Corporate
MREIT eyes retail expansion, portfolio doubling
MREIT, Inc., the real estate investment trust (REIT) arm of property giant Megaworld Corp., is gearing up to double its gross leasable area (GLA) to 1 million square meters by 2027—this time by integrating retail and mall assets into its predominantly office-based portfolio.
BDO names Rene Morta to senior IT post
BDO Unibank Inc., the country’s largest lender and a key member of the Sy Group, has appointed veteran banker and IT strategist Rene Morta as senior vice president for IT Initiatives under the office of the bank’s president. The appointment takes effect on October 16.
First Balfour pioneers AI in PH construction
First Balfour Inc., the construction and engineering arm of the Lopez Group, has become the first construction firm in the Philippines to adopt the Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), an AI-powered construction management system (CMS) designed to streamline project planning, execution, and monitoring.
SM Investments earns Great Place to Work® Certification for 2025
SM Investments Corp. (SM Investments), the parent firm of the SM Group, has been officially certified as a Great Place to Work® for 2025 by the global workplace culture authority, Great Place to Work®.
AI workshop empowers public school educators
Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. and the TELUS Digital Philippines Community Board conducted a three-day workshop aimed at equipping public school teachers with practical skills in artificial intelligence (AI), as part of their Empowering Educators Year 2 program.
