Quezon City is the largest of Metro Manila's cities in population and land area. At 160 square kilometers, it is an urban landscape spread over one-fourth of the Philippines' metropolitan area. Its expansive lands, reasonably priced real estate, strategic location and large consumer market are immediate plus factors for business. It is a city of the young. About half of its 2.68 million population are less than 24 years old. Strengthening the capacity of its young population are about 65 colleges and universities, among them the prestigious University of the Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila University, and countless training centers and early childhood learning facilities. Cost-effective business location. Its large consumer market and manpower pool has attracted some 58,196 business establishments to locate in Quezon City. Finding the city a cost-effective location are business process outsourcing (BPOs) companies, who find real estate values very competitive and areas available for business very expansive. Among the ICT companies that have chosen to expand in Quezon City are IBM, eTelecare, Convergys, SITEL and Sykes Asia. Quezon City can be called the shopping mecca of the country, where each of its 17 shopping malls sits center stage in practically every dense community cluster in the city. Among these are the giant SM City complex plus the three other SM malls around the city, the Robinsons and Ever malls, the new Gateway and Shopwise shopping complexes, and the giant Ayala shopping complex called Trinoma. In these malls and throughout the City are a wide array of restaurants, more than 300 of which can fit your pleasure - from fine dining to fastfood. Its Timog area has gained a reputation as a restaurant row, and Eastwood City is practically a dining village, while hosting the largest cluster of call centers in the City. Read More