September 2022

Filinvest City is the gold standard in sustainable and future-ready community

People have been forced to reconsider their way of life by recent extreme events, such as pandemics and climate change. The way that real estate firms create properties needs to be reviewed. Living sustainably is now a necessity, assuring a higher standard of living for future generations.

Gold standard in sustainable developments

Forward-looking Filinvest has pioneered in green and sustainable planning for its development projects. Future-proof elements for sustainability were incorporated into the masterplan for its crown jewel, Filinvest City in Alabang, Muntinlupa.

The first and only central business district in the Philippines with LEED-Gold Certification for Neighborhood Development from the United States Green Building Council and a 3-Star rating for the Pilot Version of BERDE Districts (Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence) from the Philippine Green Building Council, every part of the City is designed for people’s health and well-being.

From parks to transportation, every component of the City is convenient, accessible, and refreshing. It is designed to make pedestrian access easy.

The self-sustaining community’s residents have the convenience of lifestyle and essential establishments within easy reach, such as a variety of retail establishments, restaurants and entertainment venues. Police and fire stations, hospitals and other critical facilities, as well as strategically located closed-circuit television (CCTV) and 24/7 security, ensure round-the-clock security and safety. Free Wi-Fi is available for the community in selected areas.

Utilities and facilities support the goal of cost and energy efficiency. The largest District Cooling System in the Philippines saves offices as much as 40 percent in energy costs. The Sewage Treatment Plant recycles water for the greenery. A fully-integrated electric-powered 360 Eco-Loop vehicles are available to residents and visitors.

Festival Mall, a core component of the City, has switched to sustainable power with 2.8 megawatt-peak solar power on its rooftops. The project will save about 41,000 tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to removing around 9,000 cars from Metro Manila’s roads.

Green beyond the Metro South

Developers of Filinvest City are now bringing its trademark best practices in green, sustainable developments to other Filinvest townships, such as the 201-hectare Filinvest Mimosa Plus in Clark, Pampanga; and the 288-hectare Filinvest New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac. Both townships are accessible through local expressway networks and an international airport.

Achieve the live-work-play lifestyle at Filinvest Mimosa Plus

Filinvest Mimosa Plus is known for its 128-hectare Mimosa Golf Course, Quest Plus Conference Center and Golfridge Private Estate.

The New Clark City is the future eco-tech hub Filinvest New Clark City, designed to be an eco-friendly, world-class development with scenic mountain views. Opening soon is the Filinvest Innovation Park, a top-notch industrial hub.

Filinvest New Clark City aims to be an eco-tech-ture hub that is eco-friendly, world-class development surrounded by scenic views. Artist’s perspective.

In Cebu City’s prime South Road Properties is City di Mare, which offers views of the sea and mountains. This 58-hectare development, envisioned to be the next premier residential, commercial, and economic center of Cebu, features IL Corso Lifemalls, a redefined lifestyle destination for conventional shopping and specialty dining.

Enjoy alfresco dining by the sea and redefine leisure at IL Corso Lifemalls at City di Mare.

Green investment is the future

Filinvest’s smart and green cities are expected to draw clients who care as much for the future of the planet as for the value of their investment.

With the care put into ensuring people’s health and well-being, and the sustainability of communities, Filinvest development projects are ideal places to live, work and play in.

Additionally, green cities present good investment opportunities. With the cost- and energy-efficient features incorporated into the masterplans, costs will be kept to a minimum even though land values will increase over time.

To explore Filinvest townships, visit filinvestcity.com and filinvest.com

Online entrepreneur and content creator Sharmane Coquilla creatively curating her paper making kits for her online shop So She Gathers (www.soshegathers.carrd.co and soshegathers on Instagram)

In early 2020, when the pandemic hit the nation, hundreds of thousands of internet retailers had trouble sending their goods. Digital entrepreneurs of all sizes were searching for simple and dependable alternatives to continue delivering their orders and running their businesses due to movement constraints and the associated health hazards that come with it.

“I had two main concerns when dispatching internationally while the pandemic was (still is) looming: price and delivery time. As ports threatened to shut down with little to no warning, courier prices rose and shipping time estimates doubled. My shipping fees when I started my shop were very unreasonable where the shipping rates cost more than the products I sell,” tells Sharmane Coquilla, Founder of So She Gathers, an online creative shop with customers in the US and Europe. “Although my handmade papers sold out and I received orders for my paper making kits regardless of the absurdity of the shipping rates, the business model I was building my shop upon was far from sustainable.”

The growing opportunity for underserved internet businesses was identified by total logistics company In-Line Forwarder. As one of Southeast Asia’s Internet economies that is currently experiencing the fastest growth, the Philippines, Inline began developing services specifically for them, including same-day Metro Manila delivery, international shipping, convenient pick-ups, no minimum weight requirements for small items, and even 24/7 customer service hotlines.

“As a leading brand in the logistics and shipping industry for the past 17 years, we deliver to over 200 locations around the world, whether express, postal, or by sea. We are growing fast and continuously innovating,” said Lindee Yu, the Founder of In-Line. “Our operating strategy is flexible and we are upgrading our e-commerce capabilities. It’s a really a concerted effort among all our employees as we take care of our customers.”

Inline Forwarder expands it operations to address the growing e-commerce market by operating multiple hubs across the Philippines: Caloocan, Malabon, Paranaque, Manila, San Fernando, and Cebu

Founded in 2005, In-Line Forwarder started with only one motorcycle and a humble office in Malabon. With exposure in the airline industry, the company was offering only international shipping service to individuals and small businesses back then.

Today, it has grown its fleet to include multiple trucks, 6 operating hubs across the archipelago, and manages a portfolio of big corporate accounts such as Aggreko and a well-known Philippine publisher. It also proudly caters to the thriving community of Amazon and eBay sellers in the country.

The business emphasizes that they are currently starting a project to fully digitize and automate many In-processes. Line’s It will open the In-Line Wholesale Online Store for social merchants in the fourth quarter of 2022, serving both domestic and international clients.

“In-Line was able to offer my customers better shipping rates with a more than acceptable delivery time. Since moving to them, I received more international orders because the product cost to shipping rate ratio became more reasonable. Thankfully, shipping concerns is one less thing that I worry about and it gave me time and energy to focus on other aspects of my online shop,” adds Coquilla.

In advance of the spike in e-commerce purchases during these gift-giving months, online businesses may now take advantage of In-holiday Line’s discounts at https://www.facebook.com/InlineForwarders.