cancer Institute Building

An 8-storey building that is poised to be the first medical facility in Western Visayas with advanced radiotherapy using a varian linear accelerator.

Design perspective of the Medicus Cancer Institude Building in Brgy. San Rafael, Mandurriao, Iloilo City.

Other developments

On the right is a view of the construction of a commercial building, now on its 5-floor. On the left is a view of nearby Iloilo Business Park by Megaworld.

The commercial building under construction is located beside the campus of Iloilo Scholastic Academy.

View of Iloilo Business Park by Megaworld from Brgy. San Rafael

Iloilo Convention Center

Courtyard Hotel Iloilo by Marriott

Richmonde Hotel Iloilo and Tower

The main road traversing the area is Donato Pison Avenue, which can be accessed from Diversion Road and goes all the way to R. Mapa St. in Tabucan, Mandurriao. The intersection of Donato Pison Avenue and Diversion Road is located beside Plazuela de Iloilo and across the road from Gaisano’s upcoming Iloilo City Center.