PASAY | Mall of Asia Complex

[Kiel]

Originally Posted by tyronne

do u have an idea whether it's going to look like the rendering with curved facade or like the other design as shown by the model posted above? thanks.

Yeah, it looks very much like the model, very wide building with the curved facade.

[renell]

Originally Posted by ronnaveth

nope...SM's 40 hectare lots doesn't compare to asiaworld's 150 ha

asiaworld, what exactly is it? or in it?

i know it's related to Michael Jackson's concert when he was in mnl

well, i don't know very much only that it's owned by the tan yu s

[SKYLINEPIGEON]

Originally Posted by ronnaveth

well, i don't know very much only that it's owned by the tan yu s

ya asiaworld is the name the real estate company of mr. tan yu a filipino chinese billionaire. he owns lands, hotels , commercial and residential buildings in the usa (i believe he owns the largest land in the city of houston), taiwan, and the philippines. he already died years ago and his vast estate is now managed by his children and siblings. they do have several buildings in makati and ortigas i beleive and they won the bid to buy the reclaimed area in manila bay, hes supposed to turn that like a mini hongkong with numerous concentrated highrises, but the political fallout cozed by several failed coup d etas against during the aquino adminstration scared him and his partners dealt a blow to that very ambitious plan, he was really having a big plans for the philippines and he even owned the fuga island located near taiwan, hongkong and the batanes islands, he also planned to turn that island like hongkong with residenial and commercial highrises. i really dont have news about what are the plans and projects of asia world now, mr tan yu during the early 90's was one of the richest men in asia owing to his huge portfolio of real estate properties around the world.

he was in fact # 10 in the world's riches during the early 90s

[ryanr]

Check it out...i think this is SM-Mall of Asia in the background



Photo source: e46fanatics - ACT's BMW 325i

[Kiel]

YES! It is It looked like that when I past by there... I should have brought my digicam when I went ;(

[thomasian]

I think it is the SM MoA but that picture is quite old since MoA is I think on the 5th level now.

[ryanr]

Yeah...its not a recent picture. A few months old, i think it was taken in July.

have you read the recent heard through the grapevine talk bout SM...

since they have low earnings...they added to their rental of 20,000 per sq meter with 15-20% of the gross income of that store to spruce up their earnings...

grabe ang swapang naman talaga ni henry sy....parang sila na lang ang kumikita a....

[absent-minded]

woah...! that shot looks like it'd come straight out of a BMW TV commercial...!!! hahaha! I dunno why, but that's the first thing that came into my mind when I saw it.

I've overheard a lot (mostly from my dad and his friends - from people they know) of people ranting about the swapang and basically madaya practices of the Sy's in the management of their malls. lalo na sa department stores - when they have sales and stuff daw. I'm not really too sure what goes in there, but yeah...

anyway... here are some pretty recent aerials with the SM-MoA in them. and parts of the reclmation area. I think that's the MoA. hehehe... not too sure. they're from philskies.







that area is begging to be developed!! haha...! I hope the MoA will spur construction there. maybe they could turn it into a huge IT-hub like they have in Malaysia or Singapore...

[thomasian]

The Church encircled in this picture is The Shrine of Jesus, the way, the truth and the life. Whew... ang haba ng name niya.

Anyway, I think it is also SM owned or at least SM built it. And I think it is also planned as a part of MoA.

absent minded what can you say bout the squatters area right opposite the pricesmart...will they be able to remove it

[ryanr]

WOW...thanks for those aerials! The whole area is huge...and MOA is pretty big itself...and hopefully they will still expand it, since there are lots of room!

[jbkayaker12]

The Shrine of Jesus was built by the Sy's to show its appreciation to the Filipino people for its support of the SM chain of malls.

The Philippines surely know how to reclaim land just by looking at the pictures above. Wonderful pictures!

Pearl of the Orient Seas - The Philippines

Jon

[SKYLINEPIGEON]

Wow Shop Shop Until U Drop And Pray Wow I Can See The Westin Phil Plaza, Manila Film Centre And The Gsis Bldg

[thomasian]

Yeah ang galing ng pagkaka-reclaim... perfect na perfect, flat na flat, para lang silang floating islands, ang cute tignan.

[cropher]

Mas expansive pala ang pagka-reclaim nitong SM Business Park at yung adjoining island kaysa sa CCP complex. Is it EDSA extension the road with the roundabout fronting the SM MoA ?
May wider version pa ng baywalk , it really looks beautiful , sana ma-developed agad ng mabilis yung entire stretch because its good for our tourism . Iba talaga ang appeal ng bay cities , may charm at magic pa rin.

[federal]

i like the film center viewed from the air... it looks like Lincoln Memorial...

[ryanr]

Originally Posted by cropher

Is it EDSA extension the road with the roundabout fronting the SM MoA ?

Yes.

And the reclaimed area has high quality roads and a good layout.