4 Reasons Why Your Ideal Residence is in a Mixed-use Development

Last Updated on July 1, 2020

When buying a property during this pandemic, the overall environment is one of the key factors that home seekers are now looking for. With the expectation that a similar situation may happen in the future, the address becomes as important as the actual home.

A crisis-ready neighborhood with access to essentials; a place where you can work, play, live and shop; a community that provides access to all your needs yet keeps you close to the hustle and bustle of the city. You want a home that allows you to embrace a lifestyle that offers everything within reach and mixed-use developments are the answer to the current dilemma of homebuyers in this age of quarantines, lockdowns, and border controls.

Mixed-use developments are exactly what they sound like: they’re a type of development that blends residential, commercial, and leisure spaces into a single location. It features a cross-section of a community where people gather to work, live, and thrive.

These types of developments provide a more comfortable work-life balance for its residents, reducing the need to go far for work or recreation, as the residents can do work, social and personal activities right inside the mixed-use community. During a pandemic, it provides security and convenience. After a crisis, it rejuvenates the different components within the community.

All-in-One Living

One of the very few key projects in Cebu that provides a holistic life approach in mixed-use developments is Astra Centre located in AS Fortuna St., Mandaue City, the city’s commercial and leisure center.

It features residential and office spaces, as well as a lifestyle mall and a hotel. Once completed, you’ll see a modern and upscale design. With its unique features, such as a multi-deck, bold canopy, punched windows, and articulated glass, Astra Centre sets a standard for other mixed-use developments in the metro that boasts of being a future-forward development.

With stunning amenities within the community, as well as a promising location, future dwellers can experience a modern, dynamic lifestyle in which they can live, work, and thrive, all in one place.

There’s really no surprise in how future-forward Astra Centre is, given that it’s a brainchild of the leading VisMin real estate developer, Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI). If you’re keen on moving to a new neighborhood, one that is crisis-ready, this CLI project is worth considering. These are the various spaces you can expect in the development

Residential Spaces

One Astra Place is the residential component of Astra Centre, featuring 28 floors and a range of exciting leisure amenities. Residents will have access to the infinity pool, kiddie pool, jacuzzi, and function halls. You’ll be able to use the fitness gym, al fresco areas, and sky deck, among other facilities.

When it comes to unit types, you have plenty of options. The studio units range from 22.64 sqm to 23.61 sqm, equipped with sleeping area, toilet, and kitchen. The one-bedroom studio units, meanwhile, have 36.56 sqm to 47.05 sqm floor area, featuring a sleeping area, living room, dining area, toilet, kitchen, and vestibule.

One Astra Place is pre-selling with a few units left available. The expected turnover of the condominium will be in September 2024.

1 bedroom condominium in astra centre cebu

Retail Spaces

With a two-level lifestyle mall, Astra Centre will feature indoor and outdoor retail areas, covering dining and entertainment amenities. Redefining the whole retail experience, Astra Centre’s lifestyle component will provide an opportunity for people to gather, stroll, and socialize.

Residents will find it more convenient to shop for their essentials in the grocery and convenience stores, catch up with friends and loved ones in the wide variety of dining and restaurants, and bond with friends through leisure activities like watching a movie in a state-of-the-art cinema.

Aside from good social well-being, your physical health improves as well. The proximity to grocery stores, boutique shops, and restaurants promotes walking, making the active lifestyle second nature to you.

Office Spaces

Astra Centre will house an office building that has 15 levels of premium spaces. All kinds of enterprises including business process outsourcing can benefit from the synergy of the 4-in-1 development. Whether you’re an entrepreneur leading a start-up or if you’re part of a large corporation, this community will provide convenience to the employees with stores and shops within a stone’s throw away offering a wide variety of goods and services.

Residents working within the community can eat at nearby restaurants while business travelers can stay in the hotel adjacent to their office. Proximity to recreational activities or gyms can help keep employees and residents healthy, happy, and productive.

Hotel

The first Radisson RED hotel in the country with a ‘’lively and flexible’’ hotel concept is unique with its upscale service and future-forward smart technology attracting the tech-savvy and millennial travelers. One unique feature is the Radisson RED app where hotel guests will have the convenience of digitally checking in, enabling them to head straight to their room by unlocking the door using their smartphone and not needing to go to the reception.

Radisson RED will house a 146-room with different amenities that the guests can enjoy such as pool deck, pool bar, gym, lounge, sauna & spa, meeting rooms, and events area.

The presence of Radisson Red in Astra Centre makes it a more luxurious destination, proving beneficial for both residents and businesses in the mixed-use development. Residents can, once in a while, indulge in a staycation. Entrepreneurs can provide upscale accommodations to their colleagues coming to town. Retailers will find a steady stream of shoppers from hotel guests. This one-stop-shop and work, play and stay feature provides a good flow of overall guest experience.