Almost a year ago, my family went for a short visit to a friend’s place in Tagaytay City. On our way back, we decided to make a side trip to Nuvali. Having more time to spare, we went to Georgia Club, a stone’s throw away from Nuvali, also in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
Georgia Club is a project of Brittany Corporation, a subsidiary of Vista Land of Senator Manny Villar.
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Tags: Brittany Corporation, Georgia Club, Nuvali, Santa Rosa Laguna, Senator Manny Villar, Vista Land 
No Comments »Last Friday, I was finally told to pick up at Phivolcs the fault certification that I applied for Nuvali. But first, let me tell you about a blunder that I made in my last post, I hinted that the Valley Fault System appears distant from Nuvali based on the last image that I attached. I was wrong. (more…)
October of last year, upon a tip of a friend, I wrote in this site that there may be an active fault line that traverses part of Sta. Rosa. The image on the left below was released by the online version of ABS-CBN News showing the so-called Valley Fault System.
Before going into Nuvali’s master plan, I think it’s important to study its location and topography first. Knowing these will indicate why Nuvali was master planned the way it was.
The following are Google Earth images that I edited to represent Nuvali. They are far from being complete and accurate and are only meant to facilitate the succeeding discussion. The outlines were based on available materials about Nuvali and plotted according to the visible images in Google Earth. (more…)
Posted in Urban Planning Tags: Google Earth, Laguna Lake, location, Nuvali, Taal Lake, Tagaytay Ridge, topography 2 Comments »Nuvali, Ayala Land Inc.’s flagship project encompasses 1,840 hectares stretching from Sta. Rosa Laguna all the way to Calamba. It is the most ambitious project in Philippine real estate history which the Ayalas themselves dub as the next Makati Central Business District.
Not that they will leave the Makati CBD, but they admitted that with Nuvali, they can start with a bigger canvass (it’s eight times the size the Makati CBD), where they intend not repeat whatever mistakes they committed in their Makati development. (more…)
Last November 29, I was fortunate enough to have attended a house blessing at Avida Settings Nuvali in Laguna. Settings is the latest development of Avida Land Corp. which is a division of Ayala Land, Inc.
The following is a picture show that showcases the fine features of an actual house and lot (not brochure pictures) in one of the residential components of what is to become, according to the Ayalas themselves, the “next Makati Central Business District.”
Hello my friends, It’s been quite a while since my last post and for that, I ask for just a little more time and I will be posting again.
The past several weeks have been a joyride for me and I will let you all in on what has, to me, been a frenzy of activities.
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Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: Avida Settings, Ayala Westgrove Heights, Nuvali, Santa Rosa Laguna, World Wide Web 1 Comment »Yesterday, my daughter and I attended the open house at Nuvali. Suffice it to say that it was another hugely successful event by Ayala Land. I met lots of great people from Ayala Land, even a classmate from UST.
One of the reasons why I decided to take this tour was to find out more about an important matter that was related to me by a friend. She emailed to me an image from Phivolcs indicating that there might be an active fault that traverses part of Sta. Rosa. It’s called the Valley Fault System. (more…)
Posted in Real Estate Tags: Ayala Land, Ayala Land Premier, Nuvali, Phivolcs, Santa Rosa Laguna 9 Comments »This is an update on what I announced about the survey I and my friends did in New Sta. Rosa last Thursday, October 1, 2009.
Only days before, CALABARZON and Metro Manila, were hit hard by a massive storm- Ondoy (international code name Ketsana), the worst tropical depression to hit the Philippines.
On the day of our survey, said areas were still reeling from the devastations wrought by Ondoy and preparing for another, super typhoon Pepeng (international code name Parma)
But lo and behold! New Sta. Rosa was spared by Ondoy; not even a hint of it was apparent.
We took so many pictures and below are just some of them. The following are images of Nuvali. (more…)
Posted in Real Estate Tags: Ayala Land, Business Process Outsourcing, Convergys, Evoliving, innovations, Nuvali, One Evotech, Santa Rosa Laguna, Trends 7 Comments »In part 1 of this series, I said that Sta. Rosa, Laguna has two faces, the Old and the New. I have so far focused my discussion on the latter.
I cited a principle from my second post, Perfect type of housing, part 2:
Inherent geographic characteristics, scarcity and cost of land, population density and availability of commercial establishments, varied job opportunities and conveniences determine the suitable type of housing in a given area.
I gave an overview of Sta. Rosa – its brief history, its different barangays (or towns) and the population of each and its major thoroughfares. The different economic zones in New Sta. Rosa and in its neighboring areas were enumerated and described to emphasize that Sta. Rosa offers ample job opportunities for everyone.
I also said that there is so much to discuss about Sta. Rosa that I will divide my discussions into several parts. (more…)
