The on-going global pandemic did not stop Filinvest City from making the Christmas season more joyous and meaningful as it recently held its “Be the Light” virtual event, making the community still feel the wonderful holiday vibe even in the comforts of their own homes.
Kicking off the celebration by paying tribute to frontliners and modern-day heroes, Filinvest City’s Be the Light show highlights the true meaning of Christmas — giving thanks, sparking hope, and continuing to inspire possibilities as we all look back at the last few months of community quarantines and unprecedented changes.
Don Ubaldo, Filinvest City vice president for townships
“The year 2020 has made us focus on what is important—the people who matter to us and those who make a difference in the community,” noted Don Ubaldo, Filinvest City vice president for townships. “That is why, this year, we dedicate our Christmas celebration to the people in the frontlines. They are the people who made this celebration possible. With this gathering, we want to inspire everyone that all of us can be the light this Christmas season.”
Filinvest City further encouraged the community to be the light and always look at the brighter side as it hosted a Christmas video-making online contest dedicated to community frontliners. People from the community, who want to showcase their talents in video-making, storytelling, and production, joined the contest and shared stories of inspiring workers in Filinvest City.
Contest winners
During the event hosted by Sam YG, contest winners were announced … Angela Pangilinan, a Muntinlupa resident and professional digital marketer, won the top prize with her video which told the story of the determined, long-time security guard, Arnel Pastor. Her entry was also dubbed the People’s Choice Award for having the greatest number of shares on Facebook. Pangilinan took home a total of ₱25,000 in cash.
Meanwhile, finalist Justine Sarmiento, an HR Manager from Sucat, received ₱15,000 in cash with the inspiring quarantine story of John Christian Bantug, housekeeping personnel in a condo in Filinvest City. Lastly, receiving ₱10,000, Precious Joy Matorre, a frontliner herself from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), dedicated her entry to Queency Reyes, a medical technologist in RITM. The frontliners featured in the winning entries also received a ₱5,000 worth of Noche Buena package from Filinvest City.
Musical performances
The show also featured musical performances from some of the country’s biggest OPM bands. Fans were able to sing along from their own homes as Silent Sanctuary, Gracenote, and Sandwich performed Christmas songs and some of their respective hits including “Ikaw Lamang,” “It’s Okay to Not be Okay,” and “Betamax.”
Filinvest City is known to be the go-to Christmas destination in the metro south and it continues to light up the garden city this year amid the pandemic. Viewers of the show were able to catch glimpses of the holiday decorations all over the township, including the dazzling lights and the 30-foot Christmas tree at the Spectrum Linear Park. And in light of honoring today’s heroes for their courage and sacrifice to serve and protect the community, Filinvest City unveiled its official tribute video to frontliners featuring the song “Kaleidoscope World” by Francis Magalona.
Through the Be the Light virtual event, Filinvest City aims to not only spread even more joy and inspiration this season, but also to initiate a movement that will leave a significant impact on the community as the world navigates through these trying times.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have had a substantial impact on various industries, including real estate, but Filinvest not only remains resilient but is doing its part to accelerate the economic recovery, providing investment opportunities through its newest progressive development: Filinvest New Clark City (FNCC).
1. Filinvest New Clark City is set to be the new eco-sustainable and master-planned central business district of Central Luzon.
A 288-hectare development that is part of the highly anticipated 9,450-hectare project of New Clark City in Tarlac, the FNCC represents Filinvest’s vision of building a smart, green, sustainable, and highly accessible metropolis outside Metro Manila. As it is also set to be a place for harmonious coexistence, FNCC is a locality that can seamlessly bring together the “live, work, play, and learn” lifestyle.
This kind of progressive township has always been a trademark of Filinvest with decades of experience in master-planned projects like the LEED Gold-certified business district Filinvest City in Alabang; coastal township City di Mare in Cebu; and the growing leisure and business center, Filinvest Mimosa+ Leisure City in Clark, Pampanga. Once again, it demonstrates its expertise in the development of Filinvest New Clark City, creating sustainable urban spaces guided by the FNCC blueprint known as “Eco-Tech-Ture” taken from the words Ecology, Technology, Architecture, Future, and Culture.
Josephine Gotianun-Yap, President and CEO of Filinvest Development Corp.
“Working with Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the government has only reinforced our vision that our country should be mindful of only building smart, efficient, and future-ready cities,” said Josephine Gotianun-Yap, President and CEO of Filinvest Development Corp.
“With this, we identified that Ecology, Technology and Architecture, Future, and Culture or Eco-tech-ture are vital elements that should be well-integrated to attain our goal.”
Given Filinvest’s consistent nature-first philosophy, it comes as no surprise that Ecology or Eco is first on the list, recognizing the long-term impact of caring for the environment. Being a sustainable district, it has green superblocks and urban quarters which redefine the standards of a business metropolis.
FNCC is built to be disaster-resilient, providing an overall green experience by having a well-planned ecosystem of hardscapes and softscapes that will complement and enhance the way of life. This will be executed through the intentional presence of greens, open spaces, public parks, walkway systems which are designed to highlight the location’s natural topography surrounded by open spaces and lush mountain views.
Filinvest New Clark City’s Innovation Park offers strategic space and location, making way for future-ready businesses and industries.
Filinvest New Clark City is primed to be an innovation hub that is equipped with up to date facilities. Filinvest is ensuring that it will have the capacity to adapt to technological advances which will allow it to entirely evolve into a full-fledged smart city that is comparable to the world’s best cities. Investors, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and those simply looking for new dwellings will find a base at FNCC as it is built for business, industrial, leisure, and residential use.
As part of FNCC’s architecture, convergence and landscaped spaces will be built to humanize the urban environment and to enhance the sense of belonging of the people living and working in the city. Master-planned by global architecture, urbanism, and design firm Broadway Malyan, FNCC will be a world center for local and foreign entities to come together for business and for citizens to discover a new place to improve quality of life. In terms of commerce, it will be a breeding ground for Industrial parks, BPOs, research and development, learning institutions, and medical facilities to name a few. Simultaneously, there will be recreational zones that will foster wellness and relaxation with its lifestyle establishments. Finally, coexisting with all these is the vibrant, green surroundings.
These plans exist to serve the people and help form an inclusive community wherein there is room for everyone to thrive even amid difficult times. With FNCC’s well-planned architecture, a sustainable and future-proof city awaits.
FNCC Phase 1 is set to be completed in the near future which will include the first 60 hectares of Filinvest Innovation Park, where industrial lots are currently being offered for lease.
Calling all music lovers! Filinvest City will be holding a one-of-a-kind Christmas celebration and some of the biggest OPM artists in the Philippines will be part of the festivities.
Starting November 15 until December 31, Filinvest City will be having its annual holiday celebration. With “Light Up the Wonder at Filinvest City” as its title, the Water Garden at Festival Mall is transformed into a Christmas wonderland. But aside from the decorations, lights, and displays, several OPM acts will be treating FilinvestCityzens and visitors to a musical experience that will create wonderful yuletide memories.
To set the mood of the Christmas festivities, all Saturday shows will be opened by techno DJ Wicked Adobo at 6PM. Following his performance are some of the best artists in the country:
November 16 – Holmes and Silent Sanctuary
Silent Sanctuary
November 23 – Basically Saturday Night and Orange & Lemons
Orange and Lemons
November 30 – Paolo Mallari and Leanne and Naara
Leanne and Naara
December 07 – Paolo Sandejas and Hale
Hale
December 14 – Jensen Gomez and Unique
Unique
December 21 – Quorista and I Belong to the Zoo
I Belong to the Zoo
December 28 – The Cosmic Misfits and This Band
This Band
Aside from the entertainment, families, and friends can enjoy life-sized Christmas installations, including a magnificent 42-foot tree, all set in a magical Christmas Village. On Sundays, Santa will be there to brighten up and bring cheer to every little boy and girl, listen to their Christmas wishes and pose for those merry family photos – all of these you can experience for free!
Outside of the mall, the garden city truly makes for a perfect Christmas destination. With every detail planned and designed to provide residents, workers, and visitors a stress-free holiday with a wide array of shopping, dining and entertainment options. With easy accessibility, less traffic, cheerful, positive vibe and the soothing, cool southern breeze, celebrating the yuletide season at Filinvest City will leave you with time and energy for what truly matters – creating wonderful Christmas memories to cherish with your loved ones.
Filinvest Alabang Inc. (FAI) was once again hailed as one of the top 10 developers in the Philippines by the prestigious BCI Asia Awards. A coveted award in the construction industry, BCI Awards is the pioneer and most reputable award-giving body in Southeast Asia, giving out awards annually to remarkable companies in construction and property development in Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
This is FAI’s second win following a similar recognition in 2016. The awards will continue to inspire FAI to raise the bar in the property development industry by Integrating the highest global standards in modern, ecological urban master planning and design.
FAI is a subsidiary of Filinvest Development Corporation that focuses on residential and mixed-use urban developments in Metro Manila. One of its award-winning projects is the 244-hectare mega central business district, Filinvest City in Alabang.
Receiving the award were Senior Project Development Manager Sherilynne Santos (left) and Assistant Project Development Manager Bonna Crisostomo. To know more, visit https://filinvestcity.com.
Location, financial advantages, and investment potentials are but some of the factors business owners and entrepreneurs consider when finding the ideal corporate headquarters in the metro.
This is why start-ups, growing companies, and even established firms have moved to or are considering the 32-story Parkway Corporate Center in Filinvest City, Alabang. Owning the property gives business owners the freedom to tailor fit their office space to their needs and spending plans, resulting in cost-efficiency and savings over time.
And with Parkway Corporate Center’s strategic location in the booming Metro South, handsome returns on investment is also guaranteed.
The state-of-the-art, green-oriented office tower offers investors units in a most dynamic environment, while helping address the growing demand for office spaces in the metro. As such, companies and businesses that demand par excellence such as architectural offices, financial houses, and law firms are turning to Parkway Corporate Center.
One such enterprise is the dynamic abaca pulp and paper concern TYC Trading & Manufacturing Philippines, which is now establishing its new corporate headquarters at the future-ready office tower. It is one of the companies that appreciate style, quality, and location and understands how an office space is a reflection of one’s brand, identity, and reputation.
“At first, we were wondering if it was a good move to uproot our operations in Makati and move to the South,” says TYC Trading President Anna Marie de Chavez. “But after considering the congestion, traffic, and even incidents of flooding in Makati, we thought it best to seek greener pastures in Alabang.”
TYC and several other locators have started fitting out their intelligent office units ranging from a flexible 36 square meters to a full floor, and expect to enjoy soon the features and amenities that make Parkway Corporate Center truly world-class.
Parkway Corporate Center is at a prime, strategic, and prestigious setting, Filinvest City, where a full spectrum of offerings from premium lifestyle and retail facilities, to one-of-a-kind residential concepts are within easy reach for a genuine live-work-play environment.
Even better, land values at Filinvest City have reached P230,000 per square meter, representing a 300 percent growth since 2012. And since land values are constantly on the rise, there is also a remarkable upsurge in office space rent, making it more advisable to invest in your own space at this point. Coupled with its ready and growing labor pool, more and more companies both local and international have been opting for Filinvest City, the economic center in the Metro South.
Similarly, Parkway Corporate Center buyers are enjoying a 24 percent increase in property values since they bought spaces in 2014. It is projected to rise even further as Filinvest City continuously boosts its growth with the deliberate execution of its enhanced masterplan and as demand for office space increases as well.
Parkway Corporate Center, being located at the so-called Millionaire’s Row of Filinvest City, enjoys a thriving, fully-integrated and self-contained 244-hectare metropolis that harmonizes modern conveniences and nature for a refreshingly different atmosphere.
It is extremely accessible, being close to the efficient public transportation hub South Station. Going to the North and to CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas Rizal and Quezon) area where factories are situated is quick through the South Luzon Expressway and Daang Hari Road. Even the Ninoy Aquino International Airport is just 10 kilometers away.
This office tower is the result of intelligent space planning. Modern building facilities are standard such as six high-speed elevators, 24-hour security with CCTV cameras in strategic areas, 100 percent back-up power and advanced fiber optic backbone. The VRF air-conditioning system provides consistent cooling comfort, quiet operation, and utmost energy efficiency. Double-glazed low-e glass helps protect against the harmful ultra-violet radiation while reflecting heat back to ensure that the interior temperature remains constant and helps in energy efficiency.
“Though we’re located in a business zone, there’s still a feeling of balance and nature. What we particularly like about this development is that our office faces Laguna de Bay, which is very energizing,” says Chavez.
An elegant main lobby, retail plaza on the ground floor, fully-equipped business center at the 7th level, podium deck garden, pocket gardens at every five levels, plus eight levels of secured parking are among Parkway Corporate Center’s impressive amenities.
Indeed, businesses thinking of transferring their headquarters to Metro South should set their sights on Parkway Corporate Center and make the smart move now. With its features and amenities and the investment potentials it offers, it is the most ideal office development in the Metro South bar none.
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