Remarkable wins: An affirmation of hard work and passion
The 2024 real estate awards season proves golden for Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) and its subsidiaries, bagging the Best Developer honor, among other accolades, from two prestigious award-giving bodies, all in the same month.
Three-peat victory
“[Winning] affirms all the hard work, passion and commitment we have in our vision,” said Jericho P. Go, senior vice president and general manager of Robinsons Offices, referring to Robinsons Land’s three-peat victory as Best Developer (Philippines) at the PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards held earlier this month.
“We’ve always spoken about this: Our values in Gokongwei group, entrepreneurial mindset, integrity and stewardship,” Go said.
“We’re very proud to win it three years in a row. There is…intense pressure to deliver it for a fourth time,” added John Richard B. Sotelo, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Robinsons Land.
“The team has been working so hard… trying to find that unique difference, that design change, the experience upgrade, and the customers, to try to give us a little bit of an edge (in the market), that’s what’s important,” Sotelo said.
Prestigious recognitions
Fresh from that triumph, Robinsons Land was once more named as Best Developer, this time at the Dot Property Philippines Awards held on Sept. 12.
In this gathering, which saw over 30 awards announced, Robinsons bagged several more awards: Best Luxury Condominium Development for Mantawi Residences; Best Smart Home Condominium Development for SYNC; and Best Sustainable Development for Le Pont Residences. Finally, Robinsons Land was conferred the Special Recognition Award for Innovation.
For the PropertyGuru Philippine Property Awards, Robinsons Land also won Best Developer (Luzon) and garnered a highly commended citation under Best Sustainable Developer—both under Developer Awards. RLC Residences was highly commended as Best Lifestyle Developer. For the Portfolio Awards, it was also highly commended under Best Operational Office Portfolio category.
In Development Awards, it won Best BPI Office Development for Cybergate Iloilo Tower 3, highly commended under Best Green Office Development for Cybergate Iloilo Towers 1 & 2, and Best Co-Working Space for work.able Robinsons Summit Center.
It was highly commended as well under Best Condo Development (Luzon) and Best High End Condo Development (Metro Cebu for Woodsville Crest for Galleria Residences, respectively. The Residences at The Westin Manila captured Best Branded Residential Development, Best Wellness Residential Development and Best Lifestyle Condo Development. Sierra Valley Gardens was highly commended under the Best Smart Home Development category.
For Design Awards, RLC took home Best Office Architectural Design and Best Office Interior Design for GBF Center 1.
Champion of change, innovation
The winners at the nationals garnered the right to compete for the “Best in Asia” recognition at the 19th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final, scheduled on Dec. 13 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Likewise, for the Dot Property Philippines Awards, the developer and its projects will move on to the bigger stage, particularly the Dot Property Southeast Asia Awards, to be held also in December in Bangkok.
“For me, [the award] means that we uniquely meet, and deliver on an unmet need of a customer in a way no one else does,” Sotelo said. “People will call it X factor. But I always say that, if you know your customer deeply enough, it will reach a point where, when you mention a need, they’ll be like, ‘Oh my God, I didn’t even realize that.’ And that’s what I think is when we get to be the best so far. It seems to be working for us.”
“You need to be the champion of change, champion of innovation, sustainability, so we have to lead by example… We have to constantly improve ourselves,” said Go. “For our fellow Filipinos and the rest of the world, we want to tell everyone that the Philippines is open for business, and you want [RLC] to lead the way.”
