Table 4. Number of Commercial Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Construction, by Type of Building, by Region: 2004
         Final Data (Revised)

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                                              TOTAL              |              BANKS             |        HOTEL/MOTEL, ETC
Region                           Number | Floor Area |    Value  | Number | Floor Area |    Value | Number | Floor Area |    Value
                                        |    (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |        |    (sq.m.) | (P1,000) |        |    (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
                                    (1) |        (2) |       (3) |    (4) |        (5) |      (6) |    (7) |        (8) |      (9)
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Philippines                       6,466    3,367,716  24,032,313      184       42,415    291,616      169      124,410    756,497

National Capital Region           1,062    1,737,094  14,487,728       22        5,710     51,732       11       13,362     62,906
Cordillera Administrative
  Region                            121       60,720     333,649        5          853      5,104        8       16,734     84,836
Region I - Ilocos Region            372       79,838     363,864       12        2,015     16,465        7        1,851      8,552
Region II - Cagayan Valley           91       43,274     358,965        4          852      7,768        4        1,391      4,857
Region III - Central Luzon          999      194,897   1,128,210       20        4,321     25,563       14        8,928     89,681
Region IVA - Calabarzon           1,234      373,472   2,438,162       41        9,546     72,438       27       21,621    141,449
Region IVB - Mimaropa               220       53,149     244,450       14        3,246     13,987       12        4,867     38,967
Region V - Bicol                    166       47,248     247,764        3        1,701      8,343        6        2,042     13,624
Region VI - Western Visayas         234       82,775     429,679        7        1,013      7,248       30       26,434    165,825
Region VII - Central Visayas        588      280,430   1,749,201       14        3,554     21,347       15       10,497     49,997
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas       114       22,715     109,775        1          300      1,319        1          165        165
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula     146       37,248     176,707        5        2,355     15,786        5        6,274     37,129
Region X - Northern Mindanao        243       61,147     277,003        7        1,475      6,868        8        4,492     41,392
Region XI - Davao Region            411      131,698     675,419       15        2,280     12,925        4          679      2,039
Region XII - Soccsksargen           283      125,385     830,699        6          942      7,997       14        4,063     10,926
Region XIII - Caraga                174       35,292     176,228        8        2,252     16,726        3        1,010      4,152
Autonomous Region in Muslim
  Mindanao                            8        1,334       4,810        0            0          0        0            0          0

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Table 4.  (continued)

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                                    CONDOMINIUM/OFFICE BUILDING  |              STORE             |            OTHERS
Region                           Number | Floor Area |    Value  | Number | Floor Area |    Value | Number | Floor Area |    Value
                                        |    (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |        |    (sq.m.) | (P1,000) |        |    (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
                                   (10) |       (11) |      (12) |   (13) |       (14) |     (15) |   (16) |       (17) |     (18)
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Philippines                       1,140    1,165,102  10,654,727    2,209    1,337,315  8,658,272    2,764      698,474  3,671,201

National Capital Region             516      834,013   8,527,878      259      792,422  5,310,573      254       91,587    534,639
Cordillera Administrative
  Region                             14        8,839      56,771       40       14,788     67,166       54       19,506    119,772
Region I - Ilocos Region             24        6,422      45,995      130       23,832     92,442      199       45,718    200,410
Region II - Cagayan Valley           17        5,234      30,154       33       21,769    233,267       33       14,028     82,919
Region III - Central Luzon           83       26,433     165,283      258       45,171    246,521      624      110,044    601,162
Region IVA - Calabarzon             129       42,625     236,856      460      163,993  1,188,051      577      135,687    799,368
Region IVB - Mimaropa                14        3,227      15,520       55       16,552     61,006      125       25,257    114,970
Region V - Bicol                     21        7,265      42,705       61       15,193     79,333       75       21,047    103,759
Region VI - Western Visayas          27        8,446      45,836       93       26,865    100,508        7       20,017    110,262
Region VII - Central Visayas        107      138,771   1,021,068      220       50,159    240,338      232       77,449    416,451
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas        29        8,577      51,247       61        9,128     33,129       22        4,545     23,915
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula      14        9,924      53,651       68        8,592     26,681       54       10,103     43,460
Region X - Northern Mindanao         37       11,761      57,480      107       26,118    100,999       84       17,301     70,264
Region XI - Davao Region             50       40,655     244,616      184       42,595    183,750      158       45,489    232,089
Region XII - Soccsksargen            48        9,727      45,436       99       66,498    635,398      116       44,155    130,942
Region XIII - Caraga                 10        3,183      14,231       76       13,025     56,205       77       15,822     84,914
Autonomous Region in Muslim
  Mindanao                            0            0           0        5          615      2,905        3          719      1,905

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  November 25, 2005
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