Cebu Landmasters posts stellar Q1 2022 growth with revenue up 53% YoY

May 17, 2022 Migo V. 0 Comments

Homegrown Cebu Landmasters sees robust growth in its portfolio as economy further improves post-covid restrictions

VisMin Leading developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) reported outstanding Q1 2022 revenue growth of 53% to Php3.56 billion from Php2.3 billion in Q1 2021 with all business units registering stellar performance.

The company has regularly recorded a surge in revenues even despite the onset of the Pandemic from real estate sales including residential, offices, hotels, mixed-use, and township projects across Visayas and Mindanao.

Sales take-up also surged to Php4.5 billion or 36% more than Q1 2021’s Php3.3 billion. The biggest contributor was The East Village, the first residential project of CLI’s Davao Global Township (DGT) named as the Best Township in Asia by PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards in 2021. Three of the residential community’s six towers sold out in four days, prompting the launch of the fourth tower in Q2 2022.

CLI’s rental revenues improved by 28% and are attributable to increases in lease contracts and new tenants in the newly completed Latitude Corporate Center. Hotel revenue grew fourfold with the reopening of local and international borders, reviving trade and tourism. Meanwhile, CLI’s property management arm posted a 34% hike in management fees from newly completed projects.

“We are pleased that we began the year strong with robust sales and swift construction pick up of new projects,” says CLI chairman and chief executive officer Jose Soberano III. “We are on track to hit our growth target of at least 20%. We remain ready to make the most of opportunities presented by the fast-recovering VisMin economy.”

To date, CLI has sold out 89% of all its projects in the various stages of development across VisMin. Completed projects are 96% sold out; ongoing developments, 86% sold out; and those launched in Q1 2022, 80% sold out.

CLI is also expected to collect over Php12 billion take out value from strong turnover of newly completed projects such as MesaTierra Garden Residences in Davao, Latitude Corporate Center and 38 Park Avenue in Cebu, MesaVerte Residences and Velmiro Heights CDO in Cagayan de Oro and MesaVirre Garden Residences in Bacolod.

The company’s 121-hectare high-value landbank will ensure CLI’s sustainable performance in the next few years. CLI has set aside Php13 billion for capital expenditures to fund new purchases and other expenses, of which Php2.6 billion was spent in Q1 including Php500 million for landbank.