Sta. Lucia Land gets SEC nod for rental pool offering

November 28, 2025
9:25AM PHT

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cleared Sta. Lucia Land Inc.’s (SLI) rental pool program, affirming the company’s registration statements under the streamlined Securing and Expanding Capital in Real Estate Non-Traditional Securities (SEC RENT) guidelines.

In a meeting on Nov. 25, the Commission En Banc resolved to render effective 16 registration statements covering 2,382 certificates of participation, subject to SLI’s fulfilment of remaining regulatory requirements.

Approved under SEC RENT guidelines:

  • P70,000 for each participation certificate in 2,101 studio units
  • P80,000 for 150 one-bedroom units
  • P90,000 for 121 two-bedroom units
  • P100,000 for 10 three-bedroom units

Projects across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao

Fifteen of the projects included in SLI’s rental pool program are located in Quezon City, Baguio, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, Palawan, Iloilo, Cebu, and Davao, all of which have been operational since at least 2011.

One Cebu development is still under construction and is slated for completion by 2027.

Up to P60.3M in potential gross proceeds

The rental pool offering is expected to generate as much as P60.31 million, based on remaining unsold inventory. Proceeds will support the company’s working capital requirements for 2025 and 2026.

Under the arrangement, holders of participation certificates are entitled to:

  • A share in net profits from units pooled and rented out as hotel accommodations
  • Personal use of the units for up to 30 nights annually

Registration process simplified

Implemented via SEC Memorandum Circular No. 12, Series of 2024, the SEC RENT program simplifies the registration of securities of real estate firms offering investment contracts through rental pool agreements.

Rental pool deals involve buyers contributing their units to a centrally managed pool—operated either by the developer or a third-party operator—and receiving a corresponding share of the profits generated from leasing the units to paying guests. —Ed: Corrie S. Narisma

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