CEBU and DAVAO, hand in hand for a stronger Philippines!

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Fitness Splash!
The Freeman 08/16/2006

Enjoy hours of water adventure at the Aqua Fitness Pool , the only one in the Philippines. Try all the fun water features such as simulated current, bubble massage chair, mushroom falls, high speed showers and jet sprays. A great place to have a swimming party on your kid's next birthday party. Or, just simply just relax and enjoy the water therapy the pool offers. Showers and lockers available.

The area also has a juice bar and a sun deck which has a panoramic view of the city. Club members can use the Aqua Fitness Pool for FREE!

Aqua Fitness Pool is now open daily 7am to 7pm, together with the rest of Club Ultima 's world-class facilities.

Located at the 17th floor of Club Ultima, Tower 2, Fuente Towers, Osmena Boulevard, Cebu City.

[diehardbisdak]

As originally posted by @rusty18 at skyscrapercity - Cebu thread:

METRO CEBU PROPOSALS Cebu City, Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City (Mactan Island) only
Above 5-storey structures ∙ as of May 17, 2006

+ = Under Construction
++ = U/C, Topped-off

1. +Crown Regency Hotel - Fuente Tower II, Cebu City - 38 floors
2. Bigfoot World Headquarters - Cebu Business Park - 38 floors
3. Residential Condominium - Fuente Tower III, Cebu City - 36 floors
4. Residential Condominium - Fuente Tower IV, Cebu City - 36 floors
5. Park City Central Hotel - Tower I, Lahug Cebu City - 34 floors
6. Park City Central Hotel - Tower II, Lahug Cebu City - 34 floors
7. ++Winland Condominium - Tower II, Cebu City - 25 floors
8. +Winland Condominium - Tower III, Cebu City - 25 floors
9. ++Club Ultima Headquarters - Fuente Tower I, Cebu City - 24 floors
10. ++SM Hotel (Former Sheraton) - SM City Cebu Complex - 22 floors
11. +Citylights Garden Complex - Tower III, Lahug Cebu City - 22 floors
12. +Citylights Garden Complex - Tower IV, Lahug Cebu City - 22 floors
13. Lexmark Asia Headquarters - Cebu Business Park - 22 floors
14. Hotel Complex by Phil-Beijing Motors - Banilad, Cebu City - 21 floors
15. Office Tower - South Road Properties, Cebu City - 20 floors
16. +Tower Palace Condominium - Cebu Business Park - 19 floors
17. ++Parklane International Hotel - Gorordo Ave. Cebu City - 19 floors
18. ++GV Hotel - Downtown Cebu City - 16 floors
19. Insular Life Tower - Cebu Business Park - 16 floors
20. +Cebu Towers Commercial Center - Cebu Business Park - 15 floors
21. Imperial Palace Hotel and Resort - Mactan Island - 15 floors
22. +Park Terrace Condominium - Phase 4, Talamban Cebu City - 15 floors
23. Tropicana Mactan - Mactan Island - 15 floors
24. Coralpoint Resort Village - Mirage Tower I, Mactan Island - 14 floors
25. Coralpoint Resort Village - Mirage Tower II, Mactan Island - 14 floors
26. +EGI Cebu Mactan Condominium Hotel - Mactan Island - 12 floors
27. Coralpoint Resort Village - Ritz Tower I, Mactan Island - 12 floors
28. +ACT and I.T. Mall - P. Del Rosario Cebu City - 12 floors
29. +PIPC Building - Asiatown I.T. Park, Lahug Cebu City - 12 floors
30. Leisure Building Park City Central - Lahug Cebu City - 12 floors
31. I.T. building I - Cebu City (no other infos yet) - 11 floors
32. I.T. building II - Cebu City (no other infos yet) - 11 floors
33. Pioneer Insurance Building - Cebu Business Park - 11 floors
34. Guanzon Condominium - Tower I, Nivel Hills Cebu City - 11 floors
35. Guanzon Condominium - Tower II, Nivel Hills Cebu City - 10 floors
36. I.T. building - Mactan Marina Mall, Lapu-Lapu City - 10 floors
37. ++Vistamar Residences and Resort - Tower I, Mactan Island - 9 floors
38. +Vistamar Residences and Resort - Tower II, Mactan Island - 9 floors
39. +Vistamar Residences and Resort - Tower III, Mactan Island - 9 floors
40. +Vistamar Residences and Resort - Tower IV, Mactan Island - 9 floors
41. ++Skyrise Building - Asiatown I.T. Park, Lahug Cebu City - 8 floors
42. +Cebu Doctors' University - Boardwalk Campus Mandaue City - 8 floors
43. +Lexmark Research & Development Lab - Cebu Business Park - 8 floors
44. ++Golden Prince Suites - Gorordo Ave. Cebu City - 8 floors
45. Coralpoint Resort Village - Ritz Tower II, Mactan Island - 8 floors
46. +I.T. Building - JY Commercial Complex, Lahug Cebu City - 7 floors
47. I.T. Building - Asiatown I.T. Pak, Lahug Cebu City - 7 floors
48. Club Ultima King's Island - Hotel Tower I, Mactan Island - 7 floors
49. Club Ultima King's Island - Hotel Tower II, Mactan Island - 7 floors
50. ++Lancaster Cebu Resort Residences - Bldg I, Mactan Island - 6 floors
51. ++Lancaster Cebu Resort Residences - Bldg II, Mactan Island - 5 floors
52. +Residential Condominium - Guadalupe, Cebu City
53. +Manros Plaza - Mango Avenue Cebu City
54. InterCon/Marriott/Sheraton Hotel Towers - Tower I, Mactan Island
55. InterCon/Marriott/Sheraton Hotel Towers - Tower II, Mactan Island
56. InterCon/Marriott/Sheraton Hotel Towers - Tower III, Mactan Island
57. InterCon/Marriott/Sheraton Hotel Towers - Tower IV, Mactan Island
58. InterCon/Marriott/Sheraton Hotel Towers - Tower V, Mactan Island
59. InterCon/Marriott/Sheraton Hotel Towers - Tower VI, Mactan Island
60. The Forum Residential Condominium - Tower I, Banilad Cebu City
61. The Forum Residential Condominium - Tower II, Banilad Cebu City
62. ChinaBank Corporation Headquarters - Cebu City
63. Bigfoot Condotel - IAFT Campus, Mactan Island
64. Arcenas Estates Condominium, Cebu City
65. Serendra Cebu

Low to Mid-rise Under constructions:
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Administration Building
Cebu International Convention Center (The Megadome), Mandaue City
Cebu Boardwalk Complex, Mandaue City - amphitheater, marina, shopping mall
Gaisano Mall of Cebu, Cebu City
5-level SM City Cebu Mall Annex Building
3-level Ayala Center Cebu Mall Annex Building
Expansion of Mango Square Mall, Cebu City
Expansion of Elizabeth Mall, South Terminal Cebu City
Expansion of Crossroads Mall, Banilad Cebu City
Expansion of Mactan Marina Mall, Lapu-Lapu City
The Village Leisure Center, Asiatown I.T. Park
The Venue, Mango Square Complex
Town Center, Banawa (Rustan’s Fresh Supermarket)
Taft I.T. Park, South Reclamation Area, Mandaue City
Tower Palace Showroom, Cebu Business Park
1,000-room Coral Reef Resort Mactan
Mandaue City Public Market II
Lapu-Lapu City Public Market II
Bigfoot IAFTV Mactan Campus Soundstage 2
Bigfoot IAFTV Mactan Campus Soundstage 3
Bigfoot IAFTV Mactan Campus Soundstage 4

Proposed Hotels:
Club Ultima King’s Island, Mactan Island
Punta Engaño Chateau, Mactan Island
Seascapes Resort Town, Mactan Island
Kabayan Hotel
21-storey Banilad hotel and mall complex
Botique Hotel and Restaurant at Uptown Cebu City
Japanese Hotel, New Mandaue City
Business Hotel and Casino, New Mandaue City
Japanese Retirement Village and Hotel, SRP
Legend Hotel
Traders Hotel
Marriott Hotel Mactan
Four Seasons Hotel and Resort Mactan
Sheraton Resort Mactan

Proposed Shopping Centers:
Hypermarket, Banilad Cebu City
PriceSmart Cebu City
Ayala Center South Road Properties
Robinsons Mall, South Road Properties
SM Mall, South Road Properties
Cebu North Mall
Pacific Star, New Mandaue City

South Road Properties, Cebu City Proposals:
Bigfoot IAFT SRP Campus Soundstage 1, 2, 3, 4
Bigfoot Inc. Yacht Club, world-class Marina and Restaurant
Singaporean Container Manufacturing Factory
Cardiovascular Hospitals of America
J Kings Inc. Water Theme Park
South Road Properties Sports Center
Entrepreneurs School of Asia

Other Proposals:
Cebu Cable Car System, Cebu City
Cebu Light Rail Transit System (Metrowide)
Cebu International Port Monorail System
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal II
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Runway II
Cebu Center for International Trade and Exhibition, Mandaue City
Business Convention Center, SM City Cebu Complex
Ayala Cebu Nature Park
Cloverleaf Interchange Link, North Reclamation Area, Mandaue City
Undersea Tunnel from Cebu City to Lapu-Lapu City, House Bill No. 4857
Enchanted Kingdom Cebu
Third Mandaue-Mactan Bridge

Major Metro Cebu Hotels expected to open within year 2006
5-star Marco Polo Plaza – 500 rooms (now open)
5-star Coral Reef Resort Village – 1000 rooms
Parklane International Hotel – 320 rooms (now open)
Club Ultima, Fuente Towers Complex – 150 rooms (tower 2, now open)
GV Hotel Downtown Cebu – 150 rooms (to have their soft opening anytime soon)
Vistamar Resort Condotel Mactan

Major Metro Cebu Hotels to open in year 2007 onwards
5-star Crown Regency Hotel, Fuente Towers Complex – 368 rooms
5-star SM Hotel (Former Sheraton) – 220 rooms (building is finished)
5-star [InterCon/Sheraton/Marriott] Hotel Towers Mactan – 700 rooms
5-star Imperial Palace Hotel and Resort - 668 rooms
EGI Cebu Mactan Hotel – 300 rooms
Banilad Hotel Complex - 250 rooms
Bigfoot IAFT Mactan Condotel
Club Ultima King's Island, Mactan

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New developer looking at Chinatown project in Cebu

"The developer of the P250-million shopping center called Neo Chinatown Mall in Parañaque is considering putting up a similar development in Cebu."

Source: BusinessWorld / By: Ruby Anne M. Rubio

To know more about this news, check this out:
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW081706/content.php?id=102


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"we wander for distractions, we travel for fulfillment"

[diehardbisdak]

Here are photos of the expansion for the 2 big malls in CEBU:

Photo credit goes to @gridloc, @olineil , @rusty18 and @dabert

This is the main building of SM City Cebu, now called as Southwing
[img width=500 height=375]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/olineil/cebu%20march%202/Picture015.jpg[/img]

This will be the additional building of SM City Cebu called Northwing - construction on-going
[img width=500 height=375]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/glennbp/futuresmmalls.jpg[/img]

This is how Ayala Center Cebu looks now
[img width=500 height=413]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/diehardbisdako/ayala_center_cebu2006.jpg[/img]

By 2007, Ayala Center Cebu will look like this from a bird's eye view - construction on-going
[img width=500 height=413]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/diehardbisdako/ayala_center_cebu2007.jpg[/img]

Or from a scale model, Ayala Center Cebu will look like this in 2007
[img width=500 height=375]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/diehardbisdako/ayalaexpansion-dabert.jpg[/img]

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random davao pics...

center islands (quirino avenue)
[img width=500 height=372]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/islands2.jpg[/img]

center islands (matina)
[img width=500 height=321]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/islands.jpg[/img]

centerpoint mall, matina
[img width=333 height=500]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/jollibee.jpg[/img]

kadayawan at greenhills - apo view
[img width=332 height=500]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/kamikaze.jpg[/img]

kadayawan ASAP 06 at C5 condotel - Ateneo...
[img width=500 height=314]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/asap.jpg[/img]

DMSF Hospital
[img width=500 height=375]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/davaomedical.jpg[/img]

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UP Mindanao, Davao City
[img width=500 height=127]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/upmin.jpg[/img]

prince court...
[img width=500 height=374]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/princecourt1.jpg[/img]

[img width=500 height=374]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/crown3.jpg[/img]

[img width=500 height=374]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/crown5.jpg[/img]

U/C in matina...
[img width=500 height=383]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/juna.jpg[/img]

old san pedro midrises...
[img width=332 height=500]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f142/kododoy/sanpedro-1.jpg[/img]

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Tycoon to build biz complex in Block 10 lot
By Doris C. Bongcac
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 10:49am (Mla time) 08/22/2006

Business tycoon John Gokongwei is building a multi-purpose commercial complex in Block 10 located at the North Reclamation Area (NRA) in Cebu City.

“Mr. Gokongwei wanted a commercial complex, which he could use for different purposes just like the SRP. The complex may be used for a mall. Part of it may be used for residential purposes or for offices,” Mayor Tomas Osmeña said Monday.

But the planned construction would have to be deferred until the sale of the property by the Cebu City government is concluded, Osmeña said.

He told Cebu Daily News that they are still waiting for the approval of the Commission on Audit (COA) Manila on the proposed disposal of the 46,345-square-meter property located across the burnt White Gold department store.

The City Council has already given Osmeña the authority to enter into a contract with Robinson’s Land Corp. for the sale of the property.

Robinson’s Land was the winning bidder in the city auction to sell Block 10. The corporation bid P579.3 million for the property.

It already made a downpayment of P289.7 million or 50 percent of the agreed amount on April 18, along with the submission of the bid documents required by the city.

The balance of P289.6 million would be paid to the city government when the deed of sale for the property is signed.

But regardless of when the deed of sale would be executed, Robinson’s Land said the city could still use Block 10 for two more years.

Gokongwei has allowed the city government to use the lot for two more years to give time for city-owned facilities in the lot to transfer elsewhere.

Recently, the City Council asked for an allocation from the city’s general funds to pay for the lot’s real property taxes for those two years, even though it would be the duty of the buyer – Robinson’s Land Corp. – to pay for the tax after the deed of sale was signed.

“Considering that the city will have the beneficial use of the property during the said two-year period, the city assumes to pay realty taxes thereon,” said Councilor Jose Daluz, the author of the approved resolution.

Block 10 currently accommodates the offices of the city police’s Mobile Patrol Group (MPG) and the city government’s Squatters Prevention Encroachment and Elimination Division (SPEED).

The city’s batching plant and an oil depot are also located on the lot.

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Sta. Lucia to build P500-M resort village
By Regina Aguilar
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 11:48am (Mla time) 08/22/2006

Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Inc. (SLRDI) is investing almost P500 million to develop an upscale resort village in a 13-hectare property on Mactan Island.

Amid the current rise of high-end residential developments in the province, Sta. Lucia has entered another joint venture to build its first upscale residential project in Cebu called the Discovery Bay Resort and Residences.

“Cebu's demand for residential properties remains very high,” said SLRDI president and chief executive officer Exequiel Robles.

He said the fast economic development in the province would continue to create a bigger market for high-end residential properties.

“In fact, we're very aggressive here in Cebu because it is really one of the most progressive areas in the country,” Robles said in an interview.

SLRDI, in partnership with property owner Cebu Discovery Bay Properties Inc. (CDBPI), launched Saturday night the groundbreaking of Discovery Bay Resort and Residences in Punta Engaño on the northeastern tip of Mactan Island.

The property boasts of a view of the Visayan sea.

“It offers 205 residential and 10 commercial lots within an exclusive community where medium-rise development could also take place,” Orchard Property Marketing Corp. president Eduardo Terona said.

Orchard Property, a subsidiary of Sta. Lucia Realty, is its marketing arm.

The project, which includes the development of a 12-storey tower club, is set to be completed within four years.

Terona said he was confident about selling all the lots within a year despite the proliferation of other high-end residential development projects in Cebu.

“Everybody is selling because each is different,” said Terona.

Former senator and Cebu governor Rafael Espina Sr. of the CDBPI said during the launching, “We're not just selling real estate here. We're also selling a lifestyle, a dream.”

Discovery Bay, along with well-planned residential and commercial lots, will also feature a gym, spa, specialty shops and restaurants, among others.

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Inday Duterte...

[diehardbisdak]

Shipbuilding firm to invest $100M in 2007 expansion

THE town of Balamban is expected to grow further next year with the expansion of a large ship manufacturing company located in the municipality.

In an interview, Aboitiz and Co. president and chief executive officer Jon Ramon Aboitiz said Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Inc. (THII) would invest some $100 million for the expansion of its shipbuilding capacity, which will begin next year, .

The expansion will create more employment opportunities in the western part of Cebu, especially Balamban.

Not final

In a related development, AboitizLand chief executive officer Roberto Aboitiz clarified that the company’s plan to invest at the South Road Properties (SRP) is not yet in its final stage.

“We have had early talks with the Mayor (Cebu City Tomas Osmeña) before. But nothing is final yet. We are, however, always looking at opportunities,” he said.

But, if ever the Aboitizes decide to invest at the SRP, it would not duplicate the development at the Aboitiz-owned and managed Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ) 2.

“It would not be feasible anymore to develop something like MEZ 2 because the Philippines has lost our manufacturing competitiveness to China. We are lucky we were able to fill up MEZ 2,” Roberto said.

The company, he said, believes in the country’s potential to attract the growing business process outsourcing (BPO) global market, especially the contact center services.

He said AboitizLand has the West Cebu Industrial Park (WCIP) in Balamban, where THII is located, to offer for the growing sector.

The WCIP, also an economic zone, can still accommodate locators in the IT and IT-related industries, Roberto said.

Near

“Balamban may seem far now but it will (become) near (as far as travel time is concerned) in the next five to 10 years,” he said in an interview following the Aboitizes’s “ Future Leaders Business Summit” at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino last Friday.

The event gathered 85 selected students from seven colleges and universities in Cebu. The students witnessed the unveiling of the company’s basic business principles that contributed to the success of one of the large conglomerates in the country.

Jon Ramon said the major objective of the gathering was to impart to the students— the country’s future businessmen and employees— the experiences of the Aboitizes, with the hope of inspiring them.

Erramon Aboitiz, chief operating officer of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, told the delegates that one of the Cebu-grown company’s business secrets is to focus on its core businesses, such as power, banking, flour, feed and swine, real estate and transport.

“It was in 1992 when we realized, after we found out that we had an imbalance between our earning businesses and those not earning, that we have to divest businesses (that were not earning),” he said.

In choosing its core businesses, the Aboitizes looked at their track record, future potential and human resources available. (JBN)