Mactan project seen to bring in tourists
November 16, 2007
Cebu Daily News / Inquirer Express
CEBU CITY, Philippines - Cebu's tourism
industry is expected to get a boost as another mixed-use hotel and
residential resort will be developed in Mactan Island.
AmiSa, a five-hectare leisure project in Punta Engano, Lapu-Lapu City, will
be developed by Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC).
RLC assistant vice president for leisure and retirement John M. Reyna said
the project was conceived to synergize with sister company, Cebu Pacific
Air.
“We have the airport where Cebu Pacific flies daily. This is a very good way
to tieup with our sister company and bring in domestic and international
tourists,” Reyna said adding that continuous tourist arrivals in Cebu is a
good business indicator for the real estate sector.
Reyna said the peace and order situation of the area was considered before
the company decided to choose Cebu as the project site.
Cebu offers a beach line which foreigners and businessmen are looking for,
he said.
He said the multi-billion peso project is RLC's first leisure project in the
Philippines.
The project is composed of a hotel, residential condominium buildings, an
entertainment center and 172-meter beach frontage among others.
Six towers, which make up 800 condominium units, will be available to the
public but only Tower 1 (composed of 140 units) is open for pre-selling this
November 2007. It is expected to be completed on December 2010.
“But the entire project will be an eight-year continuous development
project,” he said, adding that local residents will also be given employment
because of the project.
Reyna said they are “still under negotiations for the hotel's operator,” but
noted that they are looking into having a four-star hotel within the
property.
Primary target markets for the project are foreigners and Filipinos living
in Europe and United States, local Chinese-Cebu businessmen and the overseas
Filipino workers.
“We are not selling a product. We are selling a lifestyle. With a beach
setting, residents have several options whether to organize off-shore
activities or beach events,” he said.
According to Reyna, the project was “planned to synchronize all developments
in the area including the project's green architectural theme.”
“In every floor, there's a sky ledge which gives you a view of the sea and
the sun. Both sides of the hallway are open allowing light and breeze to
enter which means that we will be consuming less power,” he said.
He added that their team is studying “a way in which water can be processed
so that it can be reverted to the system for irrigation.”