Property
SEC green lights Sta. Lucia’s rental pool investments
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Sta. Lucia Land Inc.’s rental pool investment offerings under the agency’s streamlined SEC RENT program, which simplifies how real estate firms register non-traditional investment products.
SM to open Cebu convention center in 2026
SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC), the hospitality arm of SM Prime Holdings Inc., is ramping up its nationwide MICE—meetings, incentives, conventions and events--footprint with the upcoming SMX Convention Center Seaside Cebu, set to open in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Colliers predicts measured rebound for Philippine property
Colliers Philippines is projecting a measured rebound in the property market, even as the economy posts its slowest growth since 2011.
Calmer shores, bigger vision for SM Prime’s P3B eco-luxury living
SM Prime Holdings Inc., the property arm of the SM Group, is pushing deeper into high-end leisure tourism with a P3-billion investment in M Village, an eco-resort community rising within Hamilo Coast’s Marina Estates in Nasugbu, Batangas.
Flood-control fears hammer September building activity
Building activity sharply contracted in September as the number of approved construction permits plunged 25 percent to 11,746, Philippine Statistics Authority data showed, signaling mounting investor unease amid the ongoing flood-control controversy affecting several growth corridors.
