IMAGINE waking up each day to the aromatic scents of lush gardens, bathing under the gentle touch of the sun, relaxing in a homey café, and taking a stroll around a secluded community reminiscent of a quaint Tuscan region of Italy, inside the concrete jungle of a central business district. Sounds rare and precious nowadays, right?
In the middle of a bustling city rises an exclusive enclave surrounded with nature’s colors. Megaworld, the country’s leading real-estate developer and pioneer of the “Live-Work-Play-Learn” township concept in the Philippines, brings that aspiration of an Italian-inspired garden setting into the heart of Fort Bonifacio with The Florence.
“Megaworld brings the Tuscan lifestyle in the country. Residents can get to enjoy living in a gated community amid the vibrant McKinley Hill township,” shared Noli D. Hernandez, senior vice president of Megaworld. The Florence is located inside the famous 50-hectare McKinley Hill, which is known to be Megaworld’s largest township in Metro Manila.
The integrated urban township is a place where everything is inspired by the lights, sounds, and tastes of Italy. It is home to the McKinley Hill Stadium, the country’s first world-class, competition-ready football field, and the famous Venice Piazza inspired by Venice’s Piazza di San Marco. In accordance to Italian appeal, McKinley Hill also brings the sights and sounds of the city of Venice with its highly anticipated premier commercial establishment, The Grand Canal Mall. The mall will be McKinley Hill’s new lifestyle destination which features the country’s first man-made Grand Canal complete with authentic Italian gondolas.
Unique garden-inspired community
Megaworld welcomes The Florence as the residential gated garden community with picturesque sceneries of lush gardens. It has achieved the perfect dwelling place for relaxation and tranquility amid the bustling urban landscape of Fort Bonifacio.
An emblem of modern Europe, the three-tower curvilinear designed condo creates a modern distinction of upscale living and exudes a relaxing ambiance brought about by its green surroundings. Its centralized residential lobby also has a unique homey atmosphere through its modern contemporary design.
The residential enclave is easily accessible to major thoroughfares such as C-5, Edsa and the South Luzon Expressway. It is also conveniently near the Makati City Central Business District (CBD), the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Saint Luke’s Medical Center Global City, The International School Manila, The British International School, Manila Japanese School as well as high-end shopping malls, supermarkets, and rows of retail shops in Fort Bonifacio.
“This is a different concept for a residential community in McKinley Hill. Future residents will live in a high-rise tower surrounded by lush greeneries, thick landscapes and gardens,” Hernandez said.
Each tower, 22- to 28-storys high, will have one- to three-bedroom units consisting of lavish 43 square meters to 94.7 sq m of space. All units will come prefurnished with a balcony that overlooks picturesque scenery of the Makati CBD, Fort Bonifacio, and the beautiful garden landscape below.
Truly, McKinley Hill’s one and only gated-garden community infuses modern European touches into the township, and brings life to the beauty of Manila. Life is, indeed, beautiful at The Florence.
Megaworld currently holds the record as the biggest landholder in Fort Bonifacio with approximately 105 hectares, offering four townships with different lifestyle identities. Each township serves as a living masterpiece that brings the best of select global destinations to the Philippines. Aside from McKinley Hill, other townships include the 15.4-hectare Uptown Bonifacio; the 5-hectare Forbes Town Center; and the 34.5-hectare McKinley West.
Other townships under Megaworld’s portfolio include the 18.5-hectare Eastwood City in Libis, Quezon City, which is known to be the country’s first cyberpark that saw the birth of the business-process outsourcing industry in the Philippines; the 25-hectare Newport City in Pasay City which is home to the famous Resorts World Manila; the 12.3-hectare Woodside City along C-5, Pasig City; the 28.8-hectare The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu; the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao, Iloilo City; the 11.2-hectare Davao Park District in Davao City; the 350-hectare Suntrust Ecotown in Cavite and Global-Estate Resorts, Inc.’s 561-hectare Southwoods City in the boundaries of Cavite and Laguna; the 150-hectare Boracay Newcoast in Boracay Island; the 1,300-hectare Twin Lakes in Tagaytay, the 62-hectare Alabang West in Alabang, and the newly launched 34-hectare The Upper East and the 50-hectare Northill Gateway both in Bacolod.
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