Westgrove Lot Pick!
Hello Everyone,
This Ayala Westgrove Heights lot was just made available to interested clients today.
This is a “hot pick”. I’ve included the details of a very good payment term that you can avail should you be interested.
Please, please, feel free to contact me ASAP (esp on this one!) should you realize you have that good gut-feel on this lot.
Your Ayala Land Insider,
COCO MIDEL
Mobile 0917 580 2013
coco.ayala@gmail.com
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AYALA WESTGROVE HEIGHTS |
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PHASE 4, BLOCK 6, LOT 7, PCS-04-020517 |
10% downpayment | ||||
| lot area / sq.m. (approx) |
486.00 |
10% over 10 mos | |||
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price/sq.m. |
10,400.00 |
80% on the 13th mo. | |||
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list price |
5,054,400.00 |
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vat |
606,528.00 |
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other charges |
137,282.60 |
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Village |
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Ayala Land Inc. | ||||
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10-10(10mos)-80 |
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50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | reservation fee |
1.0% |
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1 |
455,440.00 | 60,652.80 | 516,092.80 | 30 days from reservation |
10.0% |
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2 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 | 30 days from downpayment |
11.0% |
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3 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
12.0% |
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4 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
13.0% |
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5 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
14.0% |
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6 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
15.0% |
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7 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
16.0% |
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8 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
17.0% |
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9 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
18.0% |
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10 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
19.0% |
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11 |
50,544.00 | 6,065.28 | 56,609.28 |
20.0% |
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11 |
137,282.60 | 137,282.60 |
20.0% |
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12 |
4,043,520.00 | 485,222.40 | 4,528,742.40 |
100.0% |
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Why I Love Ayala Land
In this environment, they relish life
MANILA, Philippines – A photograph of a woman, placidly sitting under a mango tree, in a garden of orchids and ornamentals, won a prize in the photo contest “Why I love Ayala Westgrove Heights.” The winner, businessman Joselito “Joel” Santos, remembers how his subject, his wife Geraldine, was relishing a tranquil moment in their garden when he snapped his D70 Nikon. His photo was trying to say that in Westgrove, one finds peace. The Filipino word for serenity, he says, is “tahan.” Add a suffix, it becomes “tahanan” (home).
To him, there’s no place in the world like a Westgrove home. Santos has lived most of his life in Ayala Land subdivisions—Ayala Alabang, Dasmariñas Village and now, Ayala Westgrove Heights. His father, Joselito Sr., then with Makati Development Corporation, the construction subsidiary of Ayala Corp., was the project manager of Ayala Alabang Village (AAV). The Ayala real estate development business was with the Ayala Corp. holding company back then.
On May 12, 1978, the family moved to 5 Molave Drive, the first home to be completed in AAV. Inspired by the bahay-na-bato, it was made of bricks, tropical hardwood and with capiz windows. Santos was 14 then and lived there until 1986. The development then was so new that the concrete road ended at their place.
A decade later, the Ayala real estate business was spun off into a separate company, Ayala Land. Today, Ayala Land Premier is the brand that carries the Ayala tradition and heritage of building the most distinctive and highly valued living communities, whether subdivisions or condominiums.
Pioneering communities
Thirty years ago, AAV was very suburban. There was hardly any traffic to get there from Makati. The wide tree-lined avenues and clean air were a refreshing break from the pollution in the central business districts. He recalls that at night, one could hear the musical chorus of the tropics—the crickets, cicadas and frogs. “Ayala Alabang back then was like what Westgrove is today,” he says.
Since he was enrolled in high school at Marist, Marikina, he’d spend weekdays in the family compound in Cubao and go home to AAV on weekends. In college at De La Salle University, Santos found it convenient to commute from AAV to Taft. There was a village jeep that did its rounds on the hour for commuters. Santos would drive up to Alabang Town Center and take the air-conditioned Love Bus. Ayala Corporation also had a daily shuttle bus from AAV to Makati Stock Exchange. It was travel in style, he recalls—a bus with a bar and lounge chairs. Sometimes he’d be the only passenger taking that 20-km ride that took only 30 minutes.
In 1986, the family moved to Makati where they already owned a house on Paraiso Street, Dasmariñas Village. Although he wanted the quiet environs of AAV, the family wanted accessibility to the heart of the city. As in most Ayala Land developments, the village has kept the trees that fringe the landscape. To this day, residents still relish the chirping sound of the birds and the sight of squirrels—yes, squirrels—scurrying around. The proximity cut down his travel time to La Salle.
Their home was a walk away from Ayala Center. It was so accessible that the boys could watch movies twice a week, have snacks at Pancake House near Rizal Theater, enjoy nature in the aviary near the old Ayala Museum.
In 1993, Santos got married. He and wife Geraldine stayed in Dasmariñas where his daughters were also raised.
One day, his brother, performer Jon Santos, guested at an Ayala Land corporate launch. Given a Westgrove brochure, Jon was impressed with the amenities and thorough masterplan of the community—underground cables for utilities, parking bays that eliminate the litter of cars on the streets, and wide pedestrian lanes.
He broached to his older brother the idea of moving to Westgrove. His eldest, Gabrielle Marie or Gabbie, was studying at St. Scholastica’s Manila. On learning that Ayala Land donated land and generously funded the construction of a school building at St. Scholastica in Westgrove, the Santoses decided to move south to Westgrove. Geraldine found work in the school to keep her busy.
Distinctive living
Today, aside from St. Scholastica’s, other schools near Westgrove are Caritas Don Bosco and La Salle Canlubang. Santos appreciates the fact that the development is slow yet steady. At Westgrove, some 150 households have sprung up in eight years, compared with subdivisions with rapid population growth of some 500 households at the same time.
When the family moved to Westgrove, Santos’ children (all girls), Gabbie, Josephine Marie, Therese Marie and Andrea Marie, missed the hustle and bustle of city life. The twinkling fireflies and the noisy crickets were new to them.
“You can live longer here. It’s far from pollution,” says Santos. “You’re not in the mall as often and you find yourself closer to nature.”
During Holy Week or summer vacation, relatives stay over. They would organize a barbecue cookout in the backyard and watch an outdoor movie.
Saturday nights, residents hear Mass at the clubhouse; the community church is being built. Since Westgrove was originally a mango orchard, during harvests, residents hold a festival and enjoy the bounty. The most romantic place is the lagoon where joggers meet and small-talk, or people can sit on a bench and read, or gather in a picnic at the gazebo.
There are three big clubhouses being planned in the subdivision for the convenience of the residents. The main clubhouse and Kidsgrove are now in full use. A comprehensive Sports Center will be completed soon.
Since they moved to their new environment, the family has taken up triathlon. When they were in Dasmariñas, Santos was a partner in a rock-climbing gym. “When we moved here, we had to find a new sport.” The girls got into biking and pedal around the village for a good 15 km every week. They also walk to and from the clubhouse—a total two kilometers. They do 60-80 laps in the 25-meter clubhouse pool.
Santos has coached the Westgrove team for several summers now. He trained some kids how to swim, then formed a triathlon team that joined competitions. “I didn’t charge. I wanted to keep the neighbors’ kids away from trouble. As a support, Ayala Land Premier would help sponsor the annual youth triathlon in Westgrove which I organize,” says Santos. One girl who lived in Bel-Air, joined the summer competition. When the parents came over to watch the event, they decided to buy the property. Since then, she’s been training in triathlon.
The Santoses’ athletic lifestyle is augmented by a vegetarian diet. The family buys organic vegetables in the country market in the shopping area outside the subdivision and vegemeat at the Adventist University in Silang, Cavite. Rustan’s grocery is near the Laguna Technopark, an industrial park for manufacturing plants.
Close to the subdivisions, a community center has a salon, Bank of the Philippine Islands, a drugstore and a convenience store. When the Santoses want a variety of leisure activities, they still prefer Alabang Town Center, Ayala Center in Makati or Tagaytay City. The place is also near Southern Luzon Memorial Hospital, a tertiary hospital and a police station near Technopark.
Worry-free living
The family feels secure in the environment—guards patrol the place, even the hilly terrain. When the family moved in in 2000, the security guards would even escort the residents to the Technopark. Given the vast space and adequate security, the children feel free to move around.
One of the charms of living in Westgrove is, it is conducive to building a close-knit community. Visitors could knock on the door to look at the architecture of a home. Once a couple, a British national, Peter Sutcliffe, and his Filipina wife, did an ocular of the Santos residence. On learning that Santos had a construction business, they tapped him to be their contractor. Sutcliffe had a studio built in his home and gave painting lessons to Gabbie. When the painter held an exhibit, Gabbie joined and sold a few works.
When a severe typhoon would disable power lines, Westgrove would be the first subdivision to have electricity restored. Santos quotes a priest saying that Westgrove villagers were more privileged in that aspect.
Water was never a problem. “Ayala Alabang has been around for 30 years, even as the population increased and became more developed, there was never any water shortage. Same with Dasma,” Santos says, noting how the Ayala Land subdivisions are properly conserved and their value remains strong over the years.
A balikbayan from Australia who wanted to retire in the Philippines bought a property beside the Santoses. “Some subdivisions are abandoned in 20 years. A nearby subdivision has only one household after all these years. With an Ayala Land development, he knew he was making a sound investment.”
For Ayala Land inquiries, feel free to call me.
Coco Midel
AYALA LAND PREMIER
0917 580 2013
ALI News
Ayala Land bonds get highest rating
By Elaine Ruzul S. Ramos
Philippine Rating Services Corp. gave the P4-billion bond issue of Ayala Land Inc. the highest rating possible of PRS Aaa. The rating is “given to debt obligations with the smallest degree of investment risk.”
The ratings agency noted that Ayala Land had a “remarkable track record of consistent profitability” despite the peaks and valleys of the real estate industry cycle.
Despite the “prevailing issues and looming uncertainties,” PhilRatings affirmed the company’s plans for sustained growth through its residential developments, shopping centers and corporate business line.
Ayala Land earmarked P24.3 billion in capital expenditures this year, 42 percent of which are for residential developments, 30 percent for corporate business lines, 14 percent for shopping centers and the rest for other business lines.
Jaime Ysmael, Ayala Land’s senior vice president and chief finance officer, said one of the company’s most significant projects continues to be the development of the first phase of Nuvali, a large-scale, fully integrated regional development in Canlubang.
SOURCE:
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business2_july16_2008
Ayala Land No 1!
Ayala Land, Inc. is Country’s Most Admired Company
Ayala Land, Inc., the country’s premiere property developer, was voted the most admired company overall in a recent survey of the “200 Most Admired Companies in the Philippines” conducted by The Wall Street Journal Asia. Ayala Land improved from its fourth place position in the 2006 survey and edged previous no. 1 Jollibee Foods Corp. – garnering an average score of 4.28 points over Jollibee’s 4.18 points.
Jaime I. Ayala, President of Ayala Land, Inc., said: “We are very proud of and deeply honored by this recognition. The Wall Street Journal is one of the most highly respected publications globally and topping this survey as the most admired company in the country is a result of the tremendous dedication and hard work of all our employees and a reflection of the trust in the Ayala Land brand that resonates deeply with our partners and Filipinos all over the world.”
The survey, conducted from May 11 to June 3, 2007, was participated in by 2,477 executives and professionals in the country. Respondents were asked to rank top local firms based on five attributes namely, company reputation (which includes corporate governance, social, and environmental policies); quality of products and services; management’s long-term vision; innovativeness in responding to customer needs; and financial soundness. A company’s overall leadership ranking is then derived from the different performances in each individual attribute.
In addition to achieving the top overall ranking, Ayala Land also finished second in long-term vision, corporate reputation (behind parent Ayala Corporation in both categories), and quality of products and services, while also being regarded as the fifth most innovative company in the country.
The survey cited the growing Philippine economy, with increased consumer spending and a burgeoning business process outsourcing industry as well as an attractive overseas Filipino market as the primary demand drivers for real estate.
For its part, Ayala Land has been able to capitalize on these positive trends by developing innovative and differentiated products across the broad property spectrum which are holistically planned, attract top merchants and locators and have a track record of above average value appreciation over time.
In addition, the company has been tapping into the significant buying power of the Overseas Filipino market for many of its residential projects. Last year, the company’s sales from the OF market accounted for nearly a third of its total residential revenues.
NUVALI: Frequently Asked Questions
Okay, a lot of you have been asking for more inside-info regarding Nuvali. i don’t blame you, if you’ve been driving south lately, you know how it seems that development seems to be everywhere, You can feel the future being conceived right before your eyes… Well you are right.
So here are some answers to some frequently asked questions regarding Nuvali and all the developments related to it. I hope it helps. Ride to the Future.
Nuvali Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of development does Ayala Land envision for its Canlubang property?
Over the next few years, the BPO demand for work environments is expected to continue to grow significantly.This is being driven by the increase in the global demand for outsourcing as well as a shift in outsourcing work patterns – for example, many voice based processes are finding the Philippines to be a much better first choice than other locations because of the quality and demographics of the manpower pool. To take advantage of this rapid growth in demand, we plan to create many offerings of different types in the immediate term, and we are privileged to have Capmark Asia and Goldman Sachs as partners in this endeavor. The partnership also gives us links into the different markets that our partners originate from,such as financial services, in which there are many outsourcing opportunities.
What can be expected for 2007 from this development?
We will launch the master plan for the entire development in the third quarter of 2007, as well as bring to market the first phases of the Canlubang community. The master plan will capture our vision of the community at full build-up: an integrated, mixed use community of the 21st century. At the start of 2007, we were already well underway in putting inplace key infrastructure components such as roads and bridges throughout the development. This infrastructure work will continue throughout 2007. In addition to unveiling the master plan and putting in place key infrastructure, we will also launch in the third quarter of 2007 the first phase of the Canlubang community. This first phase will involve all of our core business lines – residential, office, and retail – simultaneously bringing projects to market.On the residential front, we will launch subdivision projects from each of our three residential brands,Ayala Land Premier, Community Innovations,and Avida. To support the sale of units at these projects and to set the tone for the character ofthe community, we will begin development of a visitor’s center that will embody the character ofthe Canlubang community and house the three residential brands’ model units and offerings. We will simultaneously launch a BPO campus at the heart of the Canlubang community, which will be supported by a retail component from the AyalaMalls Group. The BPO campus will catalyze development of the Canlubang community as an IT/ITenabledservices hub of southern Luzon.
How does Ayala Land see the Philippine residential market developing?
There are two continuing trends that suggest that the market for residential developments in the Philippines will continue togrow in the years ahead. Domestically, low interest rates and the attractive amortization terms being offered by banks are bringing first-time homebuyers to market. This has driven local demand across all three market segments we are present in. In addition, the overseas-based Filipino market looking to purchase property in the country continues to grow. Those who migrated to the U.S. and other places in the ’80s and ’90s are now at the stage in their lives wherein they are looking either to come home to the Philippines or to purchase property as a vacation/secondary home. These overseas-based Filipinos have a greater desire to invest inthe country because of the recent period of economic and politicalstability. The confluence of these factors suggests continued growth in the residential market.The other significant trend that we see continuing is that buyers are becoming more discerning in their residential purchases. Customers are demanding more in terms of features and amenities than in the past. We are also seeing our buyers increasingly looking beyond the physical product – now a good number ofthem see property and tenancy management services as a keyvalue-adding component of the purchase. In addition, customers are also more willing to explore new geographies, with a significant proportion making leisure, secondary,or even primary home purchases in areas like Morong (Bataan) or Calamba, which would previously have been considered too distant from Metro Manila. Fortunately for Ayala Land, these market developments play to our strengths. Across the three market segments, we have a complete range of offerings at competitive price points and invarious locations, configured to suit different needs and requirements. In terms of the overseas-based Filipino market, we are similarly well-positioned. Since these buyers do not have theluxury of experiencing various residential offerings first-hand, thebrand equity that we have worked hard to build will go a longway in capturing a larger share of this market. Our buyers, both here and abroad, know that Ayala Land will deliver on its promises, always remaining true to our values of integrity, reliability, and commitment.
What is unique about Ayala Land’s approach to the BPO-generated demand for office space?
We do not see BPO companies as requiring simply office space. We see them as requiring totally new and different working environments, ones in which theiremployees can do many different things at the same time and in the same place, at the quality levels they demand. This is, we feel, a function of the nature oftheir work, which is fast-paced, technology-intensive, brainpower-dependent, process-diverse, and of course 24 X 7, which makes time more valuable. As such, BPO firms need a range of options for work environments,all of which must make their people comfortable,their clients confident, and their costs efficient. To that extent we have created a range of choices, covering stand-alone, build-to-suit office buildings, to entire self-contained campuses, to integrated nodes within our other large mixed-use developments, all of which have the technological infrastructure needed to support the business while offering easy access to the lifestyle support systems necessary to keep their employees at peak performance. We are especially excited about the two BPO campuses that we will be developing in the north of Metro Manila and the south. We feel that boththe U.P. North Science and Technology Park in QuezonCity and the BPO/IT campus that will rise in Canlubang will address the multi-functional needs of our BPO clients, in ways that leverage our traditional strengthsin mixed-use development and property management.
What is unique about Ayala Land’s approach to the BPO-generated demand for office space?
We do not see BPO companies as requiring simply office space. We see them as requiring totally new and different working environments, ones in which theiremployees can do many different things at the same time and in the same place, at the quality levels they demand. This is, we feel, a function of the nature oftheir work, which is fast-paced, technology-intensive, brainpower-dependent, process-diverse, and of course 24 X 7, which makes time more valuable. As such, BPO firms need a range of options for work environments,all of which must make their people comfortable,their clients confident, and their costs efficient. To that extent we have created a range of choices, covering stand-alone, build-to-suit office buildings, to entire self-contained campuses, to integrated nodes within our other large mixed-use developments, all of which have the technological infrastructure needed to support the business while offering easy access to the lifestyle support systems necessary to keep their employees at peak performance. We are especially excited about the two BPO campuses that we will be developing in the north of Metro Manila and the south. We feel that boththe U.P. North Science and Technology Park in QuezonCity and the BPO/IT campus that will rise in Canlubang will address the multi-functional needs of our BPO clients, in ways that leverage our traditional strengthsin mixed-use development and property management.
How has Ayala Land been able to grow its sales to the overseas-based Filipino market?
With the continued growth of the Philippine diaspora around the world, we have made a concerted effort in recent years to better understand the needs of this overseas based Filipino segment. What we quickly realized was that this is not a monolithic, homogenous market – Filipinos now based in the U.S., for example, have different needs and wants in their residential purchases than Filipinos working in, say, the U.K. or in Italy. As such, we are fully cognizant that our approach to tap these various markets all across the globe needs to be just as differentiated. Our goal has always been to create a sustainable presence in those overseas markets with a substantial Filipino population. We hope to achieve this through developing various types of distribution networks that enable overseas-based customers to interface face-to-face withsales agents or brokers in those areas. As such, Avida established representative offices in Rome and Milan in Italy and in Dubai. In the U.S., we have developed partnerships with brokers based in our target areas, as they have first-hand knowledge of the unique needs and preferences of Filipinos who are based there. In both cases, we have had to make sure that the infrastructure to support these international sales efforts is in place, such as websites that are easy to navigate or phone-in hotlines where customers or brokers can direct property-specificinquiries. What we are quickly realizing is that the challenge in meeting the needs of overseas-based Filipinos is that they are becoming more and more attuned to high-quality residential developments and the latest trends from around the world. As such, we will have to up the game in terms of creating compelling products to keep pace with the expectationsof both our domestic and overseas-based customers. Fortunately, this plays to one of our main strengths as a company: developing best-in-class and innovative products that exceed the expectations of our customers.
Canadian Very Impressed
TAGS: news article about Nuvali, Bonfacio Global City, Ayala Land
I’ve come across a news article in The Vancouver Sun (Canadian Newspaper)
whose writer was so impressed with our projects… Sobrang bilib nya that he’s saying
that Vancouver should do the same. =) astig….
Here’s an outsider’s point of view of our projects, especially BGC and Nuvali. I’m a proud Pinoy!
Sustainable-community lessons, courtesy of Manila
Model city on former army base impressive
By Michael Geller, Special to the Sun
Published: The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, June 07, 2008
During a recent visit to Manila I discovered lessons Vancouver can learn from new community developments in the capital of the Philippines.
I set off on the non-stop 13-hour flight at the invitation of Ayala Land Inc., the country’s largest real estate organization. Founded eight decades ago, the scale of its operations is unparalleled in Canada. It currently has 50 ongoing residential projects, 13 shopping centres, 44 construction projects, 174 managed facilities, and two hotels, including the InterContinental, located at 1 Ayala Avenue.
The company developed Makati, Manila’s primary financial district. In recent years, it has embraced sustainability as a key corporate objective, and is searching out good ideas from other projects from around the world. I spoke about UniverCity, the new community at SFU, and other collaborative public-private initiatives in the downtown.
In order to better understand the differences between the two cities and cultures, I was briefed by the company’s architects and planners.
Manila dates back to the 13th century and was a Spanish colony from the 16th to late 19th centuries. From 1898 to 1946, it was controlled by the United States, and today, sites in the city are still legally part of the U.S.
In 1905, a master plan was prepared for portions of the city by Daniel Burnham, the noted American city planner and architect, famed for his plans and designs of Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Manila’s plan is based somewhat on his plan for Washington DC.
While Vancouver is considered one of the densest cities in North America — with a population density of 5,335 people per square kilometre — Manila has the highest population density of any major city in the world, with over 43,000 people per square kilometre. However, many parts of the city are surprisingly green, with parks, a grand Baywalk promenade, and landscaped boulevards and medians along many streets. Portions of the moat surrounding the original walled city have been converted into the Intramuros Golf Course, which is flood-lit and playable at night.
While I was impressed with many developments, including a downtown retail complex that attracts over 500,000 visitors a day, I was particularly interested in two current Ayala undertakings, Bonifacio Global City (BGC), and Nuvali, a new, sustainable community on 1,700 hectares of land just south of Manila.
BGC is being created on a 240-hectare former army base and military camp close to the downtown. It is planned as a model city with new offices, retail space, housing and community facilities built around a “pedestrian highway”, a 40-metre wide, one-kilometre-long major pedestrian-only promenade.
The predominantly mixed-use buildings incorporate iconic architecture by a variety of international firms, and are surrounded by dozens of intriguing works of public art, fountains, parks and open spaces. The area is one of the few I have ever seen designed to encourage visits by shoppers with dogs.
At the western end of the promenade, across from a new Shangri-La Hotel, will be the Mind Museum, an interactive science centre. While the focus is on Filipino scientists, a Vancouver company, Cobalt Design and Management, was commissioned to ensure optimum energy efficiency and environmental sustainability within the facility.
The density of the new development has a floor-area ratio, or FAR, that ranges from six to 18. (FAR represents the relationship between the total area of a building on a certain location to the size of land on that location.
For example, a FAR of 18 indicates that a building’s total floor area is 18 times the gross area of the land on which it is constructed, as would be found in a multi-storey building.)
By comparison, new mixed-use developments along Vancouver’s arterials generally do not exceed three FAR. Interestingly, retail components are allowed only up to a maximum of three FAR; however, buildings with residential components must have a minimum of four FAR.
BGC incorporates many sustainable features. Much of the exceptional lighting design is photo-voltaic, and in a country known for its colourful Jeepneys, (the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines, originally made from U.S. military jeeps left over from the Second World War), a fleet of eco-friendly low-emission Mercedes-Benz diesel buses links the city to the surrounding areas.
Nuvali is also being promoted as a future-oriented, mixed-use ecopolis, offering evo-living and a vision of sustainability. It incorporates most of the features found in new North American sustainable communities, and sometimes more. For example, “double-piping” allows the reuse of recycled water in selected areas; stormwater management is achieved with bio-swales and pervious paving, and a lake functions as rainwater harvesting. There is an established “tree-to-house” ratio, something I have never encountered before.
One notable feature is a “back to basics” approach to cooling. Homes are being designed with a focus on “cross-ventilation”, rather than a reliance on air conditioning. This is particularly relevant in a country where the temperature often exceeds 35 degrees. But it is something we need to more fully consider, especially in new apartment developments.
The community features a privately managed system of buses and water taxis to lessen the use of private vehicles. This prompted me to wonder whether the time has come for Metro Vancouver to consider some private transportation options to augment our public system. After all, the increasing demand for transit is now significantly exceeding available facilities.
As I was browsing through a marketing brochure for Nuvali, I was struck by some words that spoke of returning to a simpler life… “of the days before we became enslaved to our automobiles and air conditioners, to clocks and calendars. Of the days when we measured ourselves, not by the sizes of our houses or cars, but by the sizes of our hearts.”
The writer questioned whether those days are gone forever, or are they still to come.
“Will I have to return to the past? Or will I be able to…return to the future?”
I found it ironic that a message that resonates so strongly with many Vancouverites had found its way into a marketing brochure for a new community near Manila. It’s a small world after all.
- Michael Geller is a Vancouver architect, planner and property developer. Last year, he travelled around the world, sharing his observations with Westcoast Homes readers.
BGC Commercial Lots
Bonifacio Global City commercial Lots
Size Range: 1,790 sqm – 2,148 sqm
Price per sqm: PhP 168,000 – 282,000.
Price Range with VAT: PhP 318M – 576M
For those interested to purchase a commercial lot in Bonifacio Global City, contact me thru my cell 0917-580-2013, or email me at coco.ayala@gmail.com or midel.jerico@ayalalandinc.com.
Montecito Grand Launch
Hi Everyone!
GOOD NEWS! For the Montecito Grand Launch this Sunday (June 1, 2008), clients may pass through Mamplasan and also the Nuvali Spine Road. All you have to do is show your Montecito Grand Launch invitations. For clients who do not have invitations, you will have to leave your IDs in the entrance of the Nuvali Spine Road. To be sure, please contact me first. See you all there!
Coco Midel
In-house Property Specialist
Ayala Land Premier
Telephone Number: (02) 901 5771
Mobile Number: (0917) 580 2013
****>June 16 2008: To see photos of the event, click on this recent post
http://cocomidel.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/montecito-openhouse-pix/
AWH Weekend Market
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