By Richmond S. Mercurio (The
Philippine Star) | Updated January 25, 2015 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - Panlilio-owned
Boulevard Holdings Inc. (BHI) hopes to finally complete its new resort
development in Puerto Galera this year.
The listed property firm has had
problems finishing the resort project as it waited for additional funding.
“Management expects the soft opening
of the new resort within 2015,” BHI said.
The 38-key resort hotel project under
construction in Oriental Mindoro is being undertaken by BHI subsidiary Friday’s
Puerto Galera Inc.
BHI said the project was already 65
percent complete last September, but noted that “there are no changes to the
unfinished resort placed on ice and awaiting funding.”
Cost to complete the project was then
placed at P150 million.
The company, however, said its equity
has now increased due to continuous payment of JP Guilds Inc., a major
stockholder on BHI subscription of common shares.
“The ongoing Friday’s Puerto Galera
Inc. hotel construction in Oriental Mindoro will require funds for its capital
expenditures. Funds will come from the continuous investments of BHI through
equity infusion of JP Guilds Inc.,” the firm said.
BHI said it expects to soft open the
first 20 keys of the resort within the year.
It said the project would help boost
the company’s revenues in the future.
As of the first six months of its
fiscal year ending November, BHI said it suffered a 37 percent decrease in sales
and 32 percent drop in total revenues due to “lower saleable rooms brought by
the usurpation of property as well as forcible entry by the son of the previous
owner of a parcel of land at Friday’s Boracay which directly affected the sales
for the period.”
The lower revenues resulted in a net
loss for the period of P10.69 million, BHI reported.
BHI and its subsidiaries, owned by
businessman Jose Panlilio, develops real estate such as leisure, hotel and
tourist estates, as well as residential and office condominiums
The company operates Friday’s Boracay
Beach Resort through subsidiary Friday’s Holdings Inc.
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