Megaworld is Best Developer in PHI Property Awards
Megaworld Corporation took home its first-ever Best Developer award at the fourth annual Philippines Property Awards gala held at the Fairmont Hotel Wednesday evening.
The Dr Andrew L Tan-led company started the evening with 16 nominations, with Uptown Bonifacio getting six nods. The high-end urban township eventually won Best Residential Architectural Design for the Uptown Ritz condominium development.
Last year’s Best Developer winner SM Group was nominated for 10 awards through its various subsidiaries, and took home Best Commercial Development (Philippines) for SM Seaside City Cebu, a retail project undertaken by SM Prime Holdings Inc.
The conglomerate also won the Special Recognition in CSR for providing Filipinos “five-star” homes in prime locations around the country, as well as building public school classrooms across the islands.
Presented by Hansgrohe, the fourth edition of the Philippines Property Awards 2016 welcomed a new category to reward the country’s outstanding boutique developers. In the category for Best Boutique Developer, AppleOne Properties Inc pipped King Properties. Fellow Cebu-based firms, Primary Homes Inc and Cebu Landmasters Inc, collected several Winners and Highly Commended accolades in other categories.
This year’s year’s entries doubled to more than 200 compared to 2015. “Whilst there’s still an emphasis on Metro Manila, there was an increase in the number of entries from Cebu and also Davao,” said Lindsay J Orr, chief operating officer of Jones Lang LaSalle Philippines and chairman of the judges.
A highlight of the night was the presentation to former Senate President Manuel B Villar Jr, founder of the Vista Land Group, of the Real Estate Personality of the Year award by the editors of Property Report.
“I am grateful for, and humbled by, this recognition from the Philippines Property Awards,” said Villar.
Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc took home the Best Housing Development (Philippines) award for Northpoint, located in Davao. This project will move on to compete at the South East Asia Property Awards grand finale in Singapore this November.
Full list of Winners and Highly Commended at the Philippines Property Awards 2016:
DEVELOPER
Best Developer (Philippines)
Winner: Megaworld Corporation
Best Boutique Developer
Winner: AppleOne Properties Inc
Highly Commended:
King Properties
Special Recognition in CSR
Winner: SM Development Corporation (SMDC)
BEST OF THE BEST
Best Green Development
Winner: Arthaland Century Pacific Tower by ArthaLand
Winner: Menarco Tower by Menarco Development Corp
Best Commercial Development (Philippines)
Winner: SM Seaside City Mall by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Best Housing Development (Philippines)
Winner: Northpoint by Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc
Best Condo Development (Philippines)
Winner: Acqua Private Residences by Century Properties Group Inc
DEVELOPMENT
Best Luxury Condo Development (Metro Manila)
Winner: Admiral Grand Suites by Anchor Land Holdings Inc
Highly Commended:
Uptown Ritz by Megaworld Corporation
Best MidRange Condo Development (Metro Manila)
Winner: Acqua Private Residences by Century Properties Group Inc
Highly Commended:
Salcedo Square by Vista Residences (Vista Land Group)
Sorrento Oasis by Filinvest Land Inc
The Residences Commonwealth by Century Properties Group Inc
Best Affordable Condo Development (Metro Manila)
Winner: Hacienda Balai North Quezon City by Phinma Properties
Highly Commended:
Grace Residences by SM Development Corporation (SMDC)
Suntrust Shanata by Suntrust Properties Inc by Megaworld Corporation
Trees Residences by SM Development Corporation (SMDC)
Best Condo Development (Cebu)
Winner: 8 Newtown Boulevard by Megaworld Corporation
Highly Commended:
AppleOne Banawa Heights by AppleOne Properties Inc
Avenir by King Properties
Mabolo Garden Flats by Primary Homes Inc
The Courtyards at Brookridge by Primary Homes Inc
Best Housing Development (Cebu)
Winner: Solare by Primary Homes Inc
Highly Commended:
Casa Mira Linao by Cebu Landmasters Inc
Velmiro Heights by Cebu Landmasters Inc
Best Residential Development (Davao)
Winner: Northpoint by Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc
Highly Commended:
One Lakeshore Drive by Suntrust Properties Inc by Megaworld Corporation
Best Condo Development (Resort)
Winner: The Vineyard Residences by GlobalEstate Resorts Inc by Megaworld Corporation
Best Housing Development (Resort)
Winner: Camella Palawan by Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc
Highly Commended:
Royal Palms Dos by Primary Homes Inc
Best Hotel Development
Winner: Conrad Manila by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Highly Commended:
Admiral Hotel by Anchor Land Holdings Inc
Army Navy Club Restoration and Development by Oceanville Hotel and Spa Corp
Marriott Courtyard Hotel by Megaworld Corporation
Best Office Development
Winner: Ore Central by Monte de Tesoro Corp
Highly Commended:
Arthaland Century Pacific Tower by ArthaLand
FiveEComCenter by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Menarco Tower by Menarco Development Corp
Best Retail Development
Winner: SM Seaside City Cebu by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Highly Commended:
Uptown Mall by Megaworld Corporation
DESIGN
Best Residential Architectural Design
Winner: Uptown Ritz by Megaworld Corporation
Highly Commended:
Salcedo Square by Vista Residences (Vista Land Group)
Uptown Parksuites by Megaworld Corporation
Best Residential Interior Design
Winner: Admiral Grand Suites by Anchor Land Holdings Inc
Highly Commended:
8 Newtown Boulevard by Megaworld Corporation
Salcedo Skysuites by Megaworld Corporation
Best Retail Architectural Design
Winner: SM Seaside City Cebu by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Highly Commended:
The Venice Grand Canal Mall by Megaworld Corporation
Uptown Mall by Megaworld Corporation
Best Office Architectural Design
Winner: ArthaLand Century Pacific Tower by ArthaLand
Highly Commended:
FiveEComCenter by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Ore Central by Monte de Tesoro Corp
Uptown Tower 3 by Megaworld Corporation
Best Hotel Architectural Design
Winner: Conrad Manila by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Highly Commended:
Admiral Hotel by Anchor Land Holdings Inc
Army Navy Club Restoration and Development by Oceanville Hotel and Spa Corp
Best Hotel Interior Design
Winner: Conrad Manila by SM Prime Holdings Inc
Highly Commended:
Marriott Courtyard Hotel by Megaworld Corporation
Best Landscape Architectural Design
Winner: Ore Central by Monte de Tesoro Corp
Highly Commended:
8 Newtown Boulevard by Megaworld Corporation
SM Seaside City Cebu by SM Prime Holdings Inc
PUBLISHER’S CHOICE
Real Estate Personality of the Year
Manuel B. Villar Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc
For more information about the Philippines Property Awards, visit the official website: AsiaPropertyAwards.com/philippinespropertyawards/
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