ILOILO – DoubleDragon Properties Corporation (DoubleDragon) and its industrial leasing subsidiary, CentralHub Industrial Centers, Incorporated (CentralHub), have signed a P3.97 billion binding agreement with Jollibee Foods Corporation (Jollibee) in CentralHub.
Jollibee will acquire common shares of CentralHub in a combination of cash and infusion of its 16.4 hectares of industrial properties currently utilized as its commissaries.
The portfolio of industrial properties that will be infused into CentralHub includes the largest operating commissary of Jollibee.
The additional commissary assets to be infused will increase the total industrial land portfolio of CentralHub to 39.8 hectares.
“We are excited to work together with Jollibee in developing CentralHub into the largest landlord of industrial warehouses in the country. We see CentralHub to become a major recurring income contributor to DoubleDragon,” said DoubleDragon chairman Edgar “Injap” Sia II.
“Not only will this partnership between DoubleDragon and Jollibee bring forth many benefits to both sides, but it will also accelerate CentralHub’s goal to become the first and the largest Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in the Philippine Stock Exchange,” Sia added.
According to DoubleDragon chief investment officer Hannah Yulo- Luccini, the company will further grow its revenue and profit sources and continue to strengthen its balance sheet year on year with strategic steps such as this partnership with Jollibee.
CentralHub is a portfolio of industrial warehouse complexes suited for use as a warehouse, commissary, cold storage facility, and logistics distribution center./PN
