X'mas at South Forbes

The weather has been getting increasingly pleasant lately, with temperatures gradually going down — somehow, an invitation to keep the windows open or indulge in this seasonal bliss outdoors.

And in a place like South Forbes Golf City, the country’s largest fully-integrated and all-themed golf resort city at the forefront of the Metro Sta. Rosa – Tagaytay corridor, where the elevation is higher, the cool weather practically lasts the whole day.

Walk the Talk. South Forbes, acclaimed Best Golf Community Development by the 2007 CNBC International Property Awards, the world’s most prestigious property awards programme, heeded the call for a New Urbanist approach to planning and development in order to achieve the benefits of compact, mixed-use, and pedestrian neighborhoods. With the creation of walkable districts, there is a reduction in the dependency of automobiles that contributes to less air pollution.

“To maintain the lower temperature predominant over South Forbes, we ensure that the planning design for walkable districts is executed properly and that there is a conscious effort to limit the expansion of the built environment over the natural,” said Cathay Land president Jeffrey Ng. “Hence, less car usage and more parks and other open areas our residents can frequent.”

Trees of Green. Trees alter the environment in which we live. The temperature in the vicinity of trees is cooler than that away from trees. Its leaves filter the air we breathe by removing dust and other particulates.

And in South Forbes, nowhere else has more trees than Châteaux de Paris, themed around gardens and groves of trees much like the City of Lights itself. One of the many themed gardens, L’Orangerie, will be an orchard of our native dayap. Arranged in a geometric grid, the orchard not only serves as a source of citrus fruits but also provides a rustic, rural agricultural setting for residents and visitors.

Move in right here, right now. Call 635-7777 or 631-8855 for a free city tour or log on to www.southforbes.com for more information.