Government & Civic Services District
GCS-0700 (InfoLib) Public Libraries & Information Centers
Knowledge for all, anytime, anywhere.
Vision and Identity
InfoLib envisions knowledge for all, anytime, anywhere. Blending libraries with maker spaces and immersive learning, it opens doors to research, creativity, and culture. InfoLib transforms curiosity into lifelong learning and community pride.
Architecture and Features
InfoLib blends stacks and studios: a maker lab, podcast booths, VR classrooms, and heritage digitization rooms orbit a central reading forum. Floor-to-ceiling glazing invites daylight while smart shelves track circulation in real time. Flexible furniture enables everything from story time to startup meetups. Outdoor reading terraces and a café court make learning spill into the plaza.
Lifestyle and Experience
Shelves meet servers: books, VR headsets, and quiet pods share the same light. Kids discover galaxies in immersive rooms while freelancers draft ideas over free Wi-Fi. You come to learn and stay to belong. Curiosity becomes a community ritual.
Sustainability and Innovation
A hybrid library network offers AI research assistants, VR learning zones, and maker labs powered by renewables. Circular designmodular shelving, e-waste recovery, and low-VOC materialskeeps the footprint low. Open digital collections democratize knowledge across the province. InfoLib turns libraries into engines of lifelong, low-carbon learning.
Investment and Value
A digital library network drives lifelong learning, workforce skilling, and equitable access to knowledge. High-usage community asset that boosts student performance and supports entrepreneurs. PPP revenue includes managed services and content partnerships with low marginal costs. Strengthens human capitalcore to sustained economic growth.
A reimagined library system offering digital resources, interactive learning spaces, and cultural archives. Equipped with e-learning tools, co-working areas, and innovation labs, it transforms traditional libraries into hubs for lifelong learning, research, and community engagement, enriching civic life while bridging knowledge gaps in the digital age.
A futuristic knowledge hub offering digital archives, AI-powered research assistants, VR learning zones, and community spaces for workshops. It will promote literacy, lifelong learning, and cultural preservation.
Key Features:
| Investment Highlights: | Knowledge infrastructure driving lifelong learning and literacy. |
| Value Proposition: | The Provinces First Digital Library Network |
| Benefits: | Improves literacy and lifelong learning access |
| Why it Matters: | Provides inclusive knowledge access |
| Role: | Provides digital knowledge access |
| Core Objectives: | Inclusivity, innovation |
| Mission Statement: | Knowledge belongs to everyone. |
| Key Features: | Digital resources, co-working |
| Land Area: | 12,200 sqm |
| Projected Gross Income per Year: | PHP 230,580,000.00 |
| Valuation: | PHP 23,346,225,000.00 |
| Initial Business Model: | Unit Lease |
| Main Business Model: | Library Operations |
| 2nd Business Model: | Learning Events |
| Other Income Streams: | Memberships |
| Estimated ROI Timeline: | 9 years |
Specifications:
| Building Size: | 68.5m(w) x 89m(l) x 22.3m(h) |
| Building Features: | 3-storey Library forum lobby; 3.6 m typical for reading rooms/daylight baffles. |
| Unit Features: | 75 sqm / unit |
| Number of Buildings: | 2 |
| Units per Building: | 243 Reading halls, media pods & study rooms |
| Total Number of Units: | 486 total units |
| Selling Price per Unit: | PHP 4,744,444.44 / unit |
| Lease Rate per Unit per Month: | PHP 39,537.04 / mo |
























