Jul 072013
 

MANILA, Philippines – Lumina Homes Inc., a unit of listed Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc. is seeking incentives for a new housing project in Batangas.

The Board of Investments (BOI) said Lumina Homes has filed an application for registration with the agency “as a new developer of low cost mass housing project (Lumina Phase 1) with a capacity of 158 low-cost mass housing units on a non-pioneer status.”

The project is located at Brgy. San Vicente, Sto. Tomas, Batangas.

Should its application with the agency be approved, Lumina Homes can quality for incentives such as income tax holidays.

The government offers incentives to firms that invest in preferred sectors or activities.

Under the 2012 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), which serves as the country’s investment promotions blueprint, mass housing is considered a preferred activity.

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Lumina Homes is partly-owned by Vista Land.

Vista Land, the country’s largest homebuilder, caters to all income segments in the country through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Brittany Corp., Crown Asia Properties Inc.,  Camella Inc., Communities PhilippinesInc. and Vista Residences Inc.

Its range of product offering starts from below P1 million to P48 million.

As of the first quarter, Vista Land’s net income amounted to P1.342 billion, 29 percent higher than the P1.036 billion in the same period last year.

May 282013
 
Vista Land tops Finance Asia’s ‘Best Mid Cap,’ ‘Best CFO’ awards

MANILA, Philippines – Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc., the Philippine Stock Exchange-listed flagship company of Sen. Manny Villar, has garnered several awards from the prestigious Hong Kong-based FinanceAsia magazine. Based on the final tally of votes for FinanceAsia’s 13th annual poll of Asia’s top companies, Vista Land ranked number one in two key categories: “Best Mid Cap” company and “Best CFO.” The company also made it to the top 10 in five other categories: Best Managed Company – 8th; Best Corporate Governance – 5th; Best Investor Relations – 3rd; Best Corporate Social Responsibility – 10th; Most Committed to a strong dividend policy – 6th.  Vista Land improved its ranking from 7th in “Best Investor Relations” and 4th in “Best Mid Cap” in 2012. For the second year in a row, Vista Land’s Chief Financial  Officer, Ricardo Tan, Jr., was voted number one by investors and analysts across the region in the “Best CFO” category. Metro Pacific Investments CFO David Nicol came in second, while Emmanuel Singson of First Gen, Iker Aboitiz of Aboitiz Power, and Ismael Basa of Joillibee all came in third equal. Last year, Vista Land was the sole winner of the “Best Investor Relations award” from rival publication Asiamoney, and also received a Best Investor Relations award from CorporateGovernanceAsia. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 CorporateGovernancAsia also cited Vista Land as one of Asia’s Most Promising Companies in Corporate Governance in 2013. Vista Land, the largest homebuilder in the Philippines, posted a net income Read More …