Before the high-rise towers and the bustling atriums, there was a simple commitment to industry. Limketkai Sons, Inc. began not as real estate developers, but as pioneers in manufacturing and agriculture, producing the household staple Marca Leon.
Don Lim Ket Kai envisioned a Cagayan de Oro that could rival the metropolises of Manila and Cebu. His acquisition of a vast tract of land in Lapasan—then considered a marshland outskirts—was met with skepticism. Yet, it became the foundation of the city's first central business district.