The Skysuites Tower

The Skysuites Tower

The building under construction, July 2016.
Former names	GA Sky Suites
General information
Status	Under construction
Type	Office, Residential
Location	Quezon City
Address	Epifanio delos Santos Avenue Cor. Quezon Avenue^[1]
Country	Philippines
Coordinates	14°38′38″N 121°02′11″E / 14.643889°N 121.036389°E / 14.643889; 121.036389Coordinates: 14°38′38″N 121°02′11″E / 14.643889°N 121.036389°E / 14.643889; 121.036389
Construction started	2007
Owner	DoubleDragon Properties (since 2014)
Technical details
Floor count	38
Grounds	2,811.60 square metres (30,264 sq ft)^[1]
Website
www.theskysuitestowers.com.ph

The Skysuites Tower, also known as the The Sky Suites Corporate & Residential Towers,^[2] is a 38-storey twin building complex under construction in Quezon City. Construction of the building was on hold for a while after its original owner, Globe Asiatique, got involved in a scam. The new owner, DoubleDragon Properties, acquired the building in 2014 and resumed the construction of the building.

Construction

Globe Asiatique commenced the construction of the building then named G.A. Sky Suites, in 2007.^[3] Construction of the nearly complete building was put into hold when the G.A. Sky Suites was foreclosed by the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) in September 2010 after ₱6.6 billion scam case was filed on Delfin Lee the owner of Globe Asiatique. Lee was accused of devising ghost borrowers to gain ₱6.6 billion worth of housing loans from Pag-IBIG Fund.^[4] The land title of the building was transferred to RCBC in December 2010.^[5]

On May 2014, DoubleDragon Properties began efforts to acquire the building from the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.^[5] Double Dragon announced on September 2014 that it has fully acquired the building after a 90 due diligence period. The building has been renamed as The Sky Suites Corporate & Residential Towers, or simply the Skysuites Tower^[1]^[2]

Architecture and Design

The Skysuites Tower is composed of two 38-storey towers. One of the two towers will be a semi-circular tower for residential use and the other will be a curvilinear tower for office use. The two towers will be connected with a parking and commercial podium.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Lazo, Kristyn Nika (1 September 2014). "DoubleDragon expects P5.2B revenue from Skysuites Tower". The Manila Times. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 Mercurio, Richmond (11 December 2014). "DoubleDragon secures 14th site for community mall chain in Bacolod". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ Diaz, Conrado Jr. (16 November 2009). "Globe Asiatique's Delfin Lee: Redefining mass housing in the Philippines". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ Austria, Jenniffer (29 May 2014). "DoubleDragon buying Globe Asiatique tower in Quezon City". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
1 2 "DoubleDragon to buy RCBC-foreclosed Globe Asiatique property on EDSA". GMA News. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

Skyscrapers and towers in Metro Manila

Completed

Over 250 m	PBCom Tower (259 m, 2000) The Gramercy Residences (250 m, 2013) Discovery Primea (250 m, 2013) Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila (250 m, 2016)

200–249 m	Grand Riviera Suites (230 m, 2014) One Shangri-La Place Towers (227 m, 2014) Alphaland Makati Place (220 m, 2016) G.T. International Tower (217 m, 2001) BSA Twin Towers (215 m, 2000) The St. Francis Shangri-La Place Towers (213 m, 2009) The Knightsbridge Residences (210 m, 2013) One Rockwell West Tower (210 m, 2010) Petron Megaplaza (210 m, 1998) BDO Corporate Center (210 m, 2015) UnionBank Plaza (206 m, 2004) Greenbelt San Lorenzo Tower (205 m, 2009) Edades Tower (205 m, 2014) Golden Empire Tower (203 m, 2002) One Corporate Centre (202 m, 2009) Philamlife Tower (200 m, 2000) Summit One Tower (200 m, 1998)

150–199 m	One Central Makati (195 m, 2013) 8 Forbestown Road (194 m, 2013) Anchor Skysuites (193 m, 2013) RCBC Plaza Towers (192 m, 2001) The Infinity Fort Bonifacio (190 m, 2011) Tower 6789 (185 m, 2013) One San Miguel Avenue (183 m, 2001) LKG Tower (180 m, 2000) Marco Polo Ortigas Manila (180 m, 2014) The Shang Grand Tower (180 m, 2005) Pacific Plaza Towers (179 m, 2001) Atlanta Centre (179 m, 1998) Birch Tower (178 m, 2012) Aspire Tower (175 m, 2012) Robinsons Equitable Tower (175 m, 1997) One Roxas Triangle (174 m, 2000) Robinsons Summit Center (174 m, 2001) Paragon Plaza (174 m, 1998) The Enterprise Center Tower 1 (172 m, 1999) Greenbelt Laguna Tower (171 m, 2008) Greenbelt Manila Tower (171 m, 2010) The Beaufort (170 m, 2013) The Beacon Arnaiz Tower (170 m, 2012) Pearl of the Orient Tower (168 m, 2004) Discovery Suites (167 m, 1999) GA Towers (165 m, 2005) One Rockwell East Tower (165 m, 2011) Rufino Pacific Tower (161 m, 1994) Ayala Tower One (160 m, 1996) The Orient Square (160 m, 1999) Lancaster Suites One (158 m, 2007) Bellagio Golfview (156 m, 2010) Exportbank Plaza (155 m, 1998) The Rizal Tower (155 m, 2000) Wharton Parksuites (154 m, 2012) BSA Grand Tower (154 m, 1998) The World Centre (152 m, 1996) Salcedo Park Twin Towers (151 m, 1996) Pacific Plaza Condominium (150 m, 1992) Wynsum Corporate Plaza (150 m, 2000) One Legazpi Park (150 m, 2006) Joy-Nostalg Center (150 m, 2009) Forbes Tower West (150 m, 2011) One McKinley Place (150 m, 2004) Zuellig Building (150 m, 2012) The Columns (150 m, 2009)

Under
construction

The Stratford Residences (312 m, 2017)
Federal Land Tower (282 m, 2016)
Trump Tower Manila (250 m, 2016)
Century Spire (245 m, 2018)
The Skysuites Tower (220 m, ?)
Net Park (205 m, 2016)
UNTV Broadcast Center (200 m, 2017)
Torre de Manila (165 m, 2018)
JAKA Tower (?, 2018)

Proposed

Unbuilt

Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
Commons

Triangle Park

Quezon City Central Business District

Buildings

Parks and monuments

Diliman

Education

Transportation

Roads	Commonwealth Avenue East Avenue Elliptical Road Kalayaan Avenue Katipunan Avenue Maginhawa Street Mindanao Avenue North Avenue Quezon Avenue Visayas Avenue

Rail	Kamuning MRT Station North Avenue LRT Station North Avenue MRT Station Quezon Avenue MRT Station Quezon Memorial MRT Station Katipunan LRT Station

Italics denote buildings under construction or planned.

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