Camella’s new township up soon in northern part of city

Villar-led Camella Communities is launching before the end of the year another 20-hectare township in the northern part of Davao City where there’s a boom property development projects.
Although he did not give the exact date for the launching of the project, Marlon Nino B. Escalicas, manager of the company said the project will have components like low-cost housing, housing units with mid-range prices and those high-end units.
Escalicas said the project can be expanded as “it can go as high as 50 hectares” as the company is still finalizing its negotiations with the owners of the land.
“In the middle of this development is a commercial center primarily servicing the needs of the residents,” he said, pointing out that the project is “typical of Camella Communities development.”
The project will become a gated community and will have those usual Camella communities projects like a shuttle service and other amenities.
Although he did not provide more details on the project,  Calicas said it will be the first big investment for the company in the northern part of the city aside from its first condominium project, the Northpoint.
He explained the project will answer the call of the city government for property developers that will have all the components necessary for a township.
Roberto P. Alabado III, acting city development planning officer, earlier said that property developers must come up with projects that are like commercial business districts where there are not only housing units but other components that will allow residents to stay in their districts.
Alabado explained that there is a need to spread the developments so as to decongest the center of the city by putting up these townships.
The planning officer  also commended the developers for continuing to implement their projects even when the city government already imposed a moratorium on the granting of incentives to new projects.
Camella Communities have been expanding in the city because its mother company, Vista Land Co., has identified the city as among the four cities in the Visayas and Mindanao where it wants to concentrate its presence because of massive developments. Other cities were Cebu, Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro.
“The company has already established its reputation here as a good developer,” said Escalicas, adding that the company wanted to dominate the local market by coming up with new projects that will answer its needs.
 Although it is also massively expanding in other areas including those in Metro Manila, Escalicas said the mother company thought investing in the city has been a good proposition.