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Robinsons Land poised to buy property in Libis

Posted on November 29, 2012 10:29:01 PM [ BusinessWorld Online ]
HOLDING FIRM Republic Glass Holdings Corp. has moved to sell its two-hectare property in Quezon City to real estate developer Robinsons Land Corp., which in turn may transform the lot into a future mixed-use project.  “Republic Glass today (Nov. 28) announced that it signed with Robinsons Land an agreement under the terms of which Republic Glass will sell its two-hectare property in Libis, Quezon City,” the holding firm said in a disclosure yesterday.
The transaction was confirmed by Robinsons Land in a separate disclosure yesterday.
PLANS
“We are building a mixed-use development in the Republic Glass property,” Roseann C. Villegas, Robinsons Land director for corporate public relations, said further in a text message yesterday when asked about the Gokongwei-led developer’s plans for the property.
She was unable to elaborate, however, stating for instance that “the purchase value was not disclosed.”
The property sale to Robinsons Land will take place in tranches over two years, Republic Glass explained in its disclosure yesterday.
“The sale shall be on installment basis with payments to be made over two years,” the holding company said without elaborating.
The Libis property, which measures 20,000 square meters (sq. m.) consisting of a lot and warehouse, is currently in “good condition” and is being leased out to an undisclosed group, according to the company’s end-September financial report.
Republic Glass earns approximately P1.5 million per month in rental income from its Libis property, Geronimo F. Velasco, Jr., Republic Glass president and vice-chairman, had said at the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting last April.
The company has recently been disposing of its assets located in various locations nationwide.
Last April, Republic Glass completed the sale of a 191,905 sq. m. vacant lot in Batangas to construction firm Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. of Manila, Inc. for P347 million.
Aside from its Batangas and Quezon City properties, the company also holds parcels of land in Cagayan de Oro City, Tagaytay City, and Palawan for future development or disposal.
Republic Glass was incorporated in 1956 as Republic Glass Corp., a manufacturer and supplier of flat glass. It spun off its glass operations in 1990 to form Republic-Asahi Glass Corp. in a joint venture with Japan-based Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.
Since 2001, Republic Glass has been engaged primarily in the purchase and sale of government and corporate investment-grade bonds and money market placements.
In the near term the holding company said it will continue to seek and assess possibilities for strategic alliances with other firms.
Republic Glass more than doubled its net income to P143.79 million as of September from P57.78 million in the same nine months last year.
In the same comparative periods, revenues fell 6.11% to P49.76 million from P53 million, while general and administrative expenses fell 4.92% to P22.04 million from P23.18 million.
“The improvement in net income was, to a large extent, the result of gain from sale of investment properties of P109.94 million and from mark-to-market gain on financial assets at fair value… of P35.64 million compared to P47.35-million loss posted same period last year,” the company said in its end-September financial report.
Mr. Velasco said last April that Republic Glass expected the return of one-time gains that were absent last year to boost its 2012 net income following a double-digit drop in its 2011 earnings to P78.93 million. He did not elaborate.
Shares of Republic Glass added 18 centavos or 8.11% to P2.40 apiece yesterday from P2.22 last Wednesday, while those of Robinsons Land were traded unchanged at P19.00 apiece. -- Franz Jonathan G. de la Fuente       
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