Construction of DMCI Homes’ Verdon Parc residential condominium development in Davao City is now in full swing following the launch of the project’s fourth and final building in early 2018.

Belvedere, the second building of the resort-inspired development along Ecoland Drive corner Peacock Street, already reached its full height of 20 residential levels in October, putting it on course to meet its March 2020 target occupancy date.

The third and fourth buildings, Trevans and Maurin, were successively launched this year following the sales success of the first two buildings, the sold-out Martel and the 90 percent sold Belvedere. Martel, the only mid-rise building of the four-building development, was turned over to unit owners in January 2017.

As of October 4, DMCI Homes’ initial foray into the Mindanao property market is already 61 percent sold, with reservation sales amounting to P4.55 billion.

Encouraged by the strong performance of Verdon Parc, DMCI Homes President Alfredo Austria said plans are underway for DMCI Homes’ second project in Davao.

“There is a healthy demand for residential condos in urban areas outside Metro Manila including Davao. We hope to help address that demand by designing and building homes that best fit the lifestyle and budget of our primary market which are start-up families,” Austria said.

Belvedere, Trevans and Maurin which are all 20-residential level tall buildings, offer a mix of spacious 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units ideal for start-up families and young professionals.

Unknown to many, the Philippines hosts a variety of beautiful flowering trees that could rival Japan's iconic Cherry Blossom and Japanese maple trees.

There's the radiant Pink Tabebuia (Tabebuia rosea) that produces light pink to purplish pink blooms and the flamboyant Palawan Cherry or “Balayong” (Cassia nodosa) whose lovely pale pink to white flowers help draw tourists to Puerto Princesa during summer. 

Others are more popular for their natural healing effects like the Salingbobog (Crateva religiosa) and Banaba (Lagerstroemia speciosa), but radiate a distinct splendor that is reminiscent of the admired Sakura tree. 

Residential condominiums continue to evolve as versatile solutions to urban living challenges. 

While startup families and young professionals continue to drive demand for condos as primary homes, global real estate services company Colliers International noted in one of their studies that there is a growing clamor for condominiums as halfway homes because of Metro Manila’s worsening traffic conditions.

Businesswoman Rovelyn Feliciano, for one, was looking for a convenient place to stay for her family to cut every day travel time from their house in Pulilan, Bulacan to the metro since her children go to school in Quezon City.

“It’s a bit exhausting for me and for my kids so we decided to look for a place situated between QC and Bulacan because I still have to go to my office in Bulacan every day,” said Feliciano who owns a trading firm specializing in industrial products in her home province.

Accustomed to living in a 200-square meter house, Feliciano admitted having second thoughts of residing in a condo as she wanted a bigger dwelling space for her husband Edison and their two children, Eilynn and Edison Jr. 

But all of her apprehensions changed when they visited a model unit in DMCI Homes’ Zinnia Towers resort-inspired development in Balintawak in early 2017.

“We considered other developers aside from DMCI Homes, which was second or third in our list. But when we saw the location, the security and the amenities plus the environment, then that’s the time we decided where to live,” Feliciano beamed.