AYALA LAND, Inc. expects major transportation and road projects to drive demand for its Arca South estate in Taguig City as the company begins turning over units at Gardencourt Residences.
“This level of connectivity, this number of mass transit connections, this direct link to the Metro Manila Skyway, these are connectivity points that I think a lot of estates would only dream of,” Jaime Zobel Urquijo, group head for urban estates at Ayala Land, told a news briefing on Oct. 23.
He said the convergence of rail, bus and road networks at Arca South could help improve residential accessibility and support urban decentralization.
The 74-hectare mixed-use estate in Barangay West Bicutan is near Bonifacio Global City, Makati City and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Infrastructure projects linked to the estate include the Taguig City Integrated Terminal Exchange, which is expected to accommodate as many as 160,000 passengers and 5,200 vehicles daily when operations begin in 2028.
Arca South will also host the FTI/Arca South station of the Metro Manila Subway and the North-South Commuter Railway.
Partial operations for the first phase of the commuter railway are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2027, while the FTI/Arca South common station is expected to be completed in 2034.
“With all the connections that we are having in the estate, we are strategically positioned to be the nexus of major regional transport infrastructure projects that will redefine accessibility across Metro Manila,” Roy Mendoza, head of planning, innovation and design for Ayala Land Estates, said.
Skyway Stage 4, or the Southeast Metro Manila Expressway, will also have dedicated on- and off-ramps within Arca South through Ayala Land’s partnership with San Miguel Corp.
The expressway is expected to cut travel time between Quezon City and Taguig to less than 30 minutes from nearly two hours.
The infrastructure buildout coincides with the turnover of units at Gardencourt Residences, a 2.1-hectare project of Ayala Land Premier.
Ayala Land has started turning over units in the Molave tower, the first of the project’s five residential buildings.
The tower offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 68 square meters (sq.m.) to 261 sq.m.
The Narra tower, which will have 230 units, is scheduled for completion in March 2027. Unit sizes range from 69 sq.m. to 259 sq.m.
“When we started working on Gardencourt Residences, one of the things we wanted to achieve was to offer a unique living experience within urban centers,” Dindin Gonzales, design management director at Ayala Land’s residential business group, said.
The project will feature a 5,000-sq.m. central courtyard surrounded by five residential towers and amenities such as swimming pools, a fitness center, garden spaces and resident lounges.
Singapore-based Habitus Design Group designed the project’s amenities. — Juliana Chloe A. Gonzales