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It Is almost ImpossIble to do

justice to the heritage city o Cebu.

Te rst Philippine city discovered

by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand

Magellan, it was or centuries beore

a southeast Asian trading post, ound

along the trade routes to Borneo,

Indonesia, China and Arabia. And

or centuries ater that momentous

discovery, it was a colonial stronghold

o the Spanish crown.

Few properties can capture this

deep heritage, and do justice to it.

Except perhaps, Te Persimmon. Tis

1.4-hectare themed urban village is setto rise along M. J. Cuenco Avenue in

Mabolo, Cebu City.

Situated within minutes o the

historic citys central business district,

historical sites, places o worship

and academic institutions, Te

Persimmon is designed to be Cebus

ultimate city address.

It is made up o a cluster o

our low-rise condominium and

commercial buildings, all set to rise in

2010. Te commercial strip, expected

to draw a mix o trendy restaurants,

bistros, cas, and other upscale

establishments, is expected to be

open a year earlier.

It will eature generous greenscapes

and a host o amenities: unction

and board rooms, play courts

and swimming pools. Each o the

condominium towers will have aseparate administration and security

oces.

Landscape design is expected to be

unique, exotic and restul. It is being

done by the amous PGAA Creative

Design, designer o the magnicent

the Banyan ree Group in Indonesia,

the Hainan Mandarin, Sutera Harbor

Project in Kota Kinabalu and the

NUC Resort in Sentosa, Singapore.

Te Persimmon is designed by award-

winning architects Recio + Casas.

Te project, named ater the

ornamental mabolo tree, which

fourished along Cebus east coast

beore the onset o modernization,

aims to restore this tree to its ormer

glory. Tus, the property will be

planted generously with mabolo trees,

which attractively bear striking bright

red ruits.

Persimmon is the English name

or the trees classied under the

genus Diospyros, which includes the

Philippine mabolo.

Te project logo, o the tangerine

and crimson hues o the mabolo

ruit and its leaves, is meant to

refect the aims o the developmentitselwhich is to bring a simplied

yet richer liestyle to its vecinos.

Aboitiz Land, the developers,

have opted to call uture buyers

vecinos, which is the Spanish word

or neighbors, because the word aptly

captures the deep Spanish cultural

infuence on this centuries-old city.

Renowned lighting designer

Christine Sicangco Lighting Design,

Inc. (CSLDI), which boasts o the

amous Washington National A

the Calvin Klein showroom and

Megamall as some o its projec

part o Te Persimmon design

Te development also lays

claim to some o the countrys

best consultants: or structura

development, it is internationa

contractors R. S. Ison and Asso

or mechanical, sanitary and pl

consultancy it is Isagani M. Ma

and or electrical engineering

consultancy, it is R. A. Mojica a

Partners.

Te Persimmon is being bui

the site o the ormer Cebu Ox

and Acetylene Corporation (CO

building.Construction o the 15-store

ower was started in the secon

quarter o this year, and will be

over to vecinos within two year

tower will have 157 studio-, one

bedroom, two-bedroom and lo

units. Te building will have sto

rooms and three stories o park

cars and motorcycles.

Heritage homesfor a historic cityBoasting a uniquely restul yet exotic design by a world-renowned

designer, Te Persimmon signifcantly complements this historic city,

and bring to its 'vecinos' a simplifed yet richer liestyle