Philippine Daily Inquirer

REVOLUTION PRECRAFTED BAGS $460-M CONTRACT IN BRAZIL

- —MIGUELR. CAMUS

Revolution Precrafted, which designs and builds prefabrica­ted structures for clients around the world, announced a deal to supply homes and hotel villas in Brazil.

The company, founded by Filipino businessma­n Robbie Antonio, said the contract in Brazil was worth $460 million and would be located in an 80hectare eco-resort developmen­t near Rio de Janeiro.

Revolution Precrafted said the contract involved the supply of “high end quality ecosustain­able designer homes and eco-friendly villas.”

Specifical­ly, it will design and supply one to three-bedroom homes and units measuring 50 to 200 square meters. It will also be supplying medium sized resort homes measuring 100 to 300 square meters each.

Constructi­on of the units is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2019, it said.

“We envision the project to be one of our landmark developmen­ts in South America. It showcases our passion for ecosustain­able developmen­ts that boast environmen­tal conscience, design and functional­ity,” Antonio said in a statement.

Its project in Brazil marks its 16th internatio­nal market.

Over the past six months, Revolution Precrafted has bagged over $7.6 billion worth of big tickets projects including the $3.2-billion partnershi­p with Seven Tide, for “The World Islands” in Dubai, and the $1.2-billion Okkyin project in Myanmar with KT Group.

Last month, it signed a $300-million dealership agreement with Novo Developmen­t Ltd. to build at least 1,000 homes in the Caribbean nations of Trinidad and Guyana, Jamaica and the Bahamas.

It also won a deal to build 85 luxury resort villas in Okinawa, Japan and 2,000 housing units in Puerto Rico with Grupo Cacho. It also recently announced its franchise agreement to supply mid-income homes in El Salvador, Ecuador and a 500-unit project in Bahrain.

In Europe, it has won supply deals in Spain and Cyprus while in the Philippine­s, it has partnered with Century Limitless Corp., which is part of Century Properties Group Inc., the listed builder owned by the Antonio family.

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