New look showroom for Hyundai

THE Gateway Group recently opened a Hyundai dealership that adopts a newlook design in Pasong Tamo, Makati.

The showroom, built by JAS Design & Build Development Corporation , uses new materials including LED panels for aesthetics, features spacious areas that accommodate four display vehicles, including an electric vehicle, complete with 3 charging stations in the parking, service, and showroom areas (shown in photo), with a comfortable lounge for

CO-WORKING space provider KMC, recently inaugurated SM North EDSA Tower 1 in Quezon City, with plans of opening two more sites at Jollibee Tower, Pasig, and Lexmark, Cebu Business Park this month.

Each offers state-of-the-art tech and business facilities and fully equipped social amenities, making hybrid work more achievable and sustainable for Filipino businesses.

SM North EDSA Tower 1 is KMC Solutions’ first new flexible office development in 2023, with 553 seats across 2,449 sqm of floorspace.

The Jollibee Tower on Emerald Street, customers.

JAS has been building Hyundai showrooms in the Asia Pacific region.

The Pasong Tamo showroom is the biggest completed project undertaken by the company, and several others are lined up for facilities in Pasay and Camarines Sur, on top of ongoing projects in North EDSA, and Malolos, Bulacan.

“JAS is a combination design, construction, project and property management and renovation company that offers services through value engineering and state of the art technology,” said JAS President Alvin Lu, who manages the company together with Jean Henri Lhuillier as Chairman,. The latter is also President/CEO of the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companie. On the resorts side of its portfolio, JAS is working on the UNWIND boutique hotels in Makati, Camiguin, Siargao, El Nido and Coron in Palawan. area,” said Pablo Jorillo, Base Bahay Foundation General Manager. “Our work with AOFF, providing durable and permanent housing, is just the first step toward realizing the community’s goals of providing for education, healthcare, economic upliftment, and preservation of culture. We’re proud to be helping make a significant impact in the lives of banana workers and their families through the AOFF and TADECO.”

Base is a non-profit organization that provides alternative building technologies and the pioneer in bamboo construction in the Philippines. Through its network of partners, the organization has worked to build over 1,200 comfortable, affordable, disasterresilient, and environment-friendly houses all over the country with some 5,000 individuals sheltered in 14 communities.

Base works with partners, local and international, to help address the growing housing gap and reduce the effect of climate change by using local and sustainable materials.

MEGAWIDE BAGS CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION PLUM. Megawide Construction Corp. recently won a prize for Decorative Concrete at the Philippine Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards (PECCA) for the Sto. Nino Chapel in Cebu City’s 100-year old Carbon District. The Sto. Nino Chapel is part of the Carbon District Modernization, a joint venture being undertaken between Megawide subsidiary Cebu2World (C2W) and the city government of Cebu. In the last two PECCA ceremonies, Megawide also won the Best Infrastructure category for Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2 and the Decorative Concrete category for Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange, both in 2021; and the Mid-Rise Structures category for the Plumera Mactan, a project of Johndorf Ventures, in 2022. The Sto. Nino Chapel is a 378-square meter building located in the historic downtown area of Cebu, offering an attractive view of the city’s waterfront and the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway. It can accommodate at least 150 parishioners. The chapel’s design is inspired by the shape of the Sto. Nino’s crown, and the wave-like roofing element is influenced by the fluid motion of Cebu’s Sinulog dance. Among the project’s most distinctive features is the undulating roof made of reinforced concrete. The use of reinforced concrete special molds and formworks helped the successful application of this material.

ENHANCED MALL EXPERIENCE. Shangri-La Plaza is preparing to welcome a line-up of new brands and concepts to ramp up mall experiences from shopping, dining, and entertainment. The mall makeover roll-out includes a portion of its Level 1 Main Wing to streamline its layout and allow guests to easily navigate and enjoy its brand and services mix.

According to Shang Properties EVP for Retail and Commercial Joy R. Polloso, the refresh has been carefully planned to open up more spaces within the Shang and to properly accommodate all the brands the mall houses. “It’s a good change that we believe will make shopping, dining,

THE Asian Federation of Electric Vehicle Associations (AFEVA) recently visited the Hyundai Motorstudio in South Korea in preparation for the upcoming EV Summit organized by the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP). The visit was led by AFEVA President Edmund Araga and included directors Rommel Juan and Dennis Chuah, as well as Patrick Aquino of the Department of Energy. Hyundai Motors Philippines President Eric Lee was also present during the visit.