ILOILO CITY —- Construction activities in the city, including a 405-room hotel to be put up by giant property developer Megaworld Corp., remained unabated despite an economic slump in Western Visayas.
The city government has received 1,037 building permit applications and approved 655 as of April 16, said the city’s public information office.
The number of applications for the first three-and-a-half months this year has surpassed the 990 approved business permits last year.
Megaworld recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for Belmont Hotel at the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park (IBP) in Mandurriao District, near the Iloilo Convention Center.
The property developer said dem…
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