The Landco Pacific CEO Erickson Manzano has etched his name in the annals of the country’s real estate industry. Today, he’s telling us the captivating tales that made him, the principles that ground him, and his mission of building the luxury estate of your dreams.
Expectations can be tricky. When you hear the title, “CEO of top real estate development company,” you immediately think: daunting, towering men in three-piece suits. When you hear of coming to an unfinished site for an interview, you imagine hard hats and cement. In visiting Landco’s marquee development in Calatagan South Beach (CaSoBe) and sitting down with the stern, yet jovial chief at the company’s helm, I should have thrown all expectations out of the window. What were once anxieties were subverted to immediate bliss the moment we caught a glimpse of the sky meeting the sea as we arrived. By the time I was having the chat of my life with the man they call “Sir Erick”, all worries completely vanished. Was it the charm of the sea that brought me solace? Or was it the fervent message of optimism and the endless gifts of wisdom that the equally-charming Erickson Manzano was able to share?