Vol. XXI, No. 186
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES
The Nation
Downsouth
By Hernani De Leon
Davao Region’s property sector is having a mild boom, with high-price residences and low-rise structures erected in the city. Most of these projects were pre-sold and not affected by the United States economic slowdown and its global impact.
The biggest project expected to be completed this year is an upscale condominium complex next to SM City Davao in Ecoland district. The area is owned by the Consunji Group, which has roots through logging ventures and property development a long time ago and agribusiness in recent years.
A source privy to plans of the company said a blueprint for another project
at the back of the Davao city hall is currently being drafted. The plan is for three multi-storey buildings,
one at least 10 floors high, at its Bolton Extension property which used to be Durian Park under Sodaco, the Consunji’s agribusiness firm.
(is Hernani referring to the Magallanes Residences or is this a totally different project???? :dunno: )
The Floirendo Group has also partnered with Ayala Land, Inc. for a P3-billion commercial complex in the family’s Bajada property near the Victoria Plaza shopping complex.
The Ayala Group is a returning investor since it sold all major landholdings in Davao three decades ago. Those properties eventually became highly successful banana plantations for other firms.
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