by Anne A. Jambora, Philippine Daily Inquirer The game changer is here. Century Properties Group, the real-estate company behind some of the most exciting and revolutionary developments seen on Philippine soil—Gramercy Residences (a hyperamenitized and fully serviced luxury residence), Azure Urban Resort Residences (featuring the country’s first man-made beach and beach club designed by Paris…
by Van Dam, Cafe Biz Vietnam Revolution Precrafted specializes in selling prefabricated homes with an average price of $120,000 per unit. Customers can order through the company’s website and have their homes delivered in as little as 90 days around the world. According to Tech in Asia, the Philippines’ pre-built home-selling startup Revolution Precrafted is valued…
by Audrey N. Carpio, Esquire Magazine There’s a montage in HBO’s Silicon Valley where startup founders pitch their product at a TechCrunch Disrupt conference. They each earnestly and nerdily claim that their app is going to revolutionize the world and/or make it a better place, using the rhetoric of technological determinism to capture the deep…
by Tina Arceo-Dumlao, Philippine Daily Inquirer The peripatetic Robbie Antonio is a man in a hurry, driven hard by his lofty ambition to make Revolution Precrafted, reputedly the world’s only branded housing company, the country’s first “unicorn” or startup firm valued at over $1 billion. And Antonio, who maximizes every second of his waking hours,…
by Amor Maclang, Business Mirror TODAY, I start a series on technological transformation in real estate from construction and marketing operations. Technology either elicits fear or awe, and the success of legacy businesses as real estate depends on their ability to pivot fast. Customer unfriendly construction process A universal life landmark that bears utmost importance is…
by Amor Maclang, Business Mirror WITH the advent of green building and opting for better sustainable materials in our business districts, the landscape of home building begs to follow suit. This brings about the question: What kind of homes and structures should we be building today? According to The Cities Alliance, the Philippines has been…
by Bilyonaryo Achieving the “unicorn” status for his real estate startup revolution Precrafted, Robbie Antonio has pole-vaulted his way to Forbes’ list of top billionaires around the globe. Robbie, who is the youngest of the batch, joins his father Jose E.B. Antonio, chairman of Century Properties The father-and-son duo is now on the 28th spot…
by Philippine Daily Inquirer The movers and shakers of the real estate industry over the past couple of decades have predominantly been architects and designers, whose wealth of experience has borne iconic structures. Recently design and art has begun to intersect with other disciplines. Art, design, architecture, and fashion are all means for self-expression, fashion…
by Esquire Philippines The release of the Forbes Philippines’ 50 Richest list always makes the headlines, even if there are few surprises. This year, for example, SM mogul Henry Sy tops the list for the tenth time in a row, followed—again—by John Gokongwei and Enrique Razon. It’s a different story when you look at the younger billionaires on the…
by Bianca Salonga, Forbes Robbie Antonio, founder and CEO of Revolution Precrafted, speaks the language of art and design. As a real estate mogul, he has spearheaded projects all over the country in collaboration with design greats like Philippe Starck, Versace, Missoni and Armani, just to name a few. His home, which also happens to…