thanks...don't worry. i think ill have more time to read the papers. whenever new proposal pops up somewhere, ill keep you all posted. :D

Buildings under construction/proposed without known official height
Last update 21 March 2004

+confirmed to be under construction
=still proposed, no construction reported
Name of Building/Number of Floors/Expected Date of Completion
1.+Laguna Tower 48 floors 2008
2.+The Eaton Makati 48 floors 2006
3.=The Marquee Tower III 47 floors
4.+The Shang Grand Tower 46 floors 2005
5.=Joya Lofts North Tower 46 floors
6.=Joya Lofts South Tower 44 floors
7.+Manansala Tower A 41 floors 2005
8.=Eastwood Parkview Tower I 40 floors (Quezon City) 2008
9.=Eastwood Parkview Tower II 40 floors (Quezon City) 2008
10.=The Marquee Tower I 40 floors
11.=The Marquee Tower II 40 floors
12.+Robinsons One Adriatico Place 38 floors 2007
13.+The Grand Eastwood Palazzo 38 floors (Quezon City) 2007
14.+One Orchard Road Tower 1 38 floors (Quezon City) 2006
15.+One Orchard Road Tower 2 38 floors (Quezon City) 2006
16.+One Orchard Road Tower 3 38 floors (Quezon City) 2006
17.=The Bellagio 38 floors 2008
18.+Greenbelt Parkplace 38 floors 2005
19.+Manansala Tower B 38 floors 2005
20.+Four Seasons Hotel 38 floors
21.=Fifth Avenue Place 37 floors
22.=The Metropolitan 35 floors
23.=Soho Central I 35 floors 2007
24.=Soho Central II 35 floors 2007
25.+The Eastwood Excelsior 34 floors (Quezon City) 2005
26.=Lancaster Suites 33 floors 2004
27.+Oriental Gardens Lotus Tower 31 floors 2005
28.+Greenbelt Radissons 31 floors 2004
29.=Lancaster Suites 30 floors 2004
30.+The Columns Tower 1 30 floors 2006
31.+The Columns Tower 2 30 floors 2007
32.+The Columns Tower 3 30 floors 2008
33.+Fairways Tower 28 floors 2006
34.+Le Mirage de Malate 28 floors 2004
35.+Robinsons One Gateway Residences 28 floors 2007
36.+Penhurst Place 23 floors 2004
37.+Kensington Place 21 floors 2006
__________________________________________________

help francis?

Wow. Look at all those residentials. I wonder if there will be any commercial highrise construction soon.

Nice list...Its pretty accurate:okay: Do you know the exact height of Laguna Tower in meters? How about its taller bro, Manila Tower? Thanks.

I think you may have left a few proposals and u/cs out, as i have a feeling there are more. Maybe the locals can help?:)

Office skyscrapers should come Q4 of this year, at the earliest. If things go well, we should see a lot of them being proposed and u/c next year.

i don't think anyone knows the exact height of Laguna Tower here..

right GreyX, let's expect an office tower to be proposed very soon. demand is getting higher and higher...and hey, it's got to be a grade A office for it to penetrate the market.

btw, Renell, have you checked my follow up post regarding the run down of u/cs and proposals? i think that's more updated. it somewhere here within this thread.. we could make it as the starting point. :D what do you think?

i don't think anyone knows the exact height of Laguna Tower here..

how about an estimation of it? Its over 200m, right?

@francis, yeah i'll read that, edit my list, and somehow "integrate" the two:D

200m is a good guess, somewhere in the middle, if you're pessimistic, go fro 170m, if you're optimistic, 210m tops. at least that's my guess.

definitely no. 1322 is a little more than 200m and it has 57 storeys. Manila tower would be the one to reach 200m i guess.

how about lancaster suites mandaluyong? it's supposed to be finished this year, this was one we missed big time... :S

anyways, i've removed Le Mirage de Malate from the list, and also Greenbelt Radissons. those two seemed like they've topped out. the latter has been ass-slow, what's up with it?

off-topic, Legazpi Place renderings
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/pea9c9faf2ee3b567b596d01e9a757378/f8985af4.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p47c2886c1ed30792be3c97a03dc4edf9/f8985af7.jpg

There seems to be an ongoing residential development along Brittany Bay in Sucat Muntinlupa City . Its called Viera ( multi condominiums ) and Presidio . I seen the renderings on the web , its quite good.

yeah, i've read about that a lot. they're not so tall.. 12-20 stories, and around 5 towers

Yeah there is a lot of them, but they are not tall... but thats ok, i think they look nice.

Thanks for taking a picture of the rendering of Legaspi Place, renell. It looks quite good. Not bad, but as usual the base is ugly.

my cousin said who works like a minute from the place says nothing's been happening there... what does francis have to say?:D

me? i can't say anything. ive said something about that already. i dun have anything new to say. :D except that let's hope the projected resumption of ASB's projects will materialize. otherwise, this would be another eyesore like Jaka Tower. and hey, this is tall...from the rendering, it looks like its more than 50 storey high. plus this will be a mixed use tower. residential con office.

a vendor near the site once told me that the crane fell causing death of someone near the construction site...then followed by lawsuits, etc...but i don't think that's the very reason.

btw, thanks for the photo renell. i once promised to give you some photo but i never had the time to visit the site eversince.

how about lancaster suites mandaluyong? it's supposed to be finished this year, this was one we missed big time... :S

anyways, i've removed Le Mirage de Malate from the list, and also Greenbelt Radissons. those two seemed like they've topped out. the latter has been ass-slow, what's up with it?

it's topped off right. turnover is sometime this year, im guessing. Megaworld claims that this one is a big success with all the units gone.
ive seen some painting of the facade going on. a lot of concrete tho...very Megaworld.

hmm.. so can we say a building is finished construction? when it's topped off? when it's handed over?

we never saw progress of Lancaster Suites. is it tall? it looked like one giant box from the rendering

hey francis, what about The Malayan Plaza in Pasig? is it 32 or 36 floors? and is it occupied already?

it's 38 i guess. cladding is not yet done. turnover is sometime late this year i guess.

Greenbelt Radissons..

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/p95f690baecbc57fd6ebd142d1fd64bef/f890e673.jpg

is that done? there's no crane. and that things been up for a long time now

Hi guys, just a suggestion

but would someone edit the titles of the threads here to show the height/no. of floors of the projects?

Its been done in the projects sections of the other Asian forums and it helps outsiders get to know the projects faster :)

They're finally building something on 1/2 of that huge vacant lot in between Don Bosco and Makati Cinema Square, beside the Skyway ramp. You guys have any idea what it is? I didn't get a good look.

you must be talking about Walter Mart, that's the only u/c that i could see from in there. there are two dedicated cranes and they work rain or shine.

Yeah, it will be an all new Waltermart. Bigger, better and more mall-like.

Good idea, Raffles. I will do that. But first, i need the exact height info for each building so that i can edit their titles.

can't the no of floors alone do? some towers don't really disclose their bldg height tothe public.

If we have the actually meter height then that would be best...but if we dont, then yeah no. of floors should do.

man, that's a tough thing to do. but queetz gets a building height occasionally. he got one for OLP

If we have the actually meter height then that would be best...but if we dont, then yeah no. of floors should do.

yah maybe you can do it like the Thai forum? :)

No, it's NOT Waltermart. This one is across from that, on the former VACANT LOT right beside Makati Cinema Square, in front of Sunvar Plaza, and across from the church. Where the Tapsi-Turbi turo-turo used to be. Waltermart already has 2 cranes and the foundation up. They've just started digging for this one.

Racking my memory for what used to be there... Was there not a gas station in that area?

Ah I see. It's that vacant lot in the bottom left of this photo (courtesy Greyx).

http://www.geocities.com/mikerasalan/greyxpano.txt

Between MCS and Sunvar, as you noted. :okay:

BTW, I used to like eating at the Tapsi-Turbi Turo-Turo. :colgate:

Jude, i figured out what you are talking about. i was thinking u were referring to that lot. ive seen some heavy equipments last year, but they were only clearing the area.
and now they are digging, great. hopefully, something nice would rise from that area.

yeah, that's a pretty big lot on the bottom left corner. how big is the foundation? maybe Ryan would get a good view from his condo when he goes back in a couple of... weeks?

there's another u/c that slipped my/our notice.
something's rising up beside Kensington Place...must be somewhere around the 10th floor now. i got no idea what it is. anyone? it's not so huge tho.

hmm.. this isn't any from the list?

definitely not on the list...

I believe the second Building of Kensington place is currently going up. Scheduled for completion July 2004.

Sorry, I meant turnover in July 06, 22 stories. 90 percent sold I hear. Could this be it?

errr yeah?... i didn't know Kensington has a twin. seems like Twins now mushroomed all over Fort Boni. the twins seem to outnumber the singles...Essensa, Pacific, Boni Ridge, Kensington, plus SOMA Towers...there are 5 as against Regent, McKinley (which may have its twin as well) and Penhurst = 3.

i was also thinking it was Kensington's twin, but on the looks of it, it doesn't seem so identical with the other one, and it's not right beside Kensington. what do you think, Cooper?

yeah, that's a pretty big lot on the bottom left corner. how big is the foundation? maybe Ryan would get a good view from his condo when he goes back in a couple of... weeks?

There's a construction on the lot beside MCS?? Sweet! THat lot is huge, wonder what it is. I should be able to check it out once im there.

i don't think that would be tall GreyX.
there are very few tall towers on that area, plus its very near the Skyway entrance/exit.

I didnt say anything about it being a skyscraper;) i just said, sweet something is getting built there:)

I remember Ayala proposing a new commercial complex in that area. Don Bosco was even planning on moving because Ayala was taking over their land. Maybe this u/c is part of the proposal.

ahh ok. i stand corrected then.

it'd be good if Don Bosco had another entrance. the counterflow is horrible imo. i dont want to see it move anywhere far though.

these two cranes working near Market Market? anyone who knows them? there are two of them, separate. im thinking the towers would be tall.

*i elect Francis to go and check it out!* hehehe... If its something tall, then we have to find out what it is!!:D

hmm... unfortunately im not an BGC street expert. so i can't solve this. it's not the Bellagio?

i would move to have my name removed from the nomination.
i move to elect someone else...errr...weirdo, you live nearby the area, don't you?
then can you pls check it?i dunno the way going there. :D
now nomination is closed. it's aninymously approved, without division of the house. nyak nyak...pede ba yun?

well, i did saw those cranes by market market and serendra. would ask an agent for serendra =)

hmm... unfortunately im not an BGC street expert. so i can't solve this. it's not the Bellagio?

I dont think it is the Bellagio. The Bellagio is near Manila Golf Course, not Market Market.

Francis - No need to elect anyone now:D Edmund is gonna ask:)
Besides, how do you know that there is a crane when you dont know how to get there?;) hehehe....Makati is right beside BGC:D

yeah i sent him an email already. hope to hear back from him very soon =)

yeah i sent him an email already. hope to hear back from him very soon =)

ive seen the crane when i was at Guadalupe MRT.
Edmund, agents mostly dunno construction stuffs. hopefully, your agent knows something about those cranes.

ive seen the rendering of People Support bldg / E-services bldg along ayala, it's at the site. looks good, but 5 storey will always be 5 storey. has anyone seen it on the net?

"5 storey will always be 5 storey" - Not unless you add more floors on top of it to make it a skyscraper:lol: Ok to be serious now, is there space for a skyscraper in the site?? Do you think you can take a picture of the rendering?:D

are you talking with me? hahaha...kidding.
errr...Pau, we need u here dude. it's only one ride from your workplace i guess.
mine would be too far to walk, plus i don't have a dgcam to use.

i saw the rendering of the "People Support bldg / E-services bldg" on the paper while i was there. imo nothing special. very typical design that could be seen anywhere else. it's too bad they didnt plan to build something higher since the "people support" industry is growing rapidly in the phils. and the location is really good also!

i would guess with the space it's taking up, it must be a fat building? we need the rendering here :mrgreen:

yes, we need it badly...

are you talking with me? hahaha...kidding.
errr...Pau, we need u here dude. it's only one ride from your workplace i guess.
mine would be too far to walk, plus i don't have a dgcam to use.

what's this about?... I wasn't able to catch up?... what and where is this location?... I may try to go to it.. if it is near me... :D

the E-services/People support construction site at Ayala cor Buendia. there's a rendering in front of the construction area.

regarding the cranes by market market, it's part of the project daw.

part of which?
Serendra will be starting very soon as per an agent.
they are doing some intallations...etc...prior to the construction proper.
and hey Edmund, these cranes are part of Market2? i bet no. kindly ask the agent again. most of them hardly know these likes of stuff.

yeah it's part of market market daw.....i could ask again

yeah serendra is going to start soon....agent told me that they are doing good in their sales......no update pa for phase 2/

Part of Market2? hmm...i thought that mall was almost finished.

Sweet...Im glad that Serendra is doing well in their sales. Its quite an ambitious project, but definitely worth it. Nice to hear:)

Can somebody post our list of u/cs and proposals, again? An updated version of it...
Also, can Francis post a list of observation updates like you used to??:D:D Thanks.

We need more threads in the u/c forums...there's gotta be more u/c's and proposals than the threads we have!:)

are you talking about my list or the francis list? mine is very dated. but it'd be good if we can update it

Buildings under construction/proposed without known official height
Last update 12 June 2004

+confirmed to be under construction
=still proposed, no construction reported
Name of Building/Number of Floors/Expected Date of Completion
1.+Laguna Tower 48 floors 2008
2.+The Eaton Makati 48 floors 2006
3.=The Marquee Tower III 47 floors
4.+The Shang Grand Tower 46 floors 2005
5.=Joya Lofts North Tower 46 floors
6.=Joya Lofts South Tower 44 floors
7.+Manansala Tower A 41 floors 2005
8.+Eastwood Parkview Tower I 40 floors (Quezon City) 2008
9.+Eastwood Parkview Tower II 40 floors (Quezon City) 2008
10.=The Marquee Tower I 40 floors
11.=The Marquee Tower II 40 floors
12.+Robinsons One Adriatico Place 38 floors 2007
13.+The Grand Eastwood Palazzo 38 floors (Quezon City) 2007
14.+One Orchard Road Tower 1 38 floors (Quezon City) 2006
15.+One Orchard Road Tower 2 38 floors (Quezon City) 2006
16.+One Orchard Road Tower 3 38 floors (Quezon City) 2006
17.=The Bellagio 38 floors 2008
18.+Greenbelt Parkplace 38 floors 2005 topped out
19.+Manansala Tower B 38 floors 2005 topped out
20.+Four Seasons Hotel 38 floors topped out
21.=Fifth Avenue Place 37 floors
22.=The Metropolitan 35 floors
23.=Soho Central I 35 floors 2007
24.=Soho Central II 35 floors 2007
25.+The Eastwood Excelsior 34 floors (Quezon City) 2005
26.+Lancaster Suites 33 floors 2004
27.+Oriental Gardens Lotus Tower 31 floors 2005
28.+Lancaster Suites 30 floors 2004
29. +Greenbelt Parkplace 30 floor 2004
30.+The Columns Tower 1 30 floors 2006
31.+The Columns Tower 2 30 floors 2007
32.+The Columns Tower 3 30 floors 2008
33.+Fairways Tower 28 floors 2006
34.+Robinsons One Gateway Residences 28 floors 2007
35.+Penhurst Place 23 floors 2004
36.+Kensington Place 21 floors 2006

would the California Gardens condominiums in Mandaluyong should be included? or is it they're too short for our list?... I think the tallest in those condominiums would be above 12 storeys... :D

what is the name of the twin condominiums being constructed along Shaw in Mandaluyong?

you can also add GA Tower, I remember it is due for 2005.

also that condominium behind QC Hall that seemed halted. :D

I forgot, Manila Tower and the third Greenbelt Residences tower is not in the list... they are still proposed, right?

for the E-Service/People support, I'll try to go there this week... :D

hope that the construction of those proposed buildings (renell's list) will get started within this year..if not yet started.
@pau_p1, why not take pics of those u/c's as well? :D I hardly see new pics here, eh?

sure... maybe.. this saturday I'll go taking pictures of those near my place..:D

Are there any new giant projects in Quezon City?

would you consider Araneta a giant project? there are several other projects tho other than that. i see a lot of residentials rising up...slowly. as in slowly...seemingly negligible pace. i dunno why.

Eastwood has a lot of proposals too. i can see at least two towers being topped of lately.

oh btw, my apologies but i gotta make some corrections about Fort Boni u/cs.
The u/cs beside or near Penhurst at actually part of Forbes Town...Towers 1 and 3. Ithought it was Kensington before. But Kensington's construction will only commence next month...Location is near Penhurst...and it would more or less, look like Penhurst.

Im looking forward to the rising of Megaworld's Bellagio. Im sure this would fit pretty well with the neighboring Essensas, Pacific and McKinley.

here are some of the buildings underconstruction....I took them yesterday and the other day...

Manansala
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pf712f3cc6b2afe1cc1895210d7f8d601/f8399ad2.jpg

California Gardens
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pdc709b33d781ae1dc739fec9e31522e0/f839faca.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pff02968cb2900f556fe0882ba2017e38/f839faab.jpg

Shang Grand
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p76a44000f607eaecf80ee508d24f6716/f839c5d9.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pe029e09ee4dcdd171d30bc94ca314cc7/f839c25e.jpg

top of the construction as seen from Citibank Paseo de Roxas.. it already peaks from behind the Ayala buildings
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p7fc5ca8388f8c00e00fe0f595b425f33/f839ee53.jpg

Antel Platinum Plaza.. I'm not sure if they are just renovating... :D
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9eb502bddca82158bd1e4eaf30a0f3b1/f839ebc3.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pf255b0eed79bf51523cbd466990687c0/f839e835.jpg

Four Seasons
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pf4fb49ce5250001e5e8ffc56230881ba/f839e6b3.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p6fe6d28b484e86668eda910409350306/f839e92b.jpg

E-Services/People Support
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p76f530d68d1ae19e912cbf091e54d27c/f839db27.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p113e256b8463867ada100e912afa3818/f83a04d7.jpg

Columns
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p7ed6fd175bf1c8092c385fdb1f2e0b7e/f839da7e.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p434cfc88418b88a23df0777860d4c57f/f839d677.jpg

Oriental Gardens
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9f9057510481ac05023c9ab867510985/f839d22c.jpg

Greenbelt Radissons
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pd06066f9b987f11138af18f27b911e42/f839d05e.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pecfd102c3af67542439d0f8a3dc1b270/f8393b39.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p98a134bedb18a77dbe775ad05742fb14/f839cab2.jpg

Greenbelt Parkplace
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p8f3e4e11a901aab28541c630237de62e/f839b2ff.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pc53e4ede16d5abf7817e3d1687c02f83/f839bcc6.jpg

One Legaspi
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p6ce77f336822af42b83b10e032fccd3a/f839d0cd.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p381a89b53b70947b6f72cf53f66af8cd/f839d140.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p7d26ef6895436059903e3e86ac425694/f83a05ca.jpg

:applause: thanks Pau!

Wow! very nice collection Pau...thanks for taking time to take those photos,,,and hey, they are quite scattered, so its indeed tedious! many thanks really. so you were not pissed off by the MACEA people??? bad trip talaga nung na intercept kami ng MACEA guards sa walkway. kc naman, its a Sunday so im very conspicuous...plus that bulky SLR cam, so ano pa nga ba. hehehe..so thanks really for the effort.

as of now, Manansala seems like its now topped off...
Four Seasons are now having its cladding. it looks nice on your shot. u took the nice side.
Malayan...unlike the other u/cs starting cladding up at the top floors downwards...its a dark blue curtain wall.

yeah... very tedious... instead of going to gym.. I walked a very long walk around the city yesterday... whew!.. kapagod!...:D

MACEA people?... hmm.. nope.. no one from MACEA intercepted me... I took pictures very quickly.. stopping at a corner.. then shoot.. the continue walking.... I try to keep myself from being noticed by people.. specially I took them on a rush hour...:D

anyways... which is Malayan in the buildings I took????

wow

:applause: Thankyou so much, pau!! Finally, someone that is willing to go around taking pictures of u/c's!!:D We really appreciate this. It is indeed tedious, but so worth it:)

Looks like construction for all those is going well. One Legaspi is so tall and Shang is massive. Finally we get to see Four Seasons, and it looks pretty good. Manansala is also very big and tall.

I never heard of California Gardens...looks weird with its colors. Where is it? I'm not sure i like it.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pdc709b33d781ae1dc739fec9e31522e0/f839faca.jpg

And finally we get to see how the E-services looks like! Thanks for taking a pic of its rendering. Looks nice for a shorty...seems like something taller can be built on top of it;) I hope there is still room for the original Gateway proposals.

anyways... which is Malayan in the buildings I took????

I think he is talking about Malayan in Ortigas;)

malayan garden is such a sore thumbs, i dont like it.....it's a megaworld project right?

pau thanks for taking those photos, it's greatly appreciate.

No Edmund. its not a megaworld project, plus its not a sore thumb. it does not look bad, actually its one of the nicest. it has floor to ceiling curtain walls. its an ASB project...originally planned to be 50 storey something, but after the foundation was done, the project was put of hold folowing ASB's declaration of bankruptcy. Then last year, RCBC took over the construction and development of the tower, but height was reduced to only 38 storeys. When done, it will be one of the nicest tower in Ortigas.

thanks guys for your appreciation...:D

@greyx... California Gardens is situated in Mandaluyong City, along Libertad St. which is not connected in the more know Libertad in Pasay... It is a cluster of condominiums which I heard will be turned over by 2005. The yellow and pink buildings are already done, while the white one were just finished around April and are just having the first layer of painting... there are still I think 3 or 4 other buildings being constructed.... It is related to San Francisco Gardens in Boni Ave., Mandaluyong and the another behind Crame...

Wow Pau (and gee, that rhymes, haha), you really took time to take those photographs? Thanks a lot for sharing them to us.

However, I don't like these buildings:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pdc709b33d781ae1dc739fec9e31522e0/f839faca.jpg
I'm not sure if I'm right, but is it somewhere in San Juan? I don't like the colors as well (kakulay ng building namin sa may Boni Ave.)

I don't think Malayan Garden is on the posted photographs. The only thing good about Malayan condo, people who invested on this project will at least get their investment back (although not anymore as valuable). But other than that, I don't think I'd bet my money on this. Just my one cent out of the blue idea :D . And I also don't like that condo.

No Edmund. its not a megaworld project, plus its not a sore thumb. it does not look bad, actually its one of the nicest. it has floor to ceiling curtain walls. its an ASB project...originally planned to be 50 storey something, but after the foundation was done, the project was put of hold folowing ASB's declaration of bankruptcy. Then last year, RCBC took over the construction and development of the tower, but height was reduced to only 38 storeys. When done, it will be one of the nicest tower in Ortigas.

I agree...:okay:

@ pau - hmmm...i agree with fietspad, i dont like it that much:D

Haha, fascinating contradiction there GreyX. "Ano ba talaga kuya?" hahaha (You quoted Francis and yet you said you didn't like it that much)

Seriously, San Juan seems to build and build condominiums without much urban planning. I can't validate that fact but from the looks of their buildings and spaces between, it will look like air flow will also have traffic there. :D

I'm curious GreyX, where exactly in the Philippines do you live?

I agreed with Francis that i like ASB Malayan...but then i said i dont like California Gardens.;) they are different buildings.

Actually i live in Jakarta, Indonesia. But I'm all pinoy. In fact, im heading back home this sunday. We have a condo in Makati.

I agreed with Francis that i like ASB Malayan...but then i said i dont like California Gardens.;) they are different buildings.


Ah, okay, got me all mixed up :D

By the way, what's the big deal with taking photographs of U/Cs. Maybe I'm that ignorant with the law but do we have specific law where we can't take photographs of buildings being constructed? Or is it an engineering/architect/project developer ethical creed? Am definitely missing something. HELP!

HUH? i Know not of any rule of not allowing to take pictures of buildings being constructed... anyways... California Gardens is in Mandaluyong.. the one in Boni is San Francisco Gardens...:D

hmmm...never thought if it that way. I dont think there is a law that prohibits taking pictures of u/cs... Its a free country;) But anyways, i think it is ok to take those pics...we are a skyscraper forum.

Security people manning makati City are very strict on taking pics of Makati towers. there has to be a permit, from MACEA office. but that ruling is very vague. it not even in black & white. so anybody else can take pics, discreetly of course. So the moment they caught you red-handed, u owe them a good explanation. And that happened to me last year. But it was fun! :D Results of this risky undertaking are on this site...Makati Skyscrapers (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288474419) i think its worth it. haha...that was my 2nd time to photoshoot using SLR cam.

btw, that similar cluster of condos in San Juan is called Greenhills Garden square. 700+ units of which was sold out in 5-week time. Making a history in real estate sales after the Asian Crisis. So that prompted Empire East to construct California Garden Square in Mandaluyong, with over 1000+ units.

and another btw, sorry for the multiple post. i cant post multiple ideas in one posting....:D ok lang mod?

Here are some photos of Malayan Tower U/C taken Q3 last year.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid101/p98490f4aef2be09606bedd24b63c0158/f9d56ad2.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid103/p7d1d68235181e9fc9ba846a1c2a6e04b/f9aebf64.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid103/p877b566e553638ee8459ba5ee6da55f5/f9aebf97.jpg

and that one with hoisted crane...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid103/p91efd9ce8df383c2f62c9aca7bee119d/f9aeb453.jpg

awesome stuff pau! Four Seasons is starting to blend with it's residential condominium neighbors. Manansala looks awfully fat from that angle, but i'll have a look and see approach to this building. but Greenbelt Parkplace is just goddamn ugly.

here are some more u/c's and this time in Mandaluyong.... I went to LTO in Kalentong this morning and decided to walk along Shaw on my way home....

Lancaster Suites
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pa3cf9df72dd21bb992348cf1de705aeb/f82e36c1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pfb1f5e0dca108453f4a24e1e0a2ce1be/f82e5d56.jpg

this next one, I don't know the name but I liked how it looks... it reminds me of that New York building that was used as the Daily Bugle in Spiderman..
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p6562e03975af4b9a650a23bdbc285f43/f82e33cd.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p8a4de47aa7103d20b778a84a8b88145a/f82e1d43.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9837d4dcea6829d9298ec7470cef14f1/f82e2dae.jpg

Lee Gardens... I posted more on another thread...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/pf9bd1d8722a485c11a7bac7e8490b1eb/f82e2972.jpg

hi pau! again thanks for spending time taking those pictures.

lancaster suites
saw the billboard when i was there, it's a huge project, looks tall also.

lee gardens
looks very nice from the rendering i saw. is thos on hold or something?

"Daily Bugle in Spiderman"
think this is a project of filinvest, it's suppose to be finished atleast 4 years ago, was put on hold for a long time. think this was suppose to be an office building. yeah this is a nice design, hope to see it finish very soon.

the lee gardens are in progress... but very slowly....

the bugle... well... yeah it is by filinvest indeed and an office building... but that area is not (yet) fit as a business area... if that building pushes through.. it might face the same fate as that tall pink building near it... that was changed to residential....

thanks mr. photo update man! :okay:

[QUOTE=pau_p1]here are some more u/c's and this time in Mandaluyong.... I went to LTO in Kalentong this morning and decided to walk along Shaw on my way home....



this next one, I don't know the name but I liked how it looks... it reminds me of that New York building that was used as the Daily Bugle in Spiderman..
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p6562e03975af4b9a650a23bdbc285f43/f82e33cd.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p8a4de47aa7103d20b778a84a8b88145a/f82e1d43.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9837d4dcea6829d9298ec7470cef14f1/f82e2dae.jpg

Hey, there, pau

I think the original inspiration for this building is the Flatiron Bldg in Manhattan--one of the first structures to be referred to as a "skyscraper".

that tower looks bad when seen from distant location. it doesnt look that bad at close look.

Hawayano... yeah... that was the building that I meant... the Flatiron was featured as Daily Bugle in Spiderman... also in some other films...

I took shots of the front side 'coz the back or the side that faces Ortigas is not fascinating..:D

I like the style. hehehe. :D

Hawayano... yeah... that was the building that I meant... the Flatiron was featured as Daily Bugle in Spiderman... also in some other films...

I took shots of the front side 'coz the back or the side that faces Ortigas is not fascinating..:D

Thanks for the cool pics, tho', pau! I like the Pinoy interpretation of it nonetheless. But isn't this sharp angle conducive to bad feng shui?? (feeling konting superstitious na kiligs right now) :eek2:

hmmm... maybe that's why it was put on hold.. hehehehe :D

haha...feng shui eh? i think it depends on the adjacent structures. feng shui according to the believes...and in my opinion doesnt really have any standard shape for buildings. if your neighboring tower is sharp, you gotta have a smooth facade to counter that thing...i dunno...haha...im not an expert of feng shui, plus i dont believe it anyway. good examples are RCBC and AXA life Tower. And maybe GT Tower.

oh btw, there's another proposal on the blue prints that hasnt able to escape my spying capabilities. hahaha...ill post this whenever i got more details. this is gonna be at around Greenbelt once again. Seems like that place is going to be a skyscraper haven about 4 years from now!

francis....yeah please posts that new proposal around greenbelt area, btw, any update on that proposed high-rise by ayala avenue in between edsa and makati avenue? forgot the name =)

not yet. that's all i know about it. that there's something proposed.
that one along Ayala is supposed to replace the old Gilarmi apartments. i dun know if it will still be called as such....
btw, the agent of Eaton said she's going to tour me at the construction site of Eaton....which by now is still at the basement levels. what do you think? isn't that freaky? :runaway:

hahahah... sounds lilke Tales from the Crypt.. huh.. hehehehe :D

hahaha...i was speechless...i told her the very first time that im just a weird skyscraper enthusiast. i have no plan of sneaking thru u/cs. i confined my targets to occupied and finished ones.

hahhaha.... francis... you got urself freaked out huh...:D

hahaha...but who knows, we might have change of plans...
eh makitulong kaya ako sa construction? tapos tulog kasama ng mga construction people? wahh...that is, if they sleep pa. pano kung hindi? ayaw ko nga mabagsakan ng falling debris. :D i wanna die some better way...actually, construction fellows are nice! basta nice ka lang din sa kanila. mukha din naman akong yagit eh. makaka relate sila...hahaha...ill contact the agent again and give her my 'yes'

your funny francis =) did you made a tour to eaton yet? if yes, how did it go?

what was funny on that Edmund?
no i havent done it yet. maybe when i gathered enuff guts to do it. plus i dunno what to do on that tour. a tour on a u/c? isn't that freaky? there are 8 levels below ground, so there'd be quite a lot to tour to. lets see. im not really into that, but lets see. hopefully, the construction fellows wont do any harm to me. baka ibitin ako sa crane. hahahaha.....that would be awesome experience tho. bibitin ako like Spiderman!!!

=) "bibitin ako like Spiderman!!!" that would be aewsome =) just make sure it's safe!!!

:lol: I saw few clips of Spiderman2 the making, isinasabit pala talaga si Tobey sa crane.. :D galing. ako sa Ranger lan sa Star City, 2nd yr HS. Ang careless kasi ng attendant, hindi ini-lock ang upuan ko, kaya ng bumaliktad kami sa ere, muntik na akong malaglag. buti nahawakan pa ko ng katabi ko, at kinaya ako ng supporting seat belt. Kala ko ganun talaga un...nun paalis na kami, tinanong sa akin ng attendant kung bakit ndi naka-lock upuan ko...nyieeh!

[QUOTE=pau_p1]http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p6562e03975af4b9a650a23bdbc285f43/f82e33cd.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p8a4de47aa7103d20b778a84a8b88145a/f82e1d43.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9837d4dcea6829d9298ec7470cef14f1/f82e2dae.jpg



Next to LKG, I like this building...I hope this will not be u/c forever. :sleepy:

oww.. that was a close call for you huh...

What's the U/C building on the corner of Pasay Road and Edsa? I can't see any labels/displays on the outside. They dug quite deep, though. From the third floor of Slimmers, I can't even see the bottom of the site. I'd estimate they're digging for 5 or 6 basement levels. Its a relatively small site though (approx 1000 to 1500 sqm by my estimates). If they're digging that deep though, maybe it'll turn out to be a 'scraper pa rin.

actually no one knows... there is no name on the site... except the Jose Aliling which is construction company's name and not the building...

dun worry...lets make that our next target of spying.
maka pag gym nga rin sa slimmers. hahaah...
Mhe-Ann, that was close, you haven't told me about that.

just saw Spiderman2 ealier and this building reminds me of that daily bugle...whatsoever. hehehe. btw, mas nakakaawa ung experience nun mga nasa Enchanted Kingdom, 2hrs na nasa ere, nyay!

what happened at EK? di ko yata nabalitaan yun a.

nagkaroon ng problema dun sa roller coaster (I dunno the exact name). What I saw on the footage was, the coaster stop for seconds...then sulong-atras...(which is abnormal)..then un na, tumigil na ng tuluyan. Buti hindi sila nakabaligtad nun tumigil...2hrs pa daw bago nakarating ang Meralco to rescue. wahhhh!

http://www.enchantedkingdom.com.ph/images/spaceprtpic.gif
Space Shuttle of Enchanted Kingdom

what happened was... the coaster suddenly stopped mid-way in the middle loop... that is from the picture above you see the first loop with the coaster, it stopped when it reached the half loop in the middle... the coaster went back and forth on that spot till it halts to a stop...like the coaster lost that enough speed to pass through that half loop...

Huh? bat Meralco ang nagrescue? Hindi ba dapat EMT at firefighters?

I dunno, baka sila lan ang may kakayahan. :D off-topic na tau...wala ng buhay dito. :sleepy:

yeah very off topic! =)

:spam1: :deadthrea

okay lets get back to the topic =) any upcomming new projects in the metropolist?

ok... to get back to our topic... here are some I took in the past week...

GA Tower
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/p53204b3e823173eeefb49514ffa2607c/f7ed8521.jpg

Shang Grand
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/p036bea97d32381ca8df4d165cf61f6ae/f7ed816a.jpg

Greenbelt Parkplace
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/p5c9470b8cf8ccfc42421d5cd7bf53734/f7ed8065.jpg

Laguna Tower of the Residences
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/p06748582b21e5df2887cdea6293d1f60/f7ed742f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/pe5e512a19bfad8a7bdf9207d7c34a95a/f7ed7802.jpg

A condominium in Cubao... EDSA Corner P.Tuazon, Quezon City
the second tower is under construction while the other already has tenants.. I'm not sure of its name....
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/p6f8a83b1edc0f77c548d9e81d9a28492/f7ed9437.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/p91eef15ea5a307ac6f2e83b45dbda477/f7ed7df4.jpg

wow! nice pics. :bow: next week ulit ung ibang pics. ;D

with that color Greenbelt Parkplace wouldnt look as bad as i thought it would be. now if they fit the perfect tint of glass, then it would look nice.

what's that building in EDSA, in the last pictures?

thanks for the ypdate pau! =) t

greenbelt parkplace
to be honest i dont like the color of the greenbelt parkplace, hope it's only the primer, i like the exterior color they have on their renderings.

ga tower
men those steel bars looks huge!!!

well the color looks much like Paseo Parkview. when the painting of the exterior is finished, then it would be less of an eyesore than it was uc.

here are some of the u/c that I had taken picture during my shooting spree....

one of the u/c in QC (or maybe in San Juan border)... I forgot the name, this is supposed to be one of 4 towers... this is near Aurora Blvd and the Magnolia plant
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/paac5f764bdc734a92959b40bfdfc4e84/f7df2f9b.jpg

Gateway Mall
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/p2de74dfb888fd0214c96e77adeeba9b2/f7dfb024.jpg

pau
yeah that project in aurora has been idle for a long time...

where is gateway mall? looks nice

Gateway Mall is in Araneta Center...it connects the new Cubao LRT2 Station in Aurora Blvd and the North side gate of the Araneta Coliseum... It stands beside the National Bookstore Main Office. the picture above faces the Isetann Aurora Tower, New Frontier Theater and the old Fiesta Carnival... :D soon... when the construction between Farmers Plaza and the West side gate of the Coliseum is done... LRT2 and MRT will be linked throught those 2 malls... :D

anyways... last night on my way home to Mandaluyong, we passed through the red light district of the Makati area at the extension of Makati Avenue near Eaton's construction area (that area between Makati CBD and Rockwell).... I noticed that there are two more buildings under construction... one is Bel-Air Soho and the other I didn't catch the name.... :D

thanks pau! great to see the araneta is upgrading the araneta center. glad to see the deisgn is also nice.

wow...another construction we dont know near eaton's? anyone have any info? thanks

anybody home? been so quiet here, feel like i a the only one here sa projects on the rise thread =(

Yes Edmund. It is pretty quiet in this forum. Maybe Pinas-based poster use their work to connect to internet. With today being saturday...do they work on saturdays?

Either way, have a great weekend. Met with Barcat yesterday and had a great Vietnamese dinner. Pho rules!

hi bong! yeah i havent heard from the usual posters here. maybe they got bored from me posting about my interest on architecture =)

glad you and barcat meet up! =) i got a new job in walnut creek starting august 2, maybe we could hook up for coffee sometime with barcat!

how is you condo purchase going>

wow, if there is bermuda traingle, we have bay area triangle :) . walnut creek, napa and union city. definitely we can meet there as a midpoint.

both barcat and I are very happy with our 5th ave. purchase. very comfortable and satisfied naman with our robinson's contact. they are very helpful.

hopefully someone can take pictures of FBGC, especially the future site on 5th.

sorry guys. been soooo busy this week.
PILES OF FILES to work on.
good thing you got a new job Edmund. im planning to look for new job as well. but im guessing that would mean less time for posting here, since my target job requires
more time to be at work, than what i got at present. been over a year here and im quite bored doing this never-ending task, talking with incompetent affiliated, etc....im becoming so bad now!!!
oh well, back to the topic...which is? U/C's...yeah. i haven't done much spying lately, so i got no fresh news.

for the u/c near Eaton? where's that specifically? ive seen a huge fenced lot few months ago....id reckon that's the one Pau is talking about. as for Bel-air soho, it has been there for quite some time already, but when done, its not so tall, i guess its less than 20 levels, so i didn't mind posting it here. Century's SOMA project is more interesting imo. but hey, there are currently two projects im looking up to.
one is supposed to rise near guadalupe area, called TORRE de EDSA, (it sounds like that) and another one to rise at Greenbelt. Both of which are hi-rises. Will keep u posted guys about the development.


FORT BONI U/Cs

Kensington should have commenced construction this month. Its located near Penhurst. One project that sold out quite fast. Maybe it has the same payment scheme as Penhurst. The owners are the one who develop the property.

Megaworld's Forbes Town has 2 towers underway. It has 6 towers in total. Tallest of which is only about 20 storey. Bellagio Place? I dunno, its almost sold out, but i haven't heard of its construction yet.

Century's SOMA is waiting for 30% take up before starting construction. After this project, another hi-rise at Greenbelt will be launched.

Market Market! has partially opened last month. I think the two cranes beside it are still past for the construction of Market Market!. By the way, it covers a real huge lot.

St Luke's hospital should be commencing construction very soon.

Several lots have been sold out at FORT Boni lately. and this lots are intended to be developed in the next few years. So we would be expecting more projects to rise at Fort Boni.

MAKATI CBD
Shang Tower is now about 60% sold out. Its now at the 26th level. I could see it from where im seated at at work. so its more that 50% done structural wise.

Four Seasons has almost completed its installation of its glass windows. It looks quite nice. It would look different when viewed at different angles. i mean its facade. and i could see it from Ortigas now.

as for Greenbelt and Ayala ave projects, Pau probably has something to say, plus he got photos to prove them...right Pau?

ASB Malayan Plaza is also 60% sold out. Claddings are done from top floor down. Hopefully i cud get some info about SM-KS Tower. I have a hunch this project would push thru. BSA Twins are slated to be finished up Q3 this year. Let's see what happens

that's all folks. i got class later. see u! Will tell you more later.

Wow! The construction scene is really active in Manila these days! What I like about it is that the activities are so well spread out in the Metropolis.

You've got frenetic construction activities simultaneously going on at Fort Bonifacio, Makati, Libis, Ortigas Center, Araneta Center in Cubao, Greenhills, Rockwell, Mandaluyong City, Pasig City, the Bay City Project at the reclaimed area, Quezon City and Manila proper (with Mayor Atienza continuing his Buhayin ang Maynila campaign).

Metro Manila is indeed transforming its Cityscape. Not only is it becoming taller, it is also becoming bigger as urbanization creeps to the outlying provinces.

well.. the other building u/c that I saw is near Bel-Air soho.. and I think its not quite relevant too since its quite a small one...

francis.. you got any idea what will rise on that big fenced lot along Makati Ave?

there is also another high-rise condominium that has just began construction along EDSA in QC just across the National Printing Office.. I think its about 15 storeys or less... its just one of those scattered residential high-rises of QC...

Pau, i have no idea what that wide fenced lot is for.
It has been fenced for quite sometime now.

There's this u/c bet GMA and Quezon Ave MRT, beside Pascual Lab. Im guessing it has nearly 20 levels, but the construction isn't really collosal. no u/ground parking whatsoever. maybe this is the one ur talking about. the name is Francesca Tower?

btw, have you seen this streamer near The Gateway Residences billboard? It looks similar with 5th Ave Place, but its shorter. Pau, i know you take MRT everyday, could you check it out? I forgot the name. im sorry.

Ive visited the u/cs near Galleria last Sat...I skipped from class. haha...
So ive seen the future site of The Cityland Corinthians Tower...its beside One ADB Ave...or are these towers the same? Philcomsen (sp?) bldg is underway on its demolition.

These AIC row is really intriguing me in some ways. That one near AIC Gold (where NU 107 is) is topped off already. That one i guess is a residential tower. This AIC Empire (??) has halted construction. This is real huge!!! too bad its been stopped right there for long time. It has nice columns in its lower facade. IT would really look great when done! But the crane was already unmounted....hopefully AIC Realty would have money to resume the project very soon. It's becoming an eyesore.

francis
welcome back francis! =) thanks, hope i could still be active here with my new job!

bong
yeah, bay area tiangle =) we hook up tayo midpoint, maybe once i move na next month.

francis.. yeah.. I think that was the Francesca Tower... actually at present the underground parking is done already... it's just one level down... you can see it from the MRT.... and about that Gateway Residences billboard... where is it near?... I regularly take the MRT from Shaw to Makati... and only once a week from Shaw to Quezon Ave or North Ave... maybe I'll try to take a look at that...:D

Gateway Mall looks nice. those types of buildings are very common here in Europe for big movie theaters. but almost none in MM, most of them are concrete and a small dose of glass

thanks Edmund. will keep u posted together with the updates guys here every now and then.

Pau, does that tower really have its underground parking? it seems like it doesnt have any. :D the billboard for the new Residential is in front of that used car center after Pasig River if ur taking MRT from the south. u cud see it as you approach Robinson's Gateway Mall.

ahhh... ok.. that billboard.... well it is the Fifth Ave Place... and the Gateway Residences is that condominium that u/c behind the Robinson's Gateway Mall (same name as that of Araneta's Gateway Mall in Cubao) in Boni Ave.....

yeah... last saturday... I saw that construction.. and the flooring is done and it is about one level below ground....

Pau, it has a different name other than 5th Ave...so i thought its not 5th ave.
cud u check it for us? hehe...its about 20 storey high. im not sure. i cant walk from that area since the buses are speeding up. plus there's no dropping area for buses right there.

guys any update on new projects? thanks

ok... I'll try to double check it... this morning I noticed that the Robinson's Mall is named ast Robinson's Pioneer (maybe since its on Pioneer St.)

I thought Robinsons Metro Gateway ang pangalan nung mall.

yes right Thamasian. but there might be a change in the name so as not to confuse it with the bigger Gateway Mall...

Pau...na rename nga yata. btw, have you noticed this proposal sa mandaluyong area? near that Flatron bldg? seems like construction is underway. there also this new U/c beside Cityland Mega Plaza...a religious bldg i guess. has about 5 storey high. looks nice on the rendering anyway.

Edmund, demanding ka naman. kaw nga magpunta dito at mag hanap ng u/cs....hahahah...biro lang.
btw, i see two Eastwood Cyberpark towers topping off. i dunno what these are. have no time to check . :D Hopefully i could give some Fort Boni updates too.
Any guys from the south? anything going up right there? Alabang and Sucat area?

yeah francis =) i am very demanding person =) just kidding. well, i am just obsessed with architecture, especially good design high rise buildings =) really hope that the economy would improve and be like during ramos time where there were construction everywhere!

haha...very right!
i checked at Citibank Tower's plaque last time....it says it was inaugurated by Ramos.
kaw na lang magpunta dito to check out the u/cs and proposals. i do get those proposals on dailies before, but since i hardly find time to read papers now, i just rely on my contacts...ask them what's new and whats on the drawing, and all...thats why i found out that Century is gonna build another hi-rise at Greenbelt...and GA's contractor to build another one of same kind near PET Tower.

francis if i am just closer =) are you at work now? =) take it easy, hope you feel better. please share some renderings on the new century and other new projects okay, it's very much appreciated! =)

i cant show any since these projects weren't launched yet. they are still on the planning stage Edmund. i checked this Bluprint mag last night about Recio+Casas, and found out that the earlier renderings of Eastwood Parkview did not look as what they do at present. i think this new one was better.

pag me nalaman ako, i wouldnt hesitate to inform you here.
kaya bago pa man ma-construct ang mga towers, you will know them first thru yours truly. hahaha...
so we have a lot of U/cs to look upon to.
im sure there'd be a lot at Fort Boni, tho mostly would be residential or hotel buildings, and hey...we have a supertall on the drawing...the replacement of the rotten Gilarmi, remember? we would have a real skewed skyline in the future.
btw, any news about how Joya Lofts and Metropolitan fared on the Intl market? hopefully they would start construction very soon. ive seen an ad of Joya last weekend...and there's this 2-page sized photo of rockwell...night time. soo nice! awesome. a clear print of that would be one of a kind.

what else can i say?
errr...back to work? no, its breaktime. i have no time to have a break now.
hehehe...so where are our update guys? any news from you guys?

the Bluprint magazine looks cool. saw one in Singapore.

btw, just a fact, Erap inagurated the Philamlife building in Paseo. :D

i've been missing out on the big u/c stuff. someone please update me.

the U/C beside Cityland Mega Plaza is GCF, the church I used to go to when I was in manila. haha... nothing big... it looks pretty nice and modern though...

when do you think they'll start putting up hotels at BGC? I feel it's still too early right now. maybe after an office boom?

I love Bluprint mag as well. hahaha..!! I was trying to get the June and July issues, but I still don't have them yet...

the june copy is that one featuring NAIA3.
Im looking forward for the latest one. but if it features nothig interesting, i dont think id buy one.

recent buy-outs of some Boni lots are intended for mixed use developments, including hotels. hopefully within the next 2 years!

yes right Thamasian. but there might be a change in the name so as not to confuse it with the bigger Gateway Mall...

Pau...na rename nga yata. btw, have you noticed this proposal sa mandaluyong area? near that Flatron bldg? seems like construction is underway. there also this new U/c beside Cityland Mega Plaza...a religious bldg i guess. has about 5 storey high. looks nice on the rendering anyway.


yeah... I think that Araneta's Gateway Mall made Robinson's change the name of that mall...

I got the name of that rendering in Robinson's... and it is the Garden Ridge... I don't know yet where it will be... that poster replaced Fifth Avenue Place's poster on that area....

also... I have been Roxas Blvd this morning and saw that there is a new shopping center proposed or u/c already.. the HK Sun Plaza...... it is beside that floodgate in the reclaimed area between Buendia and EDSA... also there are two big constructions on the reclaimed area on the end of EDSA extension... I'm not sure if they are still part of the SM Mall of Asia.... they are taller that the already constructed Mall of Asia.....

pau
lots of constructions we dont know about, please keep us posted when you get more info and ofcourse some photos is always nice =) thanks

updates for SOMA and Soho Central.
construction will commence on October, and is supposed to be turned over after 3 years. If only i got the money, id buy one at SOMA! hehe...looks cool. i havent checked the CD given to me yet.
SOHO will be constructed within the same quarter but will be finished in 4 years.

great info!! I really like SOMA as well...!! who's the developer again?

Century Properties! :D It says its a home for the thinking people. or sort of that way.

francis! you have a soma cd? i want a copy =) yeah i like soma also, it's going to stand out among the buildings around BGC. it's a good layout also and buy! go francis, get a unit!

i hope the manila tower would look any of these on this tread:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=1917888#post1917888

i hope the manila tower would look any of these on this tread:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=1917888#post1917888

holy shiet, those are awesome!!!!! what's the manila tower??

manila tower is an tower that will have an observatory deck in the araneta center, it's a proposal, part of the araneta redevelopment =)

arent those just awesome design?

YEAH! indeed awesome! hopefully, we can have one of those as Philippine's landmark. there was once one proposed at the Alabang area. I dunno what went on with that one.

The CD i got does not feature alone...it has all of Century properties' Projects.

wow... those were nice... I hope that proposed Manila Tower does proceed and would look very modern like those...:D

anyways... I saw that poster again in Robinsons in Guadalupe... and the whole name of that new condo is Gateway Garden Ridge...:D

OT: did you guys saw the SAI building collapsed in Divisoria? that was something..

yeah i hope we would see manila tower build soon and hopefully the design would be as good as the ones in china.

francis, you have a renderings of the proposed tower in alabang?

wow... those were nice... I hope that proposed Manila Tower does proceed and would look very modern like those...:D

anyways... I saw that poster again in Robinsons in Guadalupe... and the whole name of that new condo is Gateway Garden Ridge...:D

cool! where is Robinsons Guadalupe? sorry guys i dont know :eek2:

edmund... it's the same with the Robinson's Pioneer (renamed from Robinson's Metro Gateway) :D it is on the corner of EDSA and Pioneer St. beside the Robinson's Apartelle by the banks of Pasig River near Guadalupe Bridge...:D

ok thanks pau!

Edmund, i have to rendering of the proposed tower in alabang. i only had this picture in my mind how it looks like. parang bamboo yata if i remember it right.
Pau, me bago ka bang nalaman na proposed towers sa MM? Ive been in Cubao last Sat. Sayang, di ko inabot UAAP bet Archers at Eagles.
Di gaano marami tao sa area, seems like it was indeed erased in the map sa mga shopping destinations. Hopefully, this Gateway Mall will indeed bring it back to its being conspicuous.

francis
bamboo? did it look nice?

ive never seen any rendering tho. sorry for that. maybe someone else here knows better. it has been posted here 2 nearly years ago. if ur diligent enuff to dig thru the net, perhaps you could find article of it. :D

Another scraper to rise in Ortigas. (Quite Ugly)

Millenia Tower
http://www.viviun.com/data/properties/images/7531-12067-2HRKF1JFL9.jpg??062055

Asking Price: $15,400 - $27,736 USD (Financing Available)

Soon-to-rise another GOLDLAND PROPERTIES PROJECT (developer of GOLDLAND PLAZA & GOLDLAND TOWER CONDO in Greenhills, San Juan) MILLENIA TOWER is a 35-storey condo right in front of UNIVERSITY OF ASIA & THE PACIFIC, very near SM MEGAMALL, SHANGRI-LA MALL & HOTEL project total completion by DECEMBER 2007. 19 sqm sqm studio w/ full view. Inclusive of imported wood flooring & painted wall plus 1st class kitchen cabinets and closets. P30,000 or $545.50 Reservation fee, Only 10%DP ($994 or P54,690) Balance 61/2 years to pay of P9,772/mo. or $178/month @ 0% Interest, Parking space also available at P350,000/slot or $6,363.63 financing available. Millenia Tower is Great investment, self-liquidating property &
commited to deliver on time.

Note: Price & terms of payment are subject to change without prior notice.
Call (632)9840648 for more info

About This Property:
Category: Condos
Address: St. Escriva Drive
Ortigas Center
Ortigas
Metro Manila 1121
Philippines
For Sale By: Owner
Construction Year: 2007
Area: 19 m2
Bedrooms: n/a
Bathrooms: 1
Sleeps: 1
Stories: 35
Parking Spaces: n/a

Features - Amenities:
Studio Room
Pool
Gym/Spa
Cable TV
Mountain View
Amenities
Swimming Pool
Gym & Fitness Center
Function Room
Owners Lounge
Game & Billiards Room
Viewing Deck
Badminton Court
Jogging Path
Building Features
Entrance Lobby W./ Reception Center
24-Hour Security
3-High Speed Elevators
Automatic Sprinkler Sytems
Cetralized Garbage Disposal Chute
Centralized Mail Area
Residence Features
Quality Studio, 1 Br, 2 Br And 3 Br Units
Natural Ventilation
First-Class Kitchen W/ Cabinet And Provision For Exhaust Duct System
Provision For Cable Tv And Telephone Lines
First-Class Toilet & Bath W/ Exhaust Fan And Provision For Instantaneous
Water Heater
Imposted Laminated Wood Flooring
Built-In Closets
Painted Wall & Ceiling

Location
http://www.viviun.com/data/properties/images/7531-12142-1GLS6TFDL9.jpg??115232

http://www.viviun.com/data/properties/images/7531-12143-2ADTDS2S62.jpg??115533

http://www.viviun.com/data/properties/images/7531-12141-1AQ6EN1CTF.jpg??114830

BELLERIVE RESIDENCES
http://www.philblitzproperties.com/images/condominium/BelR/main.jpg

:: Location: 7829 Makati Avenue, Makati City

:: Developer: Antel Land Holdings Incorporated

:: Status: Pre-selling

:: Turnover: 2006

An elegant 28-storey inter-locking twin tower of glass, metal and concrete, standing on a monolithic podium. Its architecture is a mix of modern contemporary and rustic traditional, an architectural blend of the past and the present. Live in luxury and be greeted by a specially designed entrance driveway that features a facade made of natural stones and uniquely designed antique-wooden rafters supporting the steel canopy. The podium deck features water cascading from the infinity pool at the amenities level into the facade of the podium. Metal simulating antique wooden finish & glass curtain wall provide an interesting mix for the facade of the 3 levels pf podium parking, truly a prestigious welcome to your home.

:: BUILDING FEATURES
Grand lobby with reception and formal & informal lounge area
Two high-speed passenger elevators and one service elevator
Seven levels of parking
Professional building management
24-hour security
Automatic alarm and sprinkler system
Overhead water tank and underground water cistern
Standy power generator for common areas
Waste management system
Security camera on key entrance and exit points
Disabled ramp access
Maintenance and housekeeping service
Centralized garbage chutes
Car wash provisions
Driver's lounge with restroom

:: AMENITIES
20-meter infinity lap pool with water cascades
Children lap and play pool with water cascades
Spa pool with lounge seat
Poolside Sundeck
His & hers sauna
His & hers shower area with changing room
Mini-ballroom with kitchen facilities
Party lawn
Indoor game room with billiards, table tennis & football
Business center
Lounge with home theater system
Day care center/Pre-school
Multi-purpose learning center/Library
Children's playground
Fully equipped gym
Multi-purpose work-out area
In-house maid serice
In-house maintenance service

:: AVAILABLE UNITS
1-Bedroom Unit
floor area: 36 to 39 sqm (approx.)
price range: Php 1.8 M - 2.04 M (approx.)

1-Bedroom Suite
floor area: 41 to 45 sqm (approx.)
price range: Php 2.1 M - 2.3 M (approx.)

2-Bedroom Suite
floor area: 52 to 59 sqm (approx.)
price range: Php 2.6 M - 3.1 M (approx.)

3-Bedroom Deluxe
floor area: 77 to 131 sqm (approx.)
price range: Php 4.6 M - 7.2 M (approx.)

:: PAYMENT SCHEME
1. CASH - 15% discount from total Price above

2. Installment

3 yrs
60% - 36 months amortization
40% - turnover

4 yrs
60% - 48 months amortization
40% - turnover

:: Location Map
http://www.philblitzproperties.com/images/condominium/BelR/map.jpg

thanks thomasians for the updates!

BELLERIVE RESIDENCES - i like this one, it looks very modern. good location also. i like the colors also.

glad the residential boom is still going! yehey!

This must be the fenced area that PAu and I were talking about. Nice one. Too bad it isnt too high. Better to have two of them than having none. This looks like an Oakwood, though oriented differently. Price is quite affordable(i mean for the middle class people). Thanks for sharing these info Thomasian.

about that construction on the corner of EDSA and Pasay Road (beside Dusit), according to Francis, he was able to ask a construction man there and he was told that it would be a parking building... 6 storeys underground and 10 above ground... Francis.. am I correct?

Yes Pau, sorry i forgot to post that myself. The underground thing tho isn't sure yet. but he said it will be 10 levels above ground. i was able to ask last saturday early morning @ 3:00 am after attending a rock party! hahaha...It was raining then but i think it was worth getting soaked with rainwater bec we finally figured what the u/c thing is. They work at night!

guys have you seen this tread about constructions in bangkok? pretty amazing! could we do the same thing about MM construction? http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=123518

nice to see more new projects comming along besides BGC!

guys.. this is not part of MM but has anybody heard of a major project planned in Cogeo in Rizal? My aunt was approached by a friend of hers and discusses business of supplying construction material for this big project to set in Cogeo....

according to her.. it is a 1200 hectare project that will be composed of residential, commercial, schools, a church in the community... this is a project of the Church of Joshua and to be funded by the United Nations.... well I think that this might be a prank coz the project seems very promising...a $600M project I think... well according to them.. there still has no masterplan for the project... so anybody heard of it?

hahaha...haven't heard it. good thing to know it before its officially published on papers.

hmmm never heard of it but sounds like a big project for $600 million. wher is cogeo, rizal btw? =) thanks

hay puro na lang residentials...

Hi guys,

does somebody here knows the name of that condominium beside Essensa? It is exactly on the corner and it seems finished already. Curiously, the activity for this condominium seems to be stalled for some reasons. I don't see any billboard announcement and I haven't heard if it's being sold already or not. Geez, I don't even know its name.

I hope it doesn't have any problem because it might be one of the first to be an eyesore at the FBGC.

So, anybody who's got facts and stories about that condominium?

is it the red one? francis told me its name ages ago, cant remember now. or is it recent?

Baka you're talking about Regent Parkway?

yeah, its Regent Parkway. Turnover is 2003. And its only about 50% sold, so nothing much activity to be seen. Looks alright anyway. Hopefully, the other units willbe sold out before they appreciate too much.

I have a picture of it...:D to confirm. will post later (sorry!)

Thanks guys!

I think it's Regent Parkway alright. Doesn't have so much publicity about this so I thought this has been stalled longer than I can imagine... Francis, you said turnover is 2003? is that a typo or is it really 2003, it already 2004.

Who's project is it by the way? Pity, it doesn't seem to be selling like the other residential condos on the FBGC area... And am curious how much is a unit at the Regent Parkway.

im sure it's expensive ...but definitely way lower than both Essensa and Pacific Plazas. It's really 2003 @ fietspad. It was one of the very few condos which had their turnover last year.
I forgot who's project was it. Anyway, they lived up with their words to construct and give the buyers what they invested for.

Info from http://www.philonline.com.ph/~philprop/regent_parkway.htm

P85,000/sq. meter

http://www.philonline.com.ph/~philprop/images/RegentParkway%20001.jpg

Sq. meterage is a little more but not much. Maybe it is marketing that is to blame. Btw, developer is Metro pacific Corp.

looks nice!! too bad it didn't sell out too well... the red and white look good together... makes it look like a modern brick building...

yeah i like that project, looks really nice and have expensive cladding, looks like a mixture of granite. maybe the units are huge that's why it is har to sell.

I have more on this below. One question though, with an "abandoned" (might be too harsh a description though) project, what impact does it normally have on other nearby projects?

More on this from the same website:

The REGENT PARKWAY in Bonifacio Global City is an emerging residential and commercial center beside Makati City in Manila. Privileged buyers can avail of beautiful 2 and 3 bedroom units, including bi-level penthouse apartments with fantastic views of the city.

Amenities

Landscaped gardens with water feature
Children's playground
Lap pool ; toddler's pool
Gazebo
Jacuzzi
Exclusive residential lounge and reception area
Multi-purpose area
Recreational area
Bar area
Fitness area/gym
Shower/ changing room with sauna
Function room
Library

General Features

3-Level basement parking with central traffic management & access control system
3 Elegantly interiored high-speed passenger elevators by Schindler
1 Service elevator ; controlled and monitoredby central elevator management system
Car-paging system
Electronic fire detection and Automatic fire suppression system
Computerized building management and automation system
Manual and electronic building security
Unitized curtain wall system
Façade maintenance system
Helipad

2 Bedroom Residence

Floor Area : 149.02 m2
1 Maid's room with own toilet & bath
2 Toilets & bath ; elegant American & European bathroom fixtures
Pressure-laminated built-in cabinetry
balcony
Price : P85,000/ m2

3 Bedroom Residence

Floor Area : 306.97 m2
1 Powder room
1 Maid's room
3 Toilets & bath
2 Balconies; 1 in the kitchen area & 1 in the living room
Price : P85,000/ m2

Parking slots are available at P550K/slot

that's very expensive..

12.7M for the 2 bedroom unit
26M for the 3 bedroom unit

and still no parking included?

high priced apartments aren't successful. look at One Roxas Triangle. 26m is quite an effin lot.

hey guys im planning to write an article for the SSC newsletter and ive been off-track in u/c's so a short brief update of any building would be appreciated.

wow that's espensive, that could be the reason why is wasnt successful, but i beleive this project was started before the asian crisis right? nowadays, buyers want to buy smaller units and lower prices.

Hey guys, whats up with this one?

http://pix.pinoybroker.com/pb_lanc3.JPG

wow looks bulky

Wala bang under construction or proposal ng isang tower na lagpas 305 m? Kawawa naman ang pinas, wala tayong supertall, o kaya ba't di sila gumawa ng obsevation tower, ang Jakarta nga gagawa na at mas mataas pa ito sa CN Tower, (sigh)

I cant see it, the picture doesn work for me!:(

btw, Francis what is the latest on the tall residential tower to replace Gilarmi (sp?)

nevermind...i can now see the picture.

where is the lancaster suit location? yeah looks massive on that perspective but pwede na! better no nothing =)

yeah francis what's the update with gilarmi (sp)?

any update on manila tower?

Edmund,

I think it is located at Shaw Blvd. I think I saw it when I exit Pioneer from EDSA.

Edmund,

I think it is located at Shaw Blvd. I think I saw it when I exit Pioneer from EDSA.

So how's construction. What level is it now?

Lancaster Suites, i guess is located near the cluster where the Flatiron like tower is...or at least you could see Lancaster bfore reaching that area.

Gilarmi? Haven't talked with the insider about this. Plus what i got are 2nd or 3rd hand info only. Nothing primary. It must be 200m+ in height.

thanks bong!

would be nice to see gilarmi built soon.....would surely add some height on makati skyline! besides the location is so prime...i dont think they would have problem selling it

i don't think they would have to sell it since its going to be a serviced apartment. i guess. or maybe part of it will be a hotel, part will be condo, etc...

oh...cool! any update on this project francis?

wasn't it two years before constructions begins for Gilarmi?

i dunno who said it, but he said Lancaster Suites was finished. anyways it was due this year according to my memory:D

Lancaster Suites is not yet finished, they're just on the 5th floor.
I passed it on my way to Shang to watch Princess Diaries 2.

BTW, Shang has 5 new cinemas, and one of them, the Premiere cinema is priced ridiculously high.
A movie at the premiere cinema costs PhP 295, I don't know what makes it different from their other cinemas, does anyone know what makes it so special?

Anyway, here are more renderings of Lancaster Suites.

Lobby
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-lobby.jpg

Restaurant Area
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-restaurant.jpg

Bar & Grill
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-bargrill.jpg

Business Center
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-bc.jpg

Pool Area
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-pool.jpg

Mini Mall
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-minimall.jpg

Studio
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-studio.JPG

1 Bedroom
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-1bed.JPG

2 Bedroom split level
http://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-2bedg.JPGhttp://condomillion.com/listings/philippines/Towers/Lancaster-Suites/lancaster-suites-2bedm.JPG

:eek: Nice interior and pool! Where is this? And where is Shang?

Lancaster Suites is in Shaw blvd. near the mini skyline in wack-wack.

FYI, Shang=Shangri-la Plaza.

so this one is nowhere near finished...

anyone still have the u/c list?

Lancaster Suites is in Shaw blvd. near the mini skyline in wack-wack.

FYI, Shang=Shangri-la Plaza.

oh ok. I got confused coz there is Shangril-Plaza and The Shang Tower:D

great. Lancaster will be good addition to the wack-wack skyline.

awesome interiors

nice interior! Hopefully the real thing would look like that. but since the road looks a lot cleaner than the real thing, i doubt if Lancaster would look like those in the photo.
This residential is now long overdue. It has started preselling long time ago.
So the crane i see from EDSA belongs to this project?

Btw, you mentioned about Shang Cinemas...Fort Boni is set to have its new IMAX theater on Dec 1 this year! Probably same as that one in Eastwood.

As for Gilarmi, yes, it should start construction within 2 years from now. Im not really sure if that would mean construction of the new tower or demolition of the old one. Then we would expect to see a real skewed skyline. But if Ayala Tower 2 and 3 materializes, we might see another dome skyline in the future.

an IMAX theatre in BGC? Where? I dont think Eastwood has IMAX, it just has really good movie theatres. Gateway Mall in Araneta Center will also have an IMAX, i believe.

As for Gilarmi...2 years from now isnt bad. Maybe they will demolish the old building soon. hehehe...It would be awesome & a miracle if Ayala Tower 2 and 3 gets built. I hope so.

yep a miracle. maybe one of the two isn't so unrealistic in the future.
about Gilarmi, is there any signs from the ground about a new building? a billboard perhaps?

i dunno where at BGC will the theaters be. still, very few people are frequenting the area. so what's the new cinema in Eastwood called? or did i mix it up with that one in Gateway Mall? btw, isnt that mall slated to open by Sept this year?

yep a miracle. maybe one of the two isn't so unrealistic in the future.
about Gilarmi, is there any signs from the ground about a new building? a billboard perhaps?

no billboard or publicity about it Renell. We must be too early at knowing about this project! haha...Hopefully, i could gather more 2nd hand info about this project. Or i could ask my informant (who is with Eaton Place) to introduce me to the developer.

lol. yeah, we're probably too early. :D

speaking of Eaton Place, how's this building going?

I passed by the Eaton construction site...it looked pretty quiet. Not much activity. I saw it at night, btw.

when i was back home, they were only in the foundation. guess they're not in a hurry. but this one's due 2006..

an IMAX theatre in BGC? Where? I dont think Eastwood has IMAX, it just has really good movie theatres. Gateway Mall in Araneta Center will also have an IMAX, i believe.

As for Gilarmi...2 years from now isnt bad. Maybe they will demolish the old building soon. hehehe...It would be awesome & a miracle if Ayala Tower 2 and 3 gets built. I hope so.

Eastwood doesn't have an IMAX.
Gateway is rumored to have an IMAX or at least something similar to what Shangri-la has done, a premiere cinema.
Gateway mentioned in its website that one of their cinemas will be a "Gold Club Cinema" which will have 40 La-z Boy seats, so maybe that will be priced similar to Shang's premiere cinema - a whopping 295 bucks.

As for Tower 2 and 3, I don't think it will be built since Ayala already have Fort Bonifacio. For sure they will build office buildings there first than in Makati.

the density of construction people must be down there at the basement levels. maybe there's little money for this project. few units are sold out to date.

i hope they also two roxas triangle also gets materialize

well One Roxas has a high price rate, so that's gonna shoo away buyers. i don't think it will go up anymore. but it would still be cool if it did.

yeah i would like to see #2 ORT built also, it's a very nice designed building

same. but i dont think it will be built. It would have been so cool to have the two ORT twins dominating the northern part of the Makati skyline.

to move on to other u/c things, anyone willing to make a list of u/c high rises(12 stories or above) per city?

i can probably come up with a couple of building names
The Shang Grand Tower
Laguna Tower
The Columns Towers I II and III
One Legaspi Park
Greenbelt Parkplace
The Manansala
Joya Lofts
Oriental Gardens Orchid Tower (or was it Lotus?)
GA Tower
Gateway Residences
The Bellagio
Fairways Towers
One Orchard Road
Grand Eastwood Palazzo
Eastwood Excelsior
One Central Park
Eastwood Parkview 1 and 2
Eaton Place
Malayan Place (still u/c?)
Lancaster Suites

YES, Malayan is still u/c.unless it's turned over, i guess it's still u/c.
according to my friend who owns a unit at ORT, there are plans of building the second tower...as per the developer. but that info was quite outdated. a more updated info says the Two Roxas Triangle is definitely cancelled. Well, hopefully, there will be Two Legaspi Park.
Renell, you forgot to include the Cityland u/cs. There are two in Makati. Two in Vito Cruz, and One in Ortigas.