Megaworld expands green office portfolio to industry-leading 32 buildings
Andrew Tan-led top office landlord Megaworld Corp. has reinforced its leadership in green office developments after expanding its portfolio of LEED-certified and registered properties to 32—currently the most in the Philippine real estate industry.
This comes after the certification of Enterprise Two, Megaworld’s newest 12-story office tower within its 72-hectare (ha) Iloilo Business Park township in Iloilo City.
Enterprise Two received LEED Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), further widening the company’s lead in sustainable office developments.
Enterprise Two is the second LEED Gold-certified office building in Western Visayas, following Enterprise One, which was the first office development in the region to achieve the certification.
With a total gross leasable area (GLA) of 39,000 square meters (sqm), Enterprise Two is among Megaworld’s largest office towers in Western Visayas. It features one of the city’s largest office floor plates at 4,000 sqm, making it an ideal hub for information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) firms and companies expanding their operations in the region.
Designed with sustainability at its core, the building incorporates a range of green features, including a rainwater harvesting system, double-glazed windows for improved energy efficiency, a highly reflective roof coating to reduce the heat island effect, and low-flow water fixtures in restrooms.
It also promotes eco-friendly mobility through electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, bicycle racks, and convenient access to public transportation.
This latest recognition raises Megaworld’s count of LEED-certified office buildings to 24, comprising 12 LEED Gold-certified and 12 LEED Silver-certified towers, with other developments already registered for LEED. It also has eight LEED-registered office buildings, with additional certifications expected later this year.
Megaworld’s growing roster of LEED Gold-certified office developments includes 8 Campus Building A, B, and C, and Southeast Asian Campus at McKinley Hill in Taguig City; 10 West Campus, and One Le Grand Tower at McKinley West in Taguig; Worldwide Plaza (JPMorgan Chase Tower), and Uptown Eastgate at Uptown Bonifacio in Taguig; One Paseo at Arcovia City in Pasig City; No. 1 Upper East Avenue at The Upper East in Bacolod City; and Enterprise One.
LEED Silver-certified office towers include Uptown Place Towers 1, 2, and 3; Alliance Global Tower; International Finance Center (JPMorgan Chase Center) at Uptown Bonifacio; Le Grand Avenue Towers 5, 9, 11, 15, 19, and 21 at McKinley West; and Pasudeco Tower at Capital Town in San Fernando City, Pampanga province.
Developed by USGBC, LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—the world’s most widely used green building rating system.
It provides a framework for designing and operating healthy, efficient, and cost-effective buildings while significantly reducing carbon emissions and environmental impact.