New city soon to rise within Mandaue City
Mandaue City will soon transform into a world-class city in the future with the Global City Mandaue project, which is a master-planned reclamation with a land area spanning 101 hectares along the Mactan Channel.
Sheila Romero, chairperson and chief executive officer of Global City Mandaue, said during the project’s groundbreaking ceremony yesterday that the project will be reclaimed this year which will be located 2.7 kilometers across the Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
Romero thanked her husband, Deputy House Speaker Mikee Romero, and Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes for trusting her to be the shepherd of their vision in building this master-planned city for the people of Mandaue, Cebu Province, and the world.
She said that this Global City Mandaue will comprise three districts namely, the civic district, the commercial district and the waterfront luxury district.
“Mandauehanons will witness endless possibilities of progress within Global City Mandaue,” Romero said adding, “my team and I promise to endeavor to bring your vision of making this new City of Mandaue a premier landmark destination into a reality.”
Romero said that the groundbreaking is an important milestone as it is a realization of the dream of two visionaries (her husband and the mayor) who started this plan for a bigger and better Mandaue City many years ago.
She recalled that it was in 2012 when the seeds of this partnership of Global City Mandaue Corporation and the City of Mandaue were first planted as she commends her husband whose unparalleled vision on business and whose guidance as her life-partner in the many hats that she wears, has proven to be invaluable.
She further said that Global City Mandaue honors the heritage of Mandaue City through the symbolic “Bantayan sa Hari” or the watchtower, which symbolizes the transformation from the old city to the new.
“As the new development is envisioned to be the bridge to a new tomorrow by the coalescence of the past and the future,” she said.
She added that they have meticulously chosen world renowned design consultants and engineers to help their company.
These are the RTKL, one of the best masterplanners in the world to design the city; the Royal Hasskoning, a leading Dutch reclamation design consultant to ensure the viability of the reclamation; ESCA Incorporated for land development which one of the Philippines best; and Cebu’s pride, Canizares Architects Designs as their local architects.
Global City Mandaue will also incorporate Biophyllic designs and all buildings will be BERDE-certified while the green facades and vertical gardens in the CBD district will show the city’s sustainable lifestyle aspirations.
Aside from that, there will be dedicated jogging paths, bike lanes, a world class skate park, and two kilometer boardwalk.
Cortes, in his speech, said that this project will help the city become more attractive to locators bringing in more investments and jobs, which in turn, will help improve the local economy and quality of life.
The Global City Mandaue Corporation, a Filipino-owned and controlled real estate development corporation, aims to build this world-class waterfront city with an initial project cost of P20 billion.
This is a Joint Venture Partnership with the Mandaue City Local Government and sanctioned by the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA). —