Sentosia Condominiums: Bay City Living in the Philippines

By noemi on Jan 30, 2008 in Sentosia Condominiums

More than half of the world’s population lives within a hundred kilometers from coastlines, and this is for a reason. Seaside communities have long been strategic for their accessibility to trade and resources but man has always felt a primordial fascination with the ocean. Today, living by the bay is a way of life that is as vibrant and varied as the bays where once simple settlements, and now great cities, are located.

San Francisco: the City by the Bay
The famous city where many people have left their hearts, San Francisco is a central commercial and tourist hub bounded in large part by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The stretch of the city along the coast, together with parts of nearby cities San Jose and Oakland, is known as the Bay Area. The Bay Area is a vibrant community famed for its ethnically diverse street culture and environment steeped in history. As iconic as the community is the Bay itself, which was housed Treasure Island during the 1940 World’s Fair, and to which the iconic Golden Gate Bridge has been romantically wedded since 1937.

Singapore: the Lion City of the Sea
The smallest country in Southeast Asia, Singapore roars loud in the international community as the 18th wealthiest nation. As an island nation, Singapore has a primarily cosmopolitan waterfront culture comprised of Raffles Place, the city’s financial center, the Esplanade, a 1,600-seat concert hall and a 2,000-seat theatre built within an all-glass architectural wonder. A project called Marina Bay will also soon devote 94 hectares of prime bayside space for conservatories and water sports facilities and a round-the-clock commercial hub.

Venice: the City of Water
The backdrop for countless films such as the James Bond classic From Russia with Love, and canonical stories by Hemingway, Poe and James, Venice is a city that has charmed the world since the 9th century.

Famous for its canals and gondolas, Venice has a uniquely intimate relationship with its surrounding liquid landscape. It was the center of the Renaissance movement of the 14th century, the origins of the dulcet notes of classical composer Antonio Vivaldi, the romantic adventures of Giacomo Casanova and the sea-hardy explorations of Marco Polo.

Manila: Sunset Strip by the Bay
The famed sunset of Manila Bay now has a modern stage: a multi-million project that will transform the coastline into a hi-tech commercial and entertainment district called Bay City. Together with Manila’s primetime golden attraction, an 18-hole championship golf course, a reinvented Cultural Center of the Philippines, 50 meters of shoreline space devoted to family and community-friendly outdoor activities and al fresco dining will soon form part of the Filipino bay lifestyle.

At the helm of the Manila bay lifestyle is a pioneering development called Sentosia, an exclusive close-knit community where living well and connecting with nature is of utmost importance. Characterized by premium, bay-built novel condominiums that have three levels, wide indoor floor areas, an attic, large windows and a two-parking garage, Sentosia cultivates a unique bay lifestyle with the horizontal condominium concept.

The most modern community along the bay, the 127 homes at Sentosia were meticulously planned with geometric neo-Singaporean architecture complemented by Asian-inspired fixtures and interior finishes. Conveniently located near the country’s centers of power, culture and commerce—-the Philippine Senate, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, and the gargantuan Mall of Asia—Sentosia has urban conveniences balanced by the quiet leisure and space of living by the bay.

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