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First, he bought from former ABS-CBN head Freddie M. Garcia the lot from across ABS-CBN
to the tune of P47-M. That’s where the Wil Tower Mall is now rising, built in partnership with Sen./Presidentiable Manny
Villar. Then, he bought the house of his current boss, ABS-CBN chairman/CEO Gabby Lopez, in Ayala Heights, Quezon City,
to the tune of P80-M (P10-M capital gains and other taxes included). Soon, will Wowowee host Willie
Revillame buy ABS-CBN (with its sister company, Star Cinema, included in the package)? That’s a joke, but who
knows? Is that what Willie must be thinking while relaxing in his yacht?
The Willie of Fortune keeps on turning in real life
faster than it does as a segment ofWowowee. Opening in two years, the Wil Tower Mall actually occupies three
lots (the additional two purchased also for P47-M each, tax included), all in all totalling almost 5,000 square meters (one
half hectare). It will house, among others, residential units, store spaces, theaters and a helipad. Willie also owns a helicopter,
doesn’t he? If not yet, what will stop him from buying one...soon? It was a leisurely Sunday afternoon and I expected
Willie to be, that’s it, sunbathing in his yacht with a bottle of ice-cold beer beside him while he’s reading
a (girlie?) magazine. But no, he was in casual get-up, arriving a bit late from a meeting with Ben Chan for Wil Cologne (by
Bench, with Georgina Wilson as endorser on the huge billboards along EDSA).
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