Sting’s Manila concert still under negotiations, promotion up for grabs

A source from the local concert circuit who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that bidding is still ongoing for the coming Manila concert of Sting that was earlier tweeted by multimedia personality Tim Yap.

After tweeting last September 11 that Sting will perform specifically at the Mall of Asia Arena on December 9 and asked everyone to “wait for the official announcement,” Yap has since not tweeted about the matter.

The source, however, told InterAksyon that the bidding process is still ongoing and added that Ovation Productions, Dayly Entertainment and other organizers are vying for the event.

Ovation Productions, one of the oldest concert promoters in the country, promoted the Manila stop of the legendary singer-songwriter’s “Summoner’s Tales” world tour in 1994. It staged the successful return engagement of Tears For Fears this year and will bring the “American Idol Live! Tour 2012” concert to Manila this September 21 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Dayly Entertainment is a fairly young events production company that brought Snow Patrol and David Cook earlier this year and will next stage Maroon 5’s September 18 gig at the Big Dome.

To date, Sting’s official website does not include Manila in his ongoing “Back To Bass” world tour.

But if negotiations push through, the Grammy-award winning artists will be performing in the country for the third time.

In 1996, J & B and Gilbey’s presented Sting’s “Mercury Falling” concert held at the PSC Football Stadium.

source: interaksyon.com

SM Land breaks ground for third office leasing unit in Mall of Asia

MANILA, Philippines - The commercial properties group of SM Land Inc. broke ground on the third installment of a four-structure business hub in Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, SM Investments Corp. said ThreeE-com Center will be a 15-level office building with a gross floor area of over 125,000 square meters and an estimated gross leasable area of 79,000 square meters.

Typical floor plates in the building are at 6,800 square meters, considered one of the most expansive in the local office leasing market.

ThreeE-com will also feature a mixed-use component on its fourth level podium. Target completion of the project is on the fourth quarter of 2014.

“We have designed and developed our office buildings with a continuing sensitivity and genuine understanding of this target market. Our value proposition strongly remains to be value-for-money office solutions with the functionality and prestige of a central business district address," said David Rafael, SM Land senior vice president and head of the commercial properties group.

ThreeE-com will likewise feature an iconic architecture designed by Miami-based firm Arquitectonica, with FS Lim & Associates as local partner.

SM Land has captured a share of the growing business process outsourcing business with its OneE-comCenter and TwoE-comCenter developments in Mall of Asia Complex.

It has also developed build-to-suit BPO offices such as the two SM Cyber Makati buildings along Buendia, and the SM Cyber Baguio.

source: interaksyon.com