MANILA | Zuellig Building | 155m | 33 fl | Com

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Location: Makati, Metro Manila
Use: Office
Height: 155 meters, 33 floors
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP

Originally Posted by RonnieR

Originally Posted by ruralvillage

Zuellig builds P7-billion office high-rise in Makati
Updated May 12, 2009 12:00 AM
Philstar.com


MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo joined recently the groundbreaking ceremony for the Zuellig Building, the largest investment in a high-rise office building Makati has seen so far this year. The building will offer 33 floors (66,000 sq. m) of prime grade office space to tenants who look for the highest standards of quality and sustainability.

The building aims to be the first “green” office building in the Philippines with a LEED Gold certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED is a rating system for green buildings established by the US Green Building Council to guide developers, architects, engineers and the construction industry towards sustainable design.

Despite the challenging global economic environment, Zuellig reaffirms with this investment its confidence in the resilience of the Philippine economy and in the status of Makati as the country’s premier business center.

CB Richard Ellis, the exclusive leasing agent for the Zuellig Building, projects that office vacancy rates will increase as off-shoring and outsourcing tenants move into low-cost buildings, but expects demand for prime office space and rental rates to rebound to early 2008 levels by the building’s completion date in 2012.

The Zuellig family has been in business in the Philippines since the early 1900s. Zuellig Pharma is a major distributor of pharmaceuticals in the Philippines and other Asian countries.

On May 4, a testimonial reception was held in honor of the patriarch, Dr. Stephen Zuellig, on the occasion of his 92nd birthday. In addition to announcing the groundbreaking of the Zuellig Building, Dr. Zuellig highlighted the role of the Zuellig Family Foundation and Interphil, the Zuellig Group’s manufacturing arm, in making basic medicines available to the poor at affordable prices.

[mhek]

beautiful cladding

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Swiss taipan builds Makati monument

EVEN after the press conference, reporters who covered Monday’s groundbreaking for Makati’s latest tower, to be constructed on the last remaining Ayala Triangle park-view lot, did not know the name and the title of Kasigod Jamias, president of Zuellig Corp.

It was a tribute to how effectively the Zuellig Group and its Philippine-born Swiss patriarch, the 92-year-old Dr. Stephen Zuellig, have kept themselves under the media radar, despite their multi-billion footprint in the business community.

That footprint will literally grow bigger in the coming months, with the 24/7 construction of a 33-story, US-certified green office building on the 8,285-square meter corner lot opposite the Mandarin Hotel.

How Zuellig pried out the prized property from the hands of Ayala Land is a fascinating story in itself.

The Philippine Zuellig empire has long been housed in a 60s-era low-rise along Buendia, in a 1.2-hectare property that borders the South Cemetery.

According to Jamias, the “Doctor,” as the Zuellig patriach is called, acquired the lot when the Zobles were converting their hacienda into the future financial capital of the Philippines with the understanding that his property would have an unobstructed view of a park across the street.

That “park” is now where Ayala’s mid-range cluster of residential condominiums, “The Columns,” now stand.

To make a long story short, rather than sue, Zuellig proposed a property-plus-cash swap with Ayala for another park-side lot, the former parking lot at the corner of Paseo de Roxas and Makati Avenue.

For an additional P900-million cash, then Ayala Land president Jaime Ayala agreed to the Zuellig swap, Jamias said, adding that the 8,285 sq. m. lot was effectively valued at P2 billion.

The 33-story building itself—the biggest office venture of the Zuellig Group so far—will cost P5 billion; it will be two stories shorter than Ayala Tower One, which stands at the other end of the Ayala Triangle park, when it shall be finished by mid-2012.

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?...ss6_may13_2009

[Jude12]

I didn't know that SOM is the architect. It will be more interesting.

[firebar10]

nice building, will be at par with the best in the world definitely and its LEED registered most probably so one of the first Green Buildings in Makati.

[skyscraper100]

another nice project. interesting cladding

[psyche]

i believe this is the first building in the country that receives LEED gold precertification, a Php 7B building,

@judy12, i guess spending a Php 7B on a building would really make it interesting, as per the firm behind which pretty means they are willing to venture the project on a prestigious firm, but thankfully filipinos never loose on scene for it is pursuant to law that for every international commission (here in our country) requires a local counterpart. coscoluela if i'm not mistaken is the lucky firm

there is full detail at

a r k i c e n t r a l [dot] com,

go to news and events and you will see a pretty comprehensive article

[psyche]

and oh, what's up with that wavy cladding? is that merely a style or it comes with a purpose?

[dannydesiliva]

yes they should but they want to spend the money yes they are old but they can fix them up it is a shame for them to take the down a waste of money
iam 48 and i started there when i was.


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as of April 20:

Originally Posted by RonnieR

as of April 20



construction is in progress.

[c0kelitr0]

August. I think some parts are almost at ground level - some rebars are already showing.

Originally Posted by Kintoy

last week

image hosted on flickr

P8079492_1 by wetboxers, on Flickr

[Eric Offereins]

cladding looks pretty cool.

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September update

Originally Posted by RonnieR

9/20

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September 30 update

Originally Posted by RonnieR

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update

Originally Posted by Jude12

Yesterday November 28

[alheaine]

this is a very interesting project..hoping that Manila and the rest of the Philippines get greener bldgs..

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update

Originally Posted by leechtat

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Zuellig Building [33F|155m|com] Makati

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Taken : 3-24-11

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love that glass curtain!

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update

Originally Posted by RonnieR

I am amazed with the progress of its construction. Truly, a tower that is different from the rest in that area of Makati CBD.

April 3