Reservation sales of DMCI Homes’ The Orabella residential condominium  development along P. Tuazon Avenue, Cubao, Quezon City have breached the P3 billion mark less than a year after it was launched late last year.

As of July 7 this year, the single-tower 45-residential level development is 82 percent sold, with just 171 units remaining out of the total unit inventory.

The modern tropical architecture-themed development has posted robust sales since it was launched in December last year and has been one of the top selling projects of DMCI Homes this year along with Prisma Residences, Kai Garden Residences, Fairlane Residences, and Infina Towers.

DMCI Homes Senior Vice President for Sales Florante C. Ofrecio attributed the strong sales of The Orabella to the increasing housing demand in Quezon City amidst projections of property consultancy firms of a double digit hike in office supply until the year 2020.

With its excellent proximity not only to the Araneta Center but also to other business centers such as Eastwood City, Ortigas Center and UP Technohub, the 4,893 square meter-property has attracted young investors banking on potential rental income and fast-rising land values in the former Philippine capital.

“We have observed that more and more young professionals are seeing residential condos as worthy investment vehicles as reflected by The Orabella’s buyers’ profile,” Ofrecio said.

Apart from a flourishing economy, upcoming big ticket government infrastructure projects in the city such as the Metro Manila Subway Project are projected to increase the number of inhabitants to 3.1 million by 2020 from 2.7 million in 2010.

In its bid to boost the community’s anti-dengue and flood-prevention measures at the height of the rainy season, DMCI Homes, the country’s first Quadruple A developer, recently conducted a clean-up activity in Barangay Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City.

Armed with brooms and dust pans, over 25 volunteer employees and unit owners last August 4 beefed up the village’s clean and green committee for the clean-up drive along streets surrounding the Guadalupe Viejo Barangay Hall.

“Nagpapasalamat po kami sa ginawa natin na clean-up drive dahil malaki ang naiaambag nito sa komunidad ng Guadalupe Viejo. Although we are doing the clean-up drive weekly on our own, mas nadadagdagan ang mga lugar na nalilinis kapag marami tayong katulong,” Guadalupe Viejo Barangay Chairman Dennis Almario said.

“Unang-una ay panahon ng tag-ulan na kung saan mayroon tayong mga kaso ng dengue. Nagpapasalamat kami sa DMCI Homes na aming kaakbay sa aming paniniwala na ang malinis na kapaligiran ay malayo sa karamdaman,” he added.

Almario also thanked the leading developer of resort-inspired condominium communities for donating a floater, cleaning poles and trash stands to help the barangay in de-clogging the nearby Balisampan creek and prevent flooding in the area.

United by a culture of building communities, some 70 volunteer employees and residents of DMCI Homes condominium projects recently gathered together for a house-painting activity for the benefit of residents of Gawad Kalinga’s Manggahan-Kawayanan Village located in Barangay Marcelo Green, Parañaque City.

Held last July 7, the volunteers helped spruce up a total of 26 housing units in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity organized by DMCI Homes together with Gawad Kalinga.  The 26 beautified homes were among the 93 socialized housing units donated by the leading resort-inspired community developer to Gawad Kalinga in Parañaque City.

Von Castor, a business process manager at the DMCI Homes Property Management Corporation (DPMC) said he didn’t hesitate to volunteer knowing the activity’s impact to community building.

“We, at the DPMC, we’re after community building. So we’re very happy that we were part of this activity. It may just be a house-painting activity but there’s a deeper meaning behind it,” Castor said.

“Of course before you build a community, you first build a home. We hope na yung pinagpaguran namin, pinaghirapan namin maging ‘home’ siya para sa beneficiary na family,” he explained.