Villar group opens new retail hub in Las Piñas
By Arra B. Francia, Reporter
TYCOON Manuel B. Villar, Jr. unveiled a hub for its retail establishments in Las Piñas, amid efforts to strengthen his property business outside Metro Manila.
All Value Holdings Corp. (AVHC), the retail arm of the Villar group, opened the Global South Complex which houses branches of All Home, All Day Supermarket, Bake My Day and Coffee Project.
Mr. Villar, who serves as All Value’s chairman, said the expansion of its retail developments will follow that of its residential business through Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc., which is currently present in 128 cities and municipalities primarily outside Metro Manila.
“They will be looking for these things (retail establishments). That is why the group started going into this, malls, cinemas, ganitong community…bumabalik na (outside Metro Manila),” Mr. Villar told reporters on Tuesday.
The 20,000-square meter (sq.m.) complex is dominated by All Home, the company’s home building, furnishing and improvement store. The Las Piñas branch is the brand’s largest so far, bringing the All Home footprint to 150,000 sq.m. nationwide.
“The (All Home) brand continues to expand its product scope by offering more than just building and construction materials from local and international brands,” All Value said.
The complex also includes an All Day Supermarket, its 12th location in the country. The supermarket includes a “paluto” section, where customers can pick meat and seafood items to be cooked on the spot.
“All Day now also features an imported goods section, International Food Stop, which serves up the world’s best and brings them even closer to home,” the company said.
The Villar group has also opened the 21st location for its coffee chain called Coffee Project.
“The idea behind this is mas peaceful, pwede ka magtagal…maganda ambiance ng store. I feel that all developments should have a good coffee shop — it could serve as an office as well,” Mr. Villar said.
Mr. Villar noted each Coffee Project location requires around P10 million to P15 million to build.
Completing the lineup of store openings is Bake My Day, the company’s seventh in the country.
“Bake My Day, a new concept bakery, provides more than 50 variants of baked goods at every location at any given time,” the company said.
AVHC is part of Mr. Villar’s group of companies. The businessman also has investments in residential projects through listed firm Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc., mall operations through Starmall, Inc., and deathcare through Golden Haven, Inc.
