As the regional economy expands beyond agriculture into services, manufacturing and tourism, the company has positioned its developments to respond to this shift.
Beyond its residential and hotel portfolio, Damosa Land has expanded into agricultural, information technology and industrial estates, which together generate employment for more than 11,000 workers.
Peza-accredited IT hub in Southern Mindanao
One of the company’s key developments in the services sector is the Damosa IT Park, a 23-hectare complex in Davao City and the first Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza)–accredited IT park in Southern Mindanao.
The entry of knowledge process outsourcing firm CloudStaff last year, which occupied the final available floor of the Damosa Diamond Center, brought the IT park to full occupancy.
The Damosa IT Park is positioned as a future-ready business hub, offering modern workplaces, energy-efficient design and a location accessible to key residential and commercial areas. OB360, a United States-based company with offices nationwide, is the largest tenant which occupies four floors of the building.
Ricardo F. Lagdameo, president of Damosa Land Inc., attributes Davao City’s viability as a business process outsourcing destination to the steady economic growth of the region as a whole.
In an interview with Insider PH, Lagdameo said the Davao Region has grown into an economy exceeding P1 trillion, making it the fifth-largest regional economy in the Philippines.
He attributed Davao City’s viability as a business process outsourcing destination to its steady economic growth, large pool of highly educated workers and relatively low exposure to typhoons, which supports uninterrupted 24/7 operations.
“Year-on-year [Davao is] always beating the national average in terms of GRDP (gross regional domestic product). A lot of that was fueled by several industries, but in prior years agro-industrial businesses were always one of the biggest,” he said, adding that growth sectors such as real estate, the BPO industry and tourism also contributed to the region’s economic expansion.
Sustainability is embedded in the design of the Damosa Diamond Center, which incorporates energy-efficient lighting and optimized building orientation to reduce heat gain. It also features a system designed to support round-the-clock operations, helping tenants manage operating costs while supporting business continuity.
Integrating agriculture into township living
While its IT developments support the region’s services sector, Damosa Land has also returned to its agricultural roots through township developments outside Davao City.
In Panabo City, Davao del Norte, Damosa Land developed Agriya—an agricultural metropolis, or “agropolis”—as the first agri-tourism development in the Davao Region.
Designed to integrate agriculture into everyday living, the project was helmed by Architect Jun Palafox, who ensured that food production and sustainability remained central to the estate’s layout.
The 88-hectare township is made up of four components: residential, tourism, commercial and institutional.
For its residential component, Ameria is a low-density, high-end horizontal development that encourages residents to grow food in their backyards and use natural hedges in front of their homes.
Agriya Gardens is the estate’s second residential offering with 404 units of house and lots.
Agriya is located near Tadeco, home to one of the country’s largest banana plantations. Damosa Land incorporated farm tourism into the estate to showcase authentic farming experiences, particularly for the younger generation.
Agriculture as an educational experience
The estate’s “naturetainment” component is an accredited site of the Department of Tourism. Guests at the Agriya estate can take part in educational tours introducing some of the 67 banana varieties grown on the plantation.
The experience also includes a mini production facility that demonstrates each stage of the harvesting process—from picking and cleaning to washing and packaging. The bananas, which are of export quality, are shipped to international markets such as Japan, China and the Middle East.
Public-private partnership with UP
To further support farmers in advancing their knowledge of agricultural methods and trends, the Anflo Group of Companies and Damosa Land entered into a public-private partnership with the University of the Philippines to establish the University of the Philippines Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment in Agriya township.
The final component, the Agriya Strip, is a commercial retail space designed to accommodate food and nonfood tenants, featuring a shared alfresco area.
Supporting agro-processing and manufacturing
Complementing its IT and agri-tourism developments, Damosa Land has also invested in industrial estates designed to support manufacturing and agro-processing.
Located near the Davao City International Container Terminal in Panabo City, Damosa Land’s Anflo Industrial Estate (AIE) is the first Peza-registered agro-industrial hub in Mindanao.
The 63-hectare estate hosts 24 locators engaged in agro-processing, packaging, warehousing and manufacturing, representing six countries and employing more than 1,300 workers.
Supporting Mindanao’s supply chains
A key strategy of the Anflo Industrial Estate is attracting manufacturers that benefit from proximity to raw materials and export infrastructure.
The industrial estate’s most prominent tenant is Head Sport Philippines, which operates the world’s largest tennis ball manufacturing plant on a 5.5-hectare site. Producing up to 15 million dozen tennis balls annually, Head Sport Philippines uses nearly five metric tons of rubber as raw material, all sourced from rubber farmers in Mindanao.
Vasyl Goschovsky, factory manager of Head Sport Philippines, said in an interview that Head Sport is a sports equipment company with a 75-year heritage and has a strong focus on innovation. It has a global manufacturing presence in 36 countries and produces about 45 percent of the world’s tennis balls annually.
“We used to have factories in the United States, Ireland and China. We moved to the Philippines in 2025 because we found the best rubber for the tennis balls here. We buy from the local farmers. This year we are planning to buy 6,000 tons of rubber and it amounts to P30 million that will go directly to the farmers,” he explains.
The sports equipment company currently employs 420 workers and plans to hire an additional 120 this year and about 150 more in 2027, bringing total employment to more than 700.
Expanding the tenant base
Last year, new AIE locator Thai Coconut invested 430 million baht in a coconut milk production facility targeted for completion in early 2026. This move is expected to benefit Mindanao’s coconut farmers through local sourcing.
Supporting its operations in the background, AIE is maintained by Manila Water and Aboitiz’s Davao Light and Power Company.
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