5 Simple Reasons Why You Should Invest in Luxury Condominiums in Makati

When it comes to investing, real estate is often mentioned because it’s a tangible property and the general consensus is that land, especially in a prime location, only tends to appreciate. In other words, it’s usually a safe bet. Provided you have the funds to invest in real estate, it’s highly likely that it will do a good job creating passive income for you. The question then is where one ought to invest.

To be sure, there are many places all over the Philippines for which one could argue why investing there is a good idea, but the goal of this article is not to provide an exhaustive list with detailed explanations for dozens of potential investment opportunities. As the title suggests, this article is supposed to give you the elevator pitch—the 5-10 minute read written in easy-to-digest bullets—that quickly tells you why you should invest in luxury condominiums in Makati, specifically The Estate Makati developed by SMDC and Federal Land.

Let’s get to it.
 

1. It’s Makati – a hub of activity

Before we get into the specifics of The Estate Makati, we have to mention that any real estate investment in Makati can generally look forward to good returns.
Makati City is well-known as a city of business and leisure, with some of the best shopping and dining and biggest global brands and corporations that can be found anywhere in the country. People take trips to Makati just to try one-of-a-kind restaurants and cafes that start there or to find exclusive drops for their favorite brands. For those traveling for work instead of pleasure, literal millions of Filipinos go in and out of the city from neighboring cities every single day just to find and do work. Actually, that leads us nicely to our next point…
 

2. It’s easier to work in Makati 
if you live in Makati

Because so many Filipinos travel to and from Makati every day and because of the fact that there isn’t a very sophisticated (read: comfortable, reliable, and with an extensively connected network) means of mass transportation, encountering heavy traffic is a daily part of life. In Metro Manila, outings are often planned around traffic, as the extra travel time needs to be accounted for. Even if you have the luxury of having a driver (aka personal chauffeur) and your own personal car, that’s still time spent on the road. And time wasted is money wasted.

Thus, it pays off in reduced stress and time wasted on the road to actually live in the city. When you live in a Makati neighborhood or condominium in Makati, you get to experience the best the city has to offer while minimizing one of its most glaring downsides. Plus, who doesn’t want work to be closer to home?

3. Investing in Makati and the Philippines is still more accessible than 
in other nearby countries

A luxury condominium’s P600,000 to P650,000 per square meter may sound outlandishly expensive but it’s all about perspective. When you compare it to other countries in the Southeast Asia region, it pales in comparison to condominiums of similar quality in Thailand, which can go up to P1.3M per square meter, or some locations in Singapore and Hong Kong, which can be up to 5 or 18 times even more expensive, respectively. When it’s put that way, P600,000 doesn’t sound so bad, does it?
 

4. It’s located on the coveted
Apartment Ridge Road

As the saying goes, the number one rule in real estate is “location, location, location”, and in Makati, there are very few locations as prized as Apartment Ridge Road. This stretch of land along Ayala Avenue holds some of the most premium and luxurious condominiums and residences anywhere in the city, and The Estate Makati takes up the last good spot left. While it may be last to the party, that also means it’s the newest and most advanced residence along Apartment Ridge Road, and that is in no small part due to the fact that…
 

5. It was designed by the architectural firm, Foster + Partners

For the uninitiated, Foster + Partners is one of the most celebrated and highly-awarded architectural firms in the entire world. They’ve won the Pritzker Prize, arguably the most valuable architectural award in the world, and have designed some of the world’s most iconic buildings, including The Gherkin in London, Hong Kong International Airport, and Apple Park in California just to name a few.

It is through their guidance and designs that the building is as uniquely-shaped as it is with its cruciform silhouette when viewed from above. That shape was chosen as it essentially turned each of the four units on every floor into a “corner unit” with 270-degree views unobstructed by pillars.

A major aspect of their design ethos also involves the pursuit of sustainability to futureproof the building as much as possible. Multiple green spaces were allocated across multiple floors to prevent The Estate Makati becoming a heat sink because of all

Investing in real estate can be a bit of a gamble, especially if a property ends up not becoming popular, but real estate in Makati, especially like that of The Estate Makati, is more than likely to be low risk thanks to the high demand for homes in the area.

Even if you chose not to live in The Estate Makati for some reason (it IS billed as a legacy product that would be worth bequeathing to your descendants across all your future generations), the earnings you could from leasing it out could be quite substantial. Either way, it’s an investment seriously worth considering as soon as possible.