The past year had many rethinking their life choices and priorities.
Be it about their current work or business, safety of their families, homes and communities, financial stability or even their investment options—practically all facets of one’s life had gone through a major shakeup amid the unprecedented crisis that is COVID-19.
With these redefined priorities and new preferences, many have started to prepare more earnestly for what everyone calls the new normal. For instance, when it comes to homes, many are now likely scouting for those that can offer bigger spaces to accommodate one’s need for an office, study area, gym and so on. Others, perhaps, are eyeing self-contained communities where essentials can be easily had, while some may be looking at tech-enabled homes and buildings.
Whether you’re looking to invest in a new home for yourself or add a sound investment to your portfolio, Ortigas Land offers an array of innovative, upscale residences that are well-suited to your new priorities in this new era. Here are some of its premium residential developments that are well worth your consideration.
Priceless benefits of a mixed-use community
The Galleon
Rising in the heart of the Ortigas central business district is a modern two-tower mixed used development that no doubt raises the bar in convenience and accessibility.
The Galleon, Ortigas Land’s latest landmark project, brings you a seamless mix of offices, residential and retail spaces, enabling you to live near your work, your essentials and more. This seasoned developer clearly shows a unique kind of foresight as it was able to conceptualize a future-proof community that is able to address the needs in this era as highlighted by the pandemic—ease of accessibility and proximity to essential shops, establishments, major thoroughfares and even offices.
Located along ADB Avenue, The Galleon will feature a retail podium, which will carry a curated array of shops and restaurants. Its residential component—Residences at The Galleon—will have 509 well-appointed units of varying cuts and sizes. Besides offering unmatched convenience afforded by a strategic location and the unique leverage of being part of a mixed-use project, Residences at The Galleon will also feature choice amenities meant to support a holistic, multifaceted lifestyle within the safe confines of your tower.
Premium-grade spaces meanwhile await businesses at the Offices at The Galleon, which can cater to headquarter-type tenants. Apart from having conducive spaces to work in, Offices at The Galleon presents an investment opportunity as Ortigas Center is well poised for a resurgence as a prime business hub in the metro, according to experts.
Wealth of wellness
Empress at Capitol Commons
A 56-story residential tower in the 10-ha Capitol Commons estate in Pasig City is offering the luxury of wellness. Touted as the “first wellness real estate in the country,” Empress was proactively designed and built to help residents achieve balance and wellness.
Here, health and well-being are highlighted through concepts carefully integrated in its design, architecture as well as features and amenities. For instance, units in this Ortigas Land project are equipped with smart features that allow you to control your smoke detector, smart appliances, air con, among others, via a mobile app.
Color therapy was also used to create the right ambience and mood to aptly support the functions of common spaces within Empress, while its biophilic design will allow residents to nurture a connection with nature via pockets of spaces. Besides offering fresh air, adequate breathing room in the midst of a city, lush foliage and beautiful colorful blooms, such spaces can also do wonders to one’s mental health, productivity and creativity.
And as Empress is all about balanced living, amenities were likewise strategically divided into a quiet zone and an active zone, based on their function, to ensure that residents will be able to truly enjoy the varied features and amenities of Empress, sans the unnecessary distractions.
Striking the right balance
Maple at Verdant Towers
It’s all about that sustainable, balanced, premium lifestyle that offers an unrivaled access to many of the city’s luxuries and opportunities.
Maple at Verdant Towers, which will rise in the 16-hectare Ortigas East estate in Pasig City, will similarly bring to fruition Ortigas Land’s vision for today’s modern urbanite—that is, to have upscale residences that will fit your pressing need for accessibility, convenience, modern comforts and green open spaces in the new normal.
As it is located within Ortigas East, Maple at Verdant Towers offers residents a self-contained community where residences, offices, retail hubs, entertainment centers and dining areas are all within walking distance. If you need to venture out of this sustainable community, where 40 percent of the area had been dedicated to open spaces, you can take any of the major thoroughfares surrounding it as Ortigas East has the unique advantage of having three entrance and exit points that lead to key roads such as Ortigas Ave., C-5 Road and Julia Vargas Ave.
And of course, units at Maple at Verdant Towers can cater to practically any demographic given its variety of cuts—from a studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, to its garden units and townhouses, which are both bi-level.
No doubt that Ortigas Land is all set for 2021. With such offerings that are well attuned to the needs of its highly discerning market, Ortigas Land is indeed in the midst of a new era where it clearly has a distinct upper hand.