Awardees. R-II Builders chairman Reghis Romero II; Ramon Ang, president of San Miguel Properties; Teresita Sy of SM Investments Corp.; SM Prime Holdings chairman Henry Sy Sr., with former senator Heherson Alvarez

Top leaders in Philippine real-estate recently gathered during the Biz­NewsAsia Real Estate Who’s Who (BREW) Awards at the Hotel Intercom in Makati, with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presenting the awards assisted by Antonio Lopez, BizNews­Asia publisher.

The BREW awards are in recognition of the “vision, innovative work and achievements” of the honorees in real estate and its ancillary industries. Among other BREW private-sector awardees were Megaworld Corp. president Andrew Tan; Federal Land president Alfred Ty; Ayala Land chairman Fernando Zobel de Ayala; Senate President Manuel Villar as president of Vista Land; Robinsons Land president Frederick Go; Moldex Realty president Jacinto Tan Uy; Creba Land Inc. founding chairman Atty. Manuel Serrano; Mindoro First District Rep. Rodolfo Valencia as president of Tagaytay Properties; VazBuilt CEO Edgardo Vasquez; Central Country Estate president Nestor Mangio; Filinvest Land president Andrew Gotianun Sr; Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando of BF Metal Corp.;  Ayala Land vice chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala; Palafox and Associates president Felino Palafox Jr. and managing partner Francisco Mañosa; John Gokongwei Jr. of Robinsons Land; and Rosemarie Basa of the Philippine Real Estate Festival.

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U.S.-based leisure- and entertainment-property developers have renewed their interest in developing world-class resorts and retirement havens in the country as they declared the readiness of the Philippines and its enormous potential to become a major participant in the ever-growing global tourism business.

Canvas of Spanish architecture in Pampanga

Pampanga is the gateway to many major provinces in the north with its strategic location in the heart of Central Luzon. San Fernando City, the bustling capital of the country’s culinary center, becomes the perfect site of the latest master-planned development of Communities Philippines.

Focalcast boosts digital out-of-home media with four new Makati towers

FLAT LCD screens installed in elevator lobbies of popular corporate towers and high-traffic office buildings that show weather forecast and other relevant and up-to-the-minute breaking news have become a trend-setting medium that largely benefits office workers and visitors alike.

Real-estate industry pillars recognized in BREW awards

Top leaders in Philippine real-estate recently gathered during the Biz­NewsAsia Real Estate Who’s Who (BREW) Awards at the Hotel Intercom in Makati, with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presenting the awards assisted by Antonio Lopez, BizNews­Asia publisher.