SM eyes 20-hectare property in Cebu for mall, IT buildings (South Road Properties)

CEBU — Mall developer SM Prime Holdings, Inc. is looking at a 20-hectare lot within the South Road Properties for a planned shopping mall, hotel and two information technology (IT) buildings.

SM Prime President Hans T. Sy said they were in talks with the Cebu City government, which owns the properties, through the latter’s marketing arm, the Cebu Investment Promotions Center (CIPC).

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Filinvest to submit complete proposal (South Road Properties)

Sunday, October 26, 2008


The Cebu City’s joint venture committee that studies the multi-billion proposal of Filinvest Land Inc. to purchase and develop a portion of the South Road Properties is scheduled to convene on Tuesday, a day after the proponent submits its complete business proposal on Monday.

Cebu City administrator Francisco Fernandez, who heads the committee, said the formal negotiation on the proposal will begin on Tuesday and they expect it done within 10 days.

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Mall owner to buy South Road Properties lot

Sun.Star Cebu
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

UNSUCCESSFUL with its planned takeover of the South Road Properties (SRP) last year, SM Prime Holdings Inc. now wants to buy a 20-hectare lot for a mix-use development project.

Aside from a hotel and a mall, SM also wants to build two information technology (IT) towers immediately, said Joel Mari Yu, managing director of the Cebu Investment and Promotion Center (CIPC).

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South Road Properties team’s ‘smell test’

Monday, October 20, 2008
By Linette C. Ramos
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

AT the corner of one of the access roads in Cebu City’s South Road Properties (SRP) is a sign that welcomes visitors to the Hollywood of Asia.

But with the garbage dumpsite visible from the Bigfoot Entertainment complex and the overwhelming stench reaching its premises, it’s in stark contrast to the Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.

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FLI asks City to keep talks confidential (South Road Properties)

Friday, October 17, 2008
By Linette C. Ramos
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

ON the request of Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI), members of the Cebu City Government’s Joint Venture Selection Committee (JV-SC) will sign a confidentiality agreement to keep negotiations under wraps.

The nine-member JVSC formally received yesterday the detailed unsolicited proposal of FLI to develop a 50-hectare portion of the South Road Properties (SRP).

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City to tackle SM offer to build mall at the South Road Properties

The Freeman
Friday, October 17, 2008

With two proposals worth close to P3 billion already on the line, the City of Cebu is now ready to tackle the offer of SM Properties to buy 50 hectares of the South Road Properties.

Joel Mari Yu, managing director of the Cebu Investment Promotions Center (CIPC), which is the marketing arm of the SRP, said that although the offer sounds very good, the matter of pricing will have to be addressed.

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Developer eyes 10 hectares for medical tourism facility (South Road Properties)

Sun Star Online
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

CEBU City Hall is preparing to hold an open bidding for a 10-hectare portion of the South Road Properties (SRP) possibly next week, after a buyer presented an offer to buy a lot for a medical tourism facility.

Cebu Investment and Promotion Center (CIPC) managing director Joel Mari Yu said the Manila-based developer intends to put up a big and high-end hospital that will cater to foreigners, tourists and expatriates.

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We won’t sabotage deal: Joel, Sonny (South Road Properties)

AS long as the proposal of Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI) is above board and good for Cebu City, City Hall won’t have to worry about any “economic sabotage” by former Sen. John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña and Tinago Barangay Councilor Joel Garganera.

Sonny assured his cousin, Mayor-on-leave Tomas Osmeña, that he wants the FLI project to push through and “for the SRP to finally make money,” saying the people have already paid a high price for it and basic services have suffered because of the project.

He does not intend to file any case to stop any transaction at the SRP, Sonny said yesterday.

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2 firms want to buy lots in South Road Properties

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

TWO major developers have informed Cebu City officials of their plan to present an offer to buy lots at the South Road Properties (SRP), but they will have to wait until the first sale is finalized.

Mayor-on-leave Tomas Osmeña said yesterday that the City will have to close a deal with the Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI) first or any other developer that will match its offer, before they entertain other buyers.

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City targets two more South Road Properties deals before December

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is optimistic that the city government can close substantial deals with two more investors within the year for the South Road Properties.

While he refused to name these investors, the mayor claimed they are among the top ten largest real estate developers in the country.

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Filinvest may collect cost refund fees: Tomas (South Road Properties)

Saturday, October 04, 2008


CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will allow Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI) to collect a minimal project development cost refund if the contract for its unsolicited proposal is awarded to another developer.

But Osmeña is almost sure there will be no need for a project development cost refund because FLI is bent on matching any higher offer by a challenger when their proposal goes through a bidding, specifically the Swiss challenge.

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Cebu seeks ADB grant for new projects (South Road Properties)

CEBU — The Cebu City government is planning to implement at least two projects as soon as it starts generating additional revenues from the sale and development of the South Road Properties, a 300-hectare reclaimed area that is envisioned to be a mixed-use complex.

One of the projects is the proposed 5.6-kilometer highway that will connect the reclaimed area to the villages of Pardo and Toong, where a proposed "urban poor city" is being planned.

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Tom opposes South Road Properties authority

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said yesterday that will not allow the creation of an authority to manage the multi-billion South Road Properties.

“It can become a monster. SRP is owned by the city, it should be controlled by the city. Even if I will be chosen to head that authority, no way. It should never be,” he said in a press conference yesterday.

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'City to get share of Filinvest's dev't' (South Road Properties)

By Chris Ligan
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 15:25:00 09/30/2008

CEBU CITY, Philippines - Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena on Monday assured that the joint-venture agreement it may enter into with Filinvest Development Corp. over the South Road Properties (SRP) would be advantageous to the city.

Osmena said that whether Filinvest sells or rents out property that it develops in the SRP, the city gets a share of revenues.

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