Vista Residences responds to the booming Cebu market

• Source: http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/vista-residences-responds-to-the-booming-cebu-market/
• Tuesday, June 27, 2017

By Rizal Raoul Reyes

CEBU, both the city and the province, is rich in history and, at the same time progressive. It has the Philippines’s oldest school, oldest church, oldest fort and the very first Catholic image ever brought to the country.

At the same time, Cebu province is known to be the fourth-largest shipbuilder in the world, the second-most populous area in the country, it is eighth among the world’s top information-technology and business-process outsourcing destinations, and it is the second-most developed province in the Philippines.

Just like any forward-looking business organization, Vista Residences Inc. (VRI)—the condominium arm of Vista Land, the country’s premier homebuilder— is responding to this with a magnificent 32-story, two-tower development right in the heart of Metro Cebu. The company is currently building arguably one of the city’s and the country’s finest vertical properties, Vista Suarez Cebu.

According to Nova Noval, Vista Residences’s head for international sales and residential Leasing, “The project is designed to create the ideal human habitat by responding to nearly every aspect of human life—business, leisure, family, the need for growth, and of course, building and nurturing dreams. In this sense, “mixed use” goes beyond the customary “business, commercial, residential scope”.

The goal of the VRI vertical villages is to create cities in microcosm—and VRI says Vista Suarez Cebu will be the model. Everything, from its location to its amenities, will be pulled together to lay out, within its 32 stories, things every resident, occupant, or guest will need to live fully, completely enjoy their stay, or build their careers.

Vista Suarez will rise right on Gorordo Avenue putting the vertical village right in the middle of the metro’s key hubs: Fuente Osmeña Circle, the Cebu Provincial Capitol and a commercial and leisure center. It is quickly accessed from Cebu’s many streets and avenues, and very easy to reach or travel from via the city’s public-transport system. Its central location puts it a stone’s throw away from the city’s government centers, office buildings, commercial and leisure areas, and the famous Carbon public market—making Vista Suarez Cebu perfect not just for residents; but for businesses, business guests and tourists, as well.

One of Cebu’s gifts is that, though at its center is the dynamic, modern-day, hubbub that is Metro Cebu, within 30 minutes one can find one’s self at the foothills of majestic tropical mountains, among alluring beaches, or leaving the world behind on one of the province’s 167 surrounding islands and islets. Living at Vista Suarez Cebu is like living a dream that comes true 365 days of the year.

Vista Suarez Cebu will offer a minimal 27 units per floor in Tower 1 and only 14 units per floor in Tower 2. This will allow for more privacy, much less crowding in the public areas and more breathing space—a huge premium in condominium living.

Designed in an L-shape, Vista Suarez will make sure every single unit share the incredible views of the city and the mountains that fringe the Visayan metropolis.

At the street level, the elegant building will house retail and commercial shops and restaurants for the residents’ and guests’ convenience and enjoyment. The next two levels will be allocated offices and business centers.

Moreover, Vista Suarez Cebu will be a hotel, a residential development and a collection of serviced residences. The sixth to 14th floor will be run as a hotel. The rooms offering both studio and one-bedroom selections will be outfitted and run with the same professionalism, expertise and customer care as are the world’s top hotels.

Meanwhile, the 15th to 28th floors make up the tower’s condotel floor or serviced residences, allowing owners to earn a good return on their investment.

At the top four floors will be residential studios, and one and two-bedroom flats. Furthermore, the 32nd floor will be specially designed for the “privileged few”, offering penthouse suites with a touch of luxury.

The fourth floor will link the two towers. It will offer relaxation courtesy of an infinity and wading pool; a kids play area; a gym equipped with top-of-the-line exercise machines; twin lounging areas bracketing an all-day dining hall; and, for even greater rejuvenation, a spa. At the tower’s roof will be a deck with a sky lounge with a series of lazing areas. Beautifully landscaped, the area will offer spa cabanas and al fresco dining spaces, where the residents and guests can hold parties or romantic dinners. Both floors will be open to the sky, where one will enjoy the view and the famous Cebu sky.

Both towers offer separate lobbies with concierge desks to welcome guests and residents. Beyond all that, three below-ground guarded parking floors, 24/7 state-of-the-art security, fire and smoke detection systems, and intelligent management and building systems convey the intense planning and designing that will go into the creation of Vista Suarez Cebu.

Finally, Vista Suarez Cebu is designed with the Cebuano in mind. It supports Cebu’s bid to become the Visayas and Mindanao’s key business hub. “This means not only is the expat and employee population on the rise, but [also] the number of schools and universities the city has to offer signifies a major growth in the student population, as well,” Noval explained.