The Freeman

New city soon to rise within Mandaue City

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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). —

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