Category: Megaworld

Megaworld Unveils Chronicles of Visions Exhibit

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In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Megaworld, the country’s leading property developer and pioneer of townships, has launched the CHRONICLES OF VISIONS exhibit featuring the inspirational stories of its 25 Visionaries at the Newport Mall in Pasay City. CHRONICLES OF VISIONS celebrates the journey of exemplary entrepreneurs, executives and other pioneers who turned their visions into reality with Megaworld. Their stories are also featured in a special coffee table book that was launched last month with President Benigno S. Aquino III receiving the first copy during the Silver Tie Gala night held at Marriott Hotel Manila.

Megaworld’s 25 years in the industry marks the company’s milestone of being the Philippines’ top residential condominium developer and the no. 1 BPO office developer and landlord. It also gained recognition as the country’s pioneer and trailblazer in township developments.

Leading the toast to celebrate the unveiling of the CHRONICLES OF VISIONS exhibit were: Dr. Andrew L. Tan, chairman and CEO, Megaworld (7th from left), Kevin L. Tan, first vice president and head of commercial division, Megaworld (8th from left); Katherine Tan, director, Megaworld (4th from left); Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso, chief operating officer, Megaworld (9th from left) with Megaworld Visionaries Erik Cua, owner, Republiq; Emmanuel Mendoza, country director, HP; Hermelyn Cullano, architect, Megaworld; Felicia Atienza, president, Chinese International School Manila; Anton Huang, executive vice president, Stores Specialists, Inc.; Maria Rosario Rosales, head of treasury, Megaworld; Emmy Lopez of Artesyn-Emerson; Raymond Angelo, system and network administrator, Megaworld; and Benje Capistrano, site electrical engineer, Megaworld.

The CHRONICLES OF VISIONS exhibit will run from July 23 to 27 at Newport Mall; Venice Piazza in McKinley on July 28-August 3; Eastwood Mall on August 4-10; Lucky Chinatown on August 11-17; and Burgos Circle at Forbes Town Center on August 18-24.

Megaworld, WWF-Philippines plant 5,000 mangrove trees in Mactan

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Photo shows (L-R) Hon. Eduardo Bensi, barangay captain, Brgy. Kalawisan, Lapu-Lapu City; Engr. Roderico Taga-an, head, City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO); Hon. Marcial Ycong, vice mayor, Lapu-Lapu City; Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso, chief operating officer, Megaworld; Jamie Herrel, Miss Philippines-Earth 2014; Atty. Guia Ibay, head of climate change and energy program, WWF-Philippines; Donna Racho, vice president for sales and marketing, Megaworld; Jericho Go, senior vice president, Megaworld; and Harold Geronimo, head of public relations and communications, Megaworld

As part of its commitment in developing sustainable townships, Megaworld, the country’s leading real estate developer, and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (WWF-Philippines), lead an environmental initiative dubbed “Building Visions for a Better World:

Saving the Mangroves in Mactan,” where around 150 volunteers mostly Megaworld employees, BPO partners, local media and bloggers as well as local residents planted 5,000 nursed mangrove seedlings at the coastal area of Brgy. Kalawisan, Lapu-Lapu City. This is part of the property giant’s effort to support the local government’s drive to save the mangrove forests around Mactan Island under the leadership of Mayor Paz Radaza.

Megaworld fast tracks constructions in Iloilo Business Park

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Megaworld, the country’s leading real estate developer, is fast tracking the construction of office, commercial, and residential towers in the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park due to the strong demand, brisk sales and rental inquiries for residential, commercial, and office spaces.

This year, three office towers, namely One Global Center, Two Global Center and Richmonde Tower are scheduled to be completed. The three towers, with a total of 25,000 square meters of leasable spaces, will be able to accommodate around 10,000 full time employees (FTE) for the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies.

Megaworld will also start the construction of another two office towers by August this year: One Techno Place and Two Techno Place, which will generate an additional 8,000 FTEs in the township. Both towers, with a total of 19,000 square meters of leasable spaces, are scheduled to be completed in early 2016.

“With the heavy influx of inquiries from BPO companies who want to be part of Iloilo Business Park, we see the urgent need to hasten the construction of more office towers to meet the strong demand,” says Jericho P. Go, senior vice president, Megaworld.

StarTek, Inc., a US-based BPO company, has already started its operation in the Richmonde office tower this month of June and is poised to launch its standalone BPO office building at Two Global Center by 4th quarter of this year.

As the first BPO company opens in Iloilo Business Park, McDonald’s also opens its standalone store in the township. The branch will be the biggest McDonald’s store in Iloilo City, with a total seating capacity of 250. It will have two floors with play place, party area drive thru, and parking area.

“We are very excited to be the first fastfood chain to open in Iloilo Business Park, and we are very happy to serve the Ilonggos who are working and visiting, including those who will be living in this world-class township,” says Eugene Reducindo, managing director, Choice Gourmet Banquet, Inc., the franchisee of McDonald’s in Iloilo Business Park.

Aside from office and residential towers, Megaworld has also started the construction of the Megaworld Central Mall and Festive Walk, a 1.1-kilometer commercial and retail strip parallel to Iloilo’s Diversion Road. The mall and the first phase of Festive Walk are expected to be completed by second half of 2015.

Richmonde Hotel Iloilo, a 151-room business hotel, will also open early next year, just in time for the city’s hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) side meetings. The other hotel, Courtyard by Marriott, has started its construction and is expected to be completed by end-2015.

The 3,700-seating capacity Iloilo Convention Center has also started its construction and once completed, it will be the biggest and most modern convention facility in Region 6.

Dubbed as the biggest business and tourism hub in Western Visayas, the Iloilo Business Park is expected to bring Megaworld’s pioneering ‘LIVE-WORK-PLAY-LEARN’ township to Western Visayas, following the success of other townships such as the 18.5-hectare Eastwood City, known to be the Philippines’ first IT park; the 50-hectare McKinley Hill, 34.5-hectare McKinley West in Fort Bonifacio; the 15.4-hectare Uptown Bonifacio and the 5-hectare Forbes Town Center in Bonifacio Global City; the 25-hectare Newport City in Pasay City, home of the famous Resorts World Manila; the 12.3-hectare Woodside City in Pasig City; the 11-hectare Davao Park District in Lanang, Davao City; and the 28.8-hectare The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

Biggest McDonald’s store in Iloilo opens in Iloilo Business Park

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Present during the ribbon-cutting ceremony were Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog (5th from left), Megaworld chief operating officer Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso (4th from left), senior vice president Jericho Go (3rd from left), head of marketing for Iloilo Business Park Jennifer Palmares-Fong (right), Choice Gourmet Banquet Inc. managing director Eugene Reducindo (2nd from left) and Ronald McDonald.

To signal the start of fun and exciting days ahead for Ilonggos, McDonald’s yesterday opened its biggest branch in Iloilo at Megaworld’s 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park. This McDonald’s standalone store has its own drive thru, play place, and a party area with a total seating capacity of 250, the biggest in Iloilo City. Property giant Megaworld is excited to be the home of the biggest McDonald’s branch in the city as it further expands its residential, commercial and office offerings to complete its pioneering LIVE-WORK-PLAY-LEARN concept for Iloilo Business Park. Dubbed as the biggest business and tourism hub in Western Visayas, the township is expected to be home to luxury residential condominiums; state-of-the-art office towers; malls and commercial hubs; the 1.1-kilometer Festival Walk commercial strip; a boutique hotel and commercial district; two luxury business hotels; the 3,700-seating capacity Iloilo Convention Center; open parks and bike lanes as well as a transport hub.

Megaworld celebrates 20th listing anniversary at the Philippine Stock Exchange

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Joining Megaworld chairman and CEO Dr. Andrew L. Tan and Finance secretary Cesar Purisima (fifth) were (L to R) Megaworld chief operating officer Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso, Megaworld director Katherine L. Tan, Megaworld first vice president for commercial division Kevin L. Tan, PSE chairman Jose Pardo, SEC chairman Teresita Herbosa, and PSE president and CEO Hans B. Sicat.

Megaworld Chairman and CEO Dr. Andrew L. Tan announced during the ceremony that the company’s market capitalization grew by more than 55 times, from P2.7-billion in June 1994 to P150-billion today. Leading property developer Megaworld led the traditional ringing of the bell during the opening of Monday’s trading to celebrate its 20th listing anniversary at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in Makati City.