It was planned that a venue would be built out of the unfinished shell of a privately owned commercial building behind ParkMall in Mandaue which is also near to the Cebu International Convention Center.

[8] Duros Development Corporation, the contractors of the IEC Pavilion, turned over the facility to the Archdiocese of Cebu on November 21, 2015.

[8] In October 2016, Regent Property International a firm linked to Duros Construction Inc. formally took over the management of the venue.

[2] The IC3 Convention Center was built as the IEC Pavilion, meant as the primary venue of the 2016 International Eucharistic Congress.

[15] Among the people involved in the construction of the project is architect Carlos Pio Zafra and project-in-charge Engineer Adonis Gabutin.

Camangyan noted that Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Villarojo called for "low maintenance building" specifying that there would be no finishes to be done on the floor so that it can be cleaned using a mop.

[14] As the IEC Pavilion, the venue had a plenary hall, a secretariat building, a chapel, a media center, and holding rooms for bishops and priests.

The grand hallway of the convention center is dubbed as the Ganghaan Walk where photos of the 2016 International Eucharistic Congress are exhibited.