Ayala breaks ground on P20-billion Davao township

By Carmelito Q. Francisco, Correspondent DAVAO CITY — Companies behind the newest township development in the city, the Azuela Cove, hope to complete the project within the...

St. Luke’s to up budget for hospital at Azuela Cove

ST. LUKE’S Medical Center said it could spend more than the initial P2.79 billion it allocated for a new facility it is building with...

Braving security fears, Chinese seek ‘Silk Road’ riches in Pakistan

LAHORE, PAKISTAN/SHANGHAI — Zhang Yang, a businessman from Chongqing in southwest China, is searching online forums for fellow stout-hearted entrepreneurs willing to cast aside...

US towns that want to shed Confederate symbols hit bureaucratic roadblocks

AS EARLY as November, the stretch of Jefferson Davis Highway that runs through Alexandria, Virginia, will boast a new title after the city council...

Metro Manila condominium rents fall, selling prices plateau

Condominium vacancy rates across Metro Manila’s central business districts rose in the second quarter and will likely pick up further in the next 12...

Gokongwei finds more ways to build hotel empire in Mindanao

By Maya M. Padillo, Correspondent DAVAO CITY — Robinsons Land Corp. is set to open its budget Go Hotels branch in Iligan City by the...

Hong Kong property investors go trophy hunting in London despite Brexit

LONDON — Chinese investment in London commercial property has more than trebled since before Britain voted to leave the European Union, most of it...

Shadow over HK property leaves Singapore ahead

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- Hong Kong’s property stocks are cheaper than Singapore’s, although not cheap enough to account for the risk that the world’s least...

MGM Resorts bets on wealthier masses to catch up in Macau

HONG KONG -- MGM Resorts International is counting on a growing number of affluent Chinese customers to drive revenue at its new Macau property,...

Filling Spaces (08/15/17)

BPO corridor in Quezon City THE VICINITY of Roosevelt Station, the northern terminus of the Manila LRT line 1, and the area near train stops...

Malaysia’s $100-B city charming Asia’s wealthiest

By Maria Eloisa I. Calderon Editor-at-Large JOHOR, MALAYSIA -- At the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula -- near its maritime border with Singapore -- there...