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Villar set to launch 80-hectare casino complex

A SUBSIDIARY of Villar-led Prime Asset Ventures, Inc. is set to launch an 80-hectare casino and entertainment complex in the Las Piñas-Parañaque area by 2023. Villar Group Chairman Manuel B. Villar, Jr. said around $1 billion has been committed to the project. “We will be launching it early next year since the casino has already been built,” he told reporters on Fri...

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Tower of debt: Villar’s Vista Land most vulnerable among Big Six property firms to the economic fallout from a POGO ban

Vista Land & Lifescapes (VLL) of ultra bilyonaryo Manny Villar might have limited exposure to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO), but it is the most at risk to an economic fallout from the proposed ban on Chinese-backed tenants. VLL has the biggest loan exposure among the country’s top property companies with a net debt to equity ratio of 128 percent. The rest of the Big...

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Vista Land Q3 profit jumps 13%

VISTA LAND & Lifescapes, Inc. expanded its earnings by 13% in the third quarter, as its real estate sales continued to grow. The Villar-led property developer posted a P3.16-billion attributable net income in the July to September period, from P2.87 billion a year ago. Consolidated revenues climbed 7% to P10.96 billion as expenses rose 12% to P6.98 billion during the same three months....

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VLL plans new bond offerings

VILLAR-LED Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc. (VLL) is planning to raise as much as P40 billion from the domestic bond market, as it ramps up the expansion of its residential and commercial projects. The listed property developer told the stock exchange yesterday it has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the shelf registration of fixed-rate retail bonds am...

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