Paid Advertisement Tuesday, May 1, 2012 SYNERGY MEDIA SPECIALISTS thePHILIPPINES A guide to real estate and medical tourism Why these industries should matter to Filipinos and Americans in the Bay Area Overseas Filipinos fuel property sector boom A Cause for Celebration and is expected to reach $20 area fuel a variety of sectors in tic market today include the investment opportunities in the - ‘Labor Day’ in the Philip- billion in 2012. the Philippines. building of high quality, life- country. pines. Of the ten million overseas While most Filipinos leave style driven developments de- According to the Republic Filipinos worldwide, an esti- the Philippines for better em- signed to meet the needs of Act. No. 4726 (the Condomin- Today, in more than eighty mated 200,000 reside in the ployment opportunities, for relatively affluent Filipinos. ium Act) as long as no more countries, the contributions San Francisco Bay Area of most, there is a strong desire Modern condominiums and than forty percent of the units made by workers to their re- California. Daly City in San throughout OFWs to return homes built in the Philippines in a project are acquired by spective countries are being Mateo County is home to one home later in life. today cater to the different in- foreigners, foreign nationals celebrated through Labor Day of the largest Filipino commu- The opportunity to earn a come brackets of OFWs. From are today able to buy condo- festivities. nities in the Bay Area with an higher wage abroad enables the mid-cost segment to the minium units in the Philippines. The impact of Filipino over- estimated Filipino population OFWs to provide their fam- luxury, high-rise residential There is a wide choice of de- seas workers (OFWs) on the of over 32,000. ily members back home with condominiums and homes, velopers to choose from when Philippines’ economy contin- Filipinos work in varied lines a better lifestyle through a new developments continue considering investing in prop- ues to fuel growth and cre- of work including doc- higher standard of living. As a to rise above the Metro Manila erty in the Philippines. While ate wealth and opportunities tors, physical thera- result of this desire to improve skyline and surrounding cities. industry heavyweights Ayala throughout the country. pists, nurses (see their lives and those of their These contemporary and Land and Megaworld Corpora- The estimated ten million page four - Medical relatives, houses and condo- impressive developments are tion continue to build in prime overseas Filipinos world- Tourism), accoun- miniums are considered to re-shaping the once dormant locations across the country, wide (11% of the total pop- tants, IT profes- be the most important invest- skyline of Metro Manila. relative newcomers are creat- ulation), are referred to sionals, engineers, ments OFWs can make in the This drive to create a glam- ing a more diversified and ac- as ‘modern day heroes’ architects, enter- Philippines. orous and modern property cessible property sector. Earth by both the Philippine tainers, techni- In addition to how OFWs sector in Manila is embodied and Style, Greenfield Develop- government and their cians, teachers, continue to provide better liv- by Paris Hilton’s endorsement ment Corporation and SMDC fellow countrymen. Re- military service- ing conditions for their rela- ‘Azure Urban Resort Residenc- are successfully offering alter- mittances from OFWs men, seafarers, tives back home, an increas- es’, a luxury property devel- native opportunities to poten- today account for students, care- ing number of Filipino ‘baby oped by Century Properties. tial investors. 13.5% of the country’s givers, domestic boomers’ in the Bay Area are The company has also recent- Developers are continually gross domestic prod- helpers and fast also looking to return to and ly collaborated with The Trump improving construction stan- uct (US$18.3 billion wood workers. retire in the Philippines in the Organization to bring the first dards while remaining focused - up 7% from Janu- Filipinos in the next five to ten years. As a re- Trump branded building – on offering quality, modern ary to November of Bay Area con- sult, the real estate and prop- ‘Trump Tower Manila’, to the developments at appropriate last year) tribute signifi- erty sectors in the Philippines Philippines. The tower will be a price points. With the industry cantly to a di- are being driven by the invest- 250-unit residential skyscraper heading in the right direction verse range ments being made from over- and promises to be one of the and OFWs and foreigners con- of industries seas Filipinos. country’s tallest buildings. tinuing to make investments, in the U.S. Property developers in the With the Philippines property interest in the property indus- while re- Philippines are increasingly boom not expected to slow try in the Philippines looks set mittances reaching out to OFWs in the down in the foreseeable future, to increase and further fuel the © Century Properties from the US. 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