Is There Any Development More Generous With Open Spaces?

70% Open space.  Aside from being surrounded by a River (Marikina River), which automatically makes the entire 12 hectare development 5 degrees cooler, Circulo Verde’s master plan is to leave 70% or about 8 hectares building free.  Ortigas and company promises to use only 30% of this property for their residential condominium development.  Kinda generous for a city development, don’t you think? 

Go around metro manila and look for other residential condominium developments that can promise 50% open space.  When you find this let me know.

The truth is, most condominiums are so close together that there’s really no room for us to breathe.  Ortigas and Company saw this problem and provided a solution to this problem by putting up Circulo Verde.  If the company really wanted profit and couldn’t care less about it’s future inhabitants, they would’ve planned a 30%, maybe lower, open space.  Just like what you will see around metro manila.

I don’t know about you, but if I were to live in a city, I’d prefer a place with generous open spaces.  So, in Metro Manila, Is there any development more generous with open spaces?  Kindly let me know if you find one and I’ll represent them.

Filed under: Circulo Verde Project, Developers, Ortigas and Company, Circulo Verde, condominium, Developers, Metro manila, Ortigas and Company, Quezon City, Real Estate, Realty, residential

Opening of Verde Weekends

Are you in to Zip Lines, Remote Control Racing, Zorb, Sunsets, great company, cocktails and good music?  Circulo Verde is inviting you to this weekend’s event.  Opening of the Verde Weekends! 

Shall I see you at Circulo Verde?  Do you want free passes for this event?

Filed under: Circulo Verde Project, Developers, Ortigas and Company, Quezon City, Circulo Verde, Developers, Developments, Events, Ortigas and Company, Property, Quezon City, Real Estate

Who’s Your Landlord?

My landlord is Ortigas and Company, Limited Partnership.  They are in the industry for almost 8 decades.  8 decades ago, the objective of the said partnership was to acquire the Hacienda de Mandaloyon.  Hacienda de Mandaloyon was part of the estate holdings of the Augustinian order.  The area of the hacienda is 4,033 hectares.  This hacienda is now known as the municipalities of Mandaluyong, San Juan, Pasig and Quezon City.  Needless to say, they are responsible for the development of the Ortigas business district.  If you want to know more about the old and new Ortigas and Company, (click here)…

These are the people who started it all: Dr. Frank W. Dudley, Francisco Ortigas (Don Paco), Phil C. Whitaker, Vicente Madrigal, B.C.M. Johnston, Fulgencio Borromeo, Clyde A. Dewitt and Manuel L. Quezon.

Their mission and vision is simple: “To Be the Preferred Partner for Value-Driven Real Estate Ventures.”  They intend to accomplish this by consistently applying these core values: Customer Satisfaction, Creativity, Excellence, Loyalty, Integrity, Teamwork, and Employee Satisfaction.

What can you say?  Do you think Ortigas and Company will play a major role in Metro Manila’s realty developments within the next 1 to 2 decades?

Filed under: Circulo Verde Project, Developers, Ortigas and Company, Circulo Verde, Developers, Farm, Ortigas and Company, Property, Quezon City

Where’s Your Farm?

If I consider myself a professional farmer, it is reasonable for my readers to ask; “Where is your farm?”  My answer is: “it is in Quezon City, Libis and very near C-5 Road”.  Who’s my landlord? – Ortigas and Company, Limited Partnership and their current project is Circulo Verde. 

As I said in my previous article, I am changing the purpose of this blog.  For now, this online journal will contain topics regarding Ortigas and Company and their current and future projects.  In the following articles, I will blog about my 12 hectare farm and everything about its development.  At the same time, I will post common client questions and my answers.

I chose to farm this 12 hectare land because I believe it is an oasis.  An oasis because it is a fertile land with water in the middle of a desert.  In this context, let us refer to the city as a desert where you seldom see open spaces or greeneries.  It is my desire to share this Circulo Verde Oasis discovery to all.

Those in the Realty industry, I encourage you share where your farm is.  We’d love to here about them as well.  So, what can you say about my farm?

Filed under: Circulo Verde Project, Ortigas and Company, Circulo Verde, Developers, Farm, Ortigas and Company, Property, Quezon City

Realty Development Digest (10 May – 16 May 2010)

Eton Properties Philippines Inc. (EPPI) recently held an on-site open house for its first master-planned township project, Eton City

Living in Ayala Greenfield Estates could be the heaven on earth that urbanites dream of having…

Eastwood LeGrand 3, in what expatriates and foreign-based Filipinos describe as the only New York-style enclave in the metro: Eastwood City

Living in Ayala Greenfield Estates could be the heaven on earth that urbanites dream of having

Escalades at 20^th Avenue, a property development under Robinsons Land Corporation’s (RLC) Robinsons Communities brand

Tivoli Garden Residences in Mandaluyong, a new technology has been unveiled specifically to counter the stifling effects of urban living, known as the “Lumiventte advantage.”

The International Broadcasting Corp. (IBC TV-13) signed last March 24, 2010 a joint venture agreement (JVA) with RII Builders, Inc./Primestate Ventures, Inc. for the development of a commercial and residential complex on IBC’s sprawling 4.1-hectare Broadcast City property in Diliman

Riviera Terraces in Tagaytay

Valero Grand Suite in Makati

Filed under: Developers, Developers, Real Estate, Realty

Realty Development Digest (3 May – 9 May 2010)

Bellini Tower, the third low-rise, mixed-use building that will comprise Crown Asia’s Presidio, recently held a Grand Blessing to mark its completion

Park Terraces, promises a heightened connectivity—one wherein proximity to retail and business areas is high priority via its interconnected underground parking that links the development Glorietta and to the best of Makati’s destinations

Magnolia Residences offers its future residents the old charm of what the place used to be, and the prospects of a distinctive lifestyle in a modern self-contained community dubbed as The Magnolia Town Square

Phinma Propery Holdings Corp. known to constantly push itself to innovate and initiate improvements while delivering quality and affordable homes to Filipinos

Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc. encourages nature to flourish

Billed as the tallest building in Bonifacio Global City, The Infinity has opened its doors to its office unit owners, with its recent completion and start of turnover

Filed under: Developers, Developers, Developments, Real Estate

Realty Development Digest (26 April – 2 May 2010)

Hamilo Coast’s master plan — a network of live-work-heal-play communities ranging in settings from popular waterfront locales to secluded coves, offering a relaxed and leisurely lifestyle amid tropical seascapes and attractions

Amiya Rosa a pocket subdivision, with only two to five hectares being developed for the whole project

South Forbes’ Residential Cluster of internationally-themed neighborhoods and condominiums incorporates a modern twist to traditional architectural designs and lifestyles unique to a featured city

The Calyx Center is a flagship project of Innoland Development Corp., which offers an eco-friendly environment to its residents and retailers by incorporating living with nature through the use of rainwater, wind by its open channels in the building, and land by the provision of trees and greenery in the location

My Place, would be launched next month and it will contain four 20-story buildings offering as much as 2,000 units

New Palawan Resort by Ayala Land and El Nido owner

The Acacia Tower is part of the six-cluster condominium development of Suntrust Parkview, which spans a hectare

Filed under: Developers, Developers, Real Estate, Realty