{"id":6925,"date":"2020-06-02T01:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T01:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6925"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:48:18","slug":"suncity-philippines-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suncity-philippines-casino","title":{"rendered":"Suncity Group increases stake in Philippines developer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The agreement for almost US$145 million in convertible bonds will provide funding for the hotel and casino at Westside City Resorts World in Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Hong Kong\u2019s Suncity Group has announced a subscription agreement to increase its stake in the Philippines company Suntrust Home Developers from 51 per cent to 74.42 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An agreement was sealed to subscribe to convertible bonds for PHP7.3 billion (almost US$145 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suncity acquired its initial 51% stake in Suntrust in 2019 through its subsidiary Fortune Noble Ltd. This firms&#8217; convertible bonds purchased may now be converted into ordinary shares pending the fulfilment of certain conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal will provide funding for a new hotel and casino at Westside City Resorts World in Manila\u2019s Entertainment City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group told the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission in a statement: \u201cThe Conversion Rights attached to the CB will minimise the risk of the Group\u2019s percentage interest in SunTrust from being diluted in the event of future equity-related funding exercise of SunTrust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suncity\u2019s hotel and casino development is set to cost US$700 million and cover an area of around 44,000 square meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suncity-manila-casino\" target=\"_blank\">project will include<\/a><\/em><\/strong> 400 gaming tables and 1,200 slot machines across both VIP and mass gaming, plus 400 five-star hotel rooms and 960 parking spaces. It is due to open in the fourth quarter of 2022. The Westside City Resorts World township will also offer additional facilities such as a Grand Theatre, shopping malls and 2,000 parking spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suntrust Home Developers will be the sole operator. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement for almost US$145 million in convertible bonds will provide funding for the hotel and casino at Westside City Resorts World in Manila.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Suncity Group has increased its controlling stake in Suntrust Home Developers to 74.42% through a US$145 million convertible bond subscription. This capital injection is earmarked for the development of a new US$700 million integrated hotel and casino at Westside City Resorts World in Manila, featuring extensive gaming and hospitality facilities. The strategic move aims to secure funding and mitigate equity dilution risks for the project, which is slated for a Q4 2022 opening.","focusai_entities":"Suncity Group, Suntrust Home Developers, Fortune Noble Ltd., Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Dilution Risk Mitigation","query":"How does the convertible bond structure specifically mitigate future equity dilution risks for Suncity Group's stake in Suntrust Home Developers, particularly in the context of subsequent funding rounds for the Westside City Resorts World project?"},{"label":"Market Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of the Westside City Resorts World's Q4 2022 opening on the gross gaming revenue (GGR) and competitive landscape of Manila's Entertainment City, considering the existing integrated resorts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,158,16333],"tags":[12436,128],"class_list":["post-6925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casinos","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6925"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20291,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6925\/revisions\/20291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}