Took this picture while riding home. This is the famous Durian Hotel of Davao City. I remember in high school, we drop by frequently at the bakeshop outside the hotel. There are actually rumors that the hotel has no good foundation after the extension is built, the hotel is foreclosed and worst, it is haunted.hehehe.
I'd rather believe that it was foreclosed and a bank is selling it. Here is a detailed description of the hotel in the ad I saw online. If interested,click the link here.
IMPROVEMENTS:
1. Original 5-Storey Commercial Building: (Floor Area - 1,762 sq.ms.)
| Ground floor is utilized as parking lot that can accommodate twelve(12) cars, reception hall, and lobby, and two (2) commercial spaces 2nd Floor used to be divided into offices of the hotel management. 3rd Floor to 5th Floor is partitioned into a total of twenty-two (22) rooms. |
2. Annex building (6 Floors) (Floor Area - 4,566 sq.ms.)
| - Basement, ground floor and 2nd floor are all utilized as parking area which can accommodate a total sixty (60) cars. The 3rd and 4th Floors are function halls that can accommodate up to 200 persons each. The fifth floor used to be the Grand Ballroom (theatre type function hall). |
3. Main Hotel - 12-Storey Building (Floor Area: 10,172 sq.ms.) The Main Hotel building is partitioned as follows:
| Floor | Use/Amenities |
| Basement | Parking Area, water boiler, exhaust fans |
| Ground Floor | Main kitchen, restaurant, 2 scenic elevators, 1 service elevator |
| Second Floor | Employee cafeteria, stockroom, male/female quarters, employees CRs, locker room, F&B office, Engineering office, medical clinic, chapel, and 2 function rooms (for 60 persons) |
| Third Floor | 1 linen/storage room & 15 guest rooms fully carpeted and with full amenities (refrigerator, TV set, CR, bed(s), sofa, chairs, cabinets, telephone, lamp shades, centralized aircon) |
| Fourth Floor | 1 linen/storage room & 16 guest rooms fully carpeted with full amenities. |
| Fifth Floor | 1 linen/storage room, 2 entertainer’s dressing rooms & 15 guest rooms fully carpeted with full amenities |
| Sixth Floor | 1 linen/storage room & 16 guest rooms fully carpeted with full amenities |
| Seventh Floor | 1 linen/storage room & 16 guest rooms fully carpeted with full amenities |
| Eight Floor | 1 linen/storage room & 16 guest rooms fully carpeted with lighting fixtures and aircon but with no amenities (not utilized) |
| Ninth Floor | 1 linen/storage room & 16 guest rooms partially carpeted with no amenities (not utilized) |
| Tenth Floor | 1 linen/storage room & 16 guest rooms not carpeted with no amenities (not utilized) |
| Eleventh Floor | Only 6 rooms are partitioned but not finished (not utilized) |
| Twelfth Floor | Heroes Bar, Concorde Fuction room with mezzanine, mini gym, swimming pool and male/female bathrooms/CRs. |
| Roof deck | Water tank, motor for elevators and Globe cellsite/office. |
Breakdown of number of guest rooms:
| | Original Building (5-Storey) | Main Building (12-storey) | Total |
| No. of Rooms | 22 | 126* | 148** |
It is sad to know that the hotel was once a tourist favorite. I really hope that it will be back in business soon. Proposed malls are sprouting everywhere and it would be nice to have a hotel around the area. It would mean more business and employment opportunities.
7 comments:
Based of what I heard, the reason why durian hotel went closed, due to the Asian economic crisis, and our country was affected. The hotel was sold by a bank. Correct me if I'm wrong. ��
Metrobank is selling it..sold to Big 8 corporate hotel in Tagum City.
Metrobank is selling it..sold to Big 8 corporate hotel in Tagum City.
Yup yup sold to big 8 corp hotel tagum city
maybe because there are hidden activities occured or held on that hotel!Weird....
Many people says there are undergrounds on that hotel and a lot of gold was found at the bottom! Hope this hotel will be back on business soon!
Davao City is noted to be standing on a fault line. That is why back in the 80's and 90's, nobody wanted to invest in tall buildings at Davao City. It was because structural engineers tend to fortify the building foundation with piles to protect it from earthquakes (an example - Metrobank building at uyanguren is riddled with piles). There was a story that durian hotel was constructed on weak foundation. During a strong quake sometime on the 90's the building sunked by 1 storey. It must have been due to its structural weakness why potential guests shied away from durian hotel that led to its eventual demise.
That's what i heared.
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