NUVALI, the country’s largest thriving eco-city development, is still continuing to grow with recent developments and upcoming projects including an events place, a transport terminal, a hotel, a school, a wake park and more. With these developments, the 1,860 hectare eco-city is set to becoming a premier destination and sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the Metro.

To date, NUVALI has already developed 45% out of the total land area completed with road networks surrounding the commercial and residential developments within the whole vicinity.

Green Buildings and Stress-Free work environment

An addition to the silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design award-winning building One Evotech, NUVALI’s second BPO building, Two Evotech, was recently completed last year thereby progressing business in NUVALI even further. The building has a gross floor area of 14,455 square meters and a gross leasable area of 11,565 square meters. The new commercial medium-rise building features comfortable office spaces for 24/7 operations and tenant lounge areas. NUVALI is strongly anchored on sustainability that is why Two Evotech highlights different sustainable features such as energy-efficient systems and bicycle storage areas. It is open to BPOs, clinics, and other commercial offices.

Going to NUVALI Made Much Easier

Launched last November, NUVALI’s transport terminal intends to link NUVALI to other town centers and regional hubs. The NUVALI transport terminal is located along Sta. Rosa- Tagaytay road, beside Robinson’s Supermarket- NUVALI. Ortigas, Makati, Alabang and Balibago Terminals serve as pick-up points. Modes for transport are buses, vans, and jeeps. Travel times for buses are at 6:00 AM, 6:30 AM, 7:00 AM for the NUVALI to Makati route, 5:30 PM, and 6:00 PM for the Makati to NUVALI route. Vans and jeeps for the Ortigas, Alabang and Balibago routes travel all day.  NUVALI will also be offering more pick-up and drop off points in the near future.

Shaping Young Minds

With construction on the first phase of development nearly 90% complete as of December 2011, Xavier School NUVALI will be ready to open its doors by the start of the next school year in June 2012.

Xavier School NUVALI will accept both boys and girls, adopting a mix of integrated and separate learning to address their unique formative needs. This will be the first co-ed school for Xavier, adopting a co-divisional model where boys and girls will be educated separately but will also have sufficient time for interaction.

Xavier School-NUVALI’s layout will include three to four buildings with state of the art classrooms for primary, middle, and secondary levels. The school’s facilities will include a gymnasium, basketball courts, football fields, swimming pool, library, auditorium, and an IT-equipped multipurpose hall.

The Monochrome Events Place to Rise

On 12-12-12, an events place will rise across the Evoliving Center dubbed as The Monochrome. It will have an area of 3,500 sqm, seating capacity of 740 seats on the ground floor and 730 seats on the second floor, and a total of 6 events halls. With glass walls, the Monochrome Events Space is situated right beside the scenic NUVALI lake, giving guests a breathtaking view. The events space will cater to all types of events such as social, corporate, school and concert events and is expected to add more activities in NUVALI.  

The Monochrome’s lakeside view provides the picture-perfect setting for ALL types of events. It boasts of four modern monochromatic pavilions that feature a lounge, a guests’ lavatory, well-appointed interiors, good air conditioning systems, and state-of-the-art in-house sound systems.

A World-class Hospitality Experience with Kukun

A new hospitality experience distilling the essence of chain, boutique and business hotels for business and leisure travellers will rise in NUVALI. Kukun, deemed as an urban lifestyle hotel, is guaranteed to give an effortless and highly memorable hotel experience that welcomes guests with the essence of destination, comfort, and value with refreshing simplicity. The hotel will have 9 floors and an estimated number of 150 rooms with 129 standard rooms and 21 suites, with unit sizes of 28 sqms 34 sqms respectively. Kukun’s amenities will include a lobby, front desk/concierge services, business corner, breakfast area/coffee shop, e-lounge, fitness gym, meeting and function rooms, a swimming pool, a game and kiddie room and more. The hotel will also share NUVALI’s vision of Evoliving, the hotel will have resource-efficient fixtures such as low-flow water closet, dual piping, energy efficient lighting system and more.

Complete Shopping Fun

Shopping in NUVALI is now even more fun with the recent addition of Solenad 2, a neighborhood center that offers specialty and retail establishments which can be enjoyed in a relaxed and nature-inspired atmosphere. Situated beside NUVALI’s transport terminal, Solenad 2 has a wide variety of food and non-food merchants as well as having a Robinson’s Supermarket branch. Solenad 2 currently has 19 stores and the area also has an activity center for small and medium-sized events.

Catch the Wakeboard Fever Less than an Hour from Manila

The much-awaited Republic Wakepark will open its doors this summer much to the delight of adrenaline-junkies everywhere. The park is being built in accordance to world-class standards and will also feature a 4-hectare lake, a hotel, a bar and restaurant, and a skate park. Republic Wakepark-NUVALI is being primed as the newest and most innovative wakepark in the world and in line with NUVALI’s mission to boost a healthier way of living; the park is intended to inspire the public to embrace an active lifestyle.

With the eco-city still growing with expansions in retail, business, hospitality, leisure and education, these budding developments are setting the backdrop of NUVALI as the prime destination south of Manila as well as providing relief to those in search of literally greener pastures not too far from the Metro.

    MANILA, Philippines — Green is the way to go for most companies these days.

Guided by the “green” principle, Nuvali Evoliving, a project of Ayala Land, and Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation have partnered launching a livelihood program for at least 50 women in Pag-asa Vesta Plains in Sitio Majada-in, Canlubang, Calamba.

The women were trained to weave baskets, bags, trays, jars, among other products, using recycled paper materials such as old newspapers.

For its part, Manila Bulletin donated 500 kilos of old newspapers to be recycled and made into high-quality paper products.

Edgar Duldulao, project development officer of Nuvali, said the program is part of an umbrella project, “Alay sa Komunidad,” that provides livelihood for neighboring communities of Nuvali which is located at Sta. Rosa, Calamba and Cabuyao in Laguna.

Duldulao said providing livelihood using recyclable materials highlights the company’s thrust of environmental, economic and social sustainability. “We are adopting a holistic approach for the improvement of identified communities and the environment as well,” he said.

Women beneficiaries testified that the weaving program, which started in 2008, has greatly improved their lives.

Yolly Vibar, a 46-year-old former vegetable vendor with six children, said the income she earns from weaving has supported the schooling of her children. “Nasusuportahan nito ang baon ng mga anak ko araw-araw at mga pangangailangan ng aming pamilya,” she said.

Dana Carandang, 44, who has four kids, appreciated the program’s environment-friendly goals. “Dahil dito, nababawasan na sa lugar namin yung paggamit ng plastic na nakakasira ng kalikasan,” she said.

Carandang, who is also a barangay health worker, creates the sample paper products to be reproduced. She estimated that each member finishes an average of four to five products a day. Prices range from P50 to P700. Last December, their hand-woven ham baskets brought in at least P10,000, she said.

She thanked the Manila Bulletin, which saved them from buying old newspapers that cost P10 per kilo.

Carandang said the program formed stronger ties in her family. “Tumutulong din ang asawa at mga anak ko sa paggawa. Kaya lalo kaming nagkakaisa para sa makaahon sa buhay,” she said.

Duldulao said coming programs would also provide income for husbands and children.

“Fathers could learn how to make concrete hollow blocks mixed with plastic which are more efficient and environmentally-friendly, while children can be taught soap-making that will earn them their baon,” he said.

Nuvali is Ayala Land’s first and largest mixed-use eco-development in the Philippines, which molds work, leisure and family into the contours of a single community that fuses the ecological, economic and social spheres of life.

Source: Manila Bulletin