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Cagayan de Oro City (1 July 2005) -- THE Cogon public market and commercial center complex in Cagayan de Oro City will be opened on July 8, this year, Mayor Vicente Y. Emano announced over the weekend as he tasked City Budget Officer Griscelda Joson, chair of the City Economic Enterprise Management Board (CEEMB), to prepare for the opening of the market.

"The long-awaited elevators for the market have already arrived and are now being installed, while the raffling of stalls is now in its final stages," Mayor Emano said as he bared the pre-opening activities for the market.

As of presstime, CEEMB has already awarded 900 stall owners to occupy spaces on the ground floor. Stalls on the second floor are being raffled until July 1.

The ground floor of the market will house a total of 136 stalls for rice and corn; 385 stalls for condiments, 72 stalls for cafeteria, 132 stalls for cooked food, 24 stalls for chicken, 358 stalls for fish, 77 stalls for fruits, 289 stalls for vegetables, 118 stalls for meat, 30 stalls for flowers and pottery, and 180 stalls at the market atrium for miscellaneous goods.

The second floor of the new Cogon market will house 515 stalls for newsstands, footwear, belts, perfumes, textile and ready-to-wear clothes, native products, glass and plastic wares, metal products, watch repair shops, second hand goods, assorted goods, dry goods, bags, pharmacy, and agrivet supplies.

Meanwhile, the third floor will house the commercial center that will be run by UKC Builders, the contractor of the project.

The three-storey building is situated in a 12,000-sq. m. lot. The project is under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme at a cost of P250 million. (City Information Office/Ragcom)

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