Let me walk you through on how I stumbled upon this promising information. It’s just one of those weird things that leads to another.
I decided to play around with Google maps focused on Mactan so that I can get a clearer picture of how a couple of the properties that my friends and I had invested there are laid out in the island. I tried to familiarize myself with the roads going in and out the area of our respective places. I am also stoked that one of those subdivisions, Fleur de Ville Subdivision, is just 3 minutes away from the beach! Shangri-la Resort and Spa and Crimson Resort and Spa are the nearest to my area.
But anyway, to cut to the chase, I noticed a wide and well-paved road that looked like a half-opened zipper shaped like a letter ‘Y’ with an attractive rotunda in one of it’s fork ends; inside a vast spacious piece of land between Fleur de Ville Subdivision and the Shangri-la Resort and Spa complex. It’s labeled as Mactan Oceantown in Google Maps. I find it weird and interesting at the same time. There’s hardly anything in it so I was thinking, what’s will all that fuss. It took me another day to actually research about that area.

Mactan Oceantown, a future IT Hub?
Mactan Oceantown Information Technology Park and Commercial Complex will rise on a 25-hectare complex (a hectare bigger than Asiatown IT Park, Lahug) between Fleur de Ville Subdivision and Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa. It will have BPO offices, hotels, a convention center, commercial and retail centers, skills training center, recreational facilities and a transportation hub, all at the heart of the new growth center in the Visayas. The project will be home to high-tech offices, a retail center, residential villages, leisure facilities with a beach resort frontage to boot.
Megaworld Corp., one of the leading real estate developers in the country, and Oceantown Property for Mactan Newtown Center, signed an agreement with Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza. Mactan Newtown Center is a commercial development consisting of six buildings..

Mactan Newtown Center will probably rise here, near the rotunda or what also looks like the entrance to the park

Mactan Oceantown View from the Rotunda Main Entrance

Mactan Oceantown View from the Ocean - The entire Mactan Oceantown complex may include the land that snakes out to the ocean, between Shangri-La and Portofino Beach Resort, basing on this development plan.
The commercial site is located behind Mactan barangay hall and in front of Sto. Niño church. Megaworld Corp. vice president Jericho Go said they are applying for certification from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
He said their development will complement the existing Mactan Export Processing Zone (Mepz). Go said their site will house business process outsourcing companies and call center firms.
Radaza said the commercial development will prioritize hiring of Lapu-Lapu City residents. Oceantown Property vice president Virgilio Carsido said a substation will be build inside the Newtown center for the site’s power needs. (source: Inquirer)
Michael Dignos of the City Attorney’s Office said these investments bring Lapu-Lapu City closer to becoming an international gateway for business and tourism by 2020 as indicated in the Mactan Island Integrated Development Plan.
Below is a video of the site development plan prepared by MJF Scale Model for Megaworld Corporation.
I never really knew about this project during the harrowing months of making sure that I’d choose my future home wisely. I just cared about my budget and the track-record of the developer; not to also mention that I want a home near the airport for my future travels and near the beach to relax and unwind. And knowing that there is going to be an IT Park outside the comfort of the subdivision walls, is amazing! I know that Asiatown IT Park in Lahug isn’t the most relaxing place but it CAN be a good place to unwind. I’m not the most social and most outgoing person that you will ever meet but there is something in the BPO atmosphere that makes me feel a lot sociable. I am hoping this future development will just be as inviting as that of Asiatown IT Park.
Assuming and hoping that Obama’s House Bill 3696 or the US Call Center and Consumer Protection Act will not affect the BPO sector in the future, the Mactan Oceantown will surely open employment and business opportunities to Mactan residents.
There are only few articles written about Mactan Oceantown, so I need to gather more information to support the details I put in here. If you have more information or corrections, feel free to share it.