There are few achievements more fulfilling than to own one’s own home. However, despite concerted efforts by both government and real estate developers, the sufficient production of qualify affordable housing has remained a challenge for many years.
In order to make properties more affordable to buyers amidst the forces of post-pandemic inflation and a highly regulated industry, many developers are compelled to deliver housing products with minimal levels of finishing.
But one developer takes a different approach. Citihomes Builder and Development Inc., or CBDI, delivers mass housing communities with features that are above and beyond that of their peers in their segment of the housing industry.
Rosie Tsai, CBDI’s President, has consistently emphasized their vision: to offer not only quality affordable homes for ordinary Filipinos, but also to make them feel proud of owning their own property and of improving their quality of life.
“We continuously keep our buyers’ needs and desires in mind when creating our developments. Our responsibility as a developer is to provide expertise, experience, and secure community life that homebuyers would have difficulty achieving on their own, such as structural integrity, space planning, materials selection, and a rewarding home acceptance process.” Tsai said.
“We are committed to maintaining a personal touch to every buyer we serve and every home we build, while maintaining affordable prices across our product range.” Tsai added.
CBDI’s standards speak for themselves – security grills on all house models, high ceilings to provide sound and heat insulation, class-leading amenities including air-conditioned clubhouses and covered sports facilities, Move-In fiestas for homebuyers, are just some of the manifestations of the CBDI way.
The fully-airconditioned clubhouse and the community swimming pool adjacent to it.
CBDI recently celebrated its 40th founding anniversary and 18th year as a full-fledged real estate developer. Beginning in 1983 as a humble build-and-sell operation in the outskirts of Metro Manila, in 2006 it embarked on a rebranding campaign highlighting the Company’s tagline, “Building from the Heart”.
With this vision, the Company aimed to improve the delivery of homes and communities to buyers. This includes educating buyers on the complexities of property investment and ownership, the intricacies of home loan financing, ensuring efficient delivery of its housing products, and empowering villages to create self-sustaining homeowners’ associations.
To date, CBDI has a total of more than 150 hectares of residential developments in Cavite and Bulacan, which include 20 completed communities, comprised of more than 16,000 happy homeowners.
Beyond Housing: CBDI Commitment to Sustainable Residential Communities
For their 41st year and beyond, CBDI’s drive for innovation has set them on a path to elements-focused construction and community-developing practices.
According to John Philip Wang, CBDI’s Executive Vice President, the Company commits to incorporate class-leading sustainability features in their current and as many of their future housing projects as possible, while maintaining affordable prices and financing for its buyers.
These elements-inspired sustainable measures include grid-tied solar energy panel systems, rainwater harvest tanks, minimal use of lumber in both construction processes and housing products, reduced-carbon cement, and solar-powered streetlights, which are already active in their current projects.
“Our network of experts and industrial partners continues to grow, with the next endeavor being household composting and focused recycling programs to help our communities reduce our overall dependence on waste hauling and landfills” Wang said.
“We are fully intent on continuing on this path, to enjoin not only our buyers but as many stakeholders as possible to engage in conscientious and responsible living.” he added.
The first of CBDI’s next-generation projects, Liora Homes Naic, has already been awarded a 3-Star rating by the prestigious BERDE Districts of the Philippine Green Building Council, and its Amora townhouse model an equally significant EDGE Certification by the International Finance Corp. (IFC). These awards are testaments to the Company’s thrust of building from the heart to enhance the lives of Filipino homeowners.
There will be more to come on the near horizon with CBDI’s next and biggest development, Paseo de Lipa.
