Classier standard in the South
Susana Heights has long greeted motorists along the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) as a familiar rise of trees and rooftops, a quiet landmark that hints at a gentler pace just beyond the toll gates.
This year, that familiar name gained a new layer of meaning. Under Signature Series by SM Residences, the estate is the first expression of a premium residential line that aims to set a fresh standard for how the South lives, invests, and aspires.
Signature as a new mark
Signature Series serves as SM Prime Holdings’ entry into the premium and luxury residential segment, backed by three decades of large-scale development experience nationwide. The brand functions as a distillation of lessons learned from malls, estates, offices, and residences, channeled into a portfolio of highly curated communities.
At its core, the line speaks of permanence. These include land in strategic but shielded locations, disciplined density, long sightlines, and a clear structure for how residential, commercial, and civic spaces relate inside a single masterplan.
Each Signature address should feel recognizable in its attention to design integrity, infrastructure, and everyday comfort. The language of luxury shifts from ornamentation to the quality of the environment’s support for residents’ daily lives.
Susana Heights is the first canvas
The property spans 284 hectares of elevated ground. It features a dedicated exit at SLEx, offering an unusual mix of seclusion and access to Alabang, Makati, Bonifacio Global City, and surrounding districts.
The estate has long been a quiet symbol of prestige in the South, known for large lots, mature trees, and seclusion from city congestion.
The renewed Susana Heights Village and ready-to-build lots mark the start of a plan to transform it into a refined residential district.
Residential enclaves will converse with future lifestyle hubs, civic spaces, and green corridors. This approach gives the first buyers in Susana Heights Village the feeling of entering an unfolding story rather than an isolated subdivision.
Premium living in everyday rituals
In Susana Heights Village, premium living means low-density community, with lot sizes starting at around 500 sqm and larger phases available. Streets are spacious, and elevations between 30 and 55 meters above sea level help avoid highway heat and noise.
Amenities are framed as extensions of daily rituals. Country club-inspired facilities, pocket parks, and a planned five-kilometer greenway loop are conceived as occasional destinations and more as part of the natural rhythm of residents’ lives. Morning walks, short bike rides, children moving safely between homes and play areas, neighbors meeting in shaded common spaces, these are the quietly luxurious scenes the masterplan aims to enable.
The North Plaza and its larger southern counterpart are meanwhile envisioned as lifestyle anchors that gather everyday essentials, services, and curated dining within a short drive of the villages.
By clustering these functions into distinct yet connected hubs, the estate preserves tranquility on the residential streets while keeping conveniences close at hand.
Beyond one southern address
The company has allocated an initial P25 billion investment solely for the estate, which includes residential clusters, retail areas, civic spaces, and a future ultra-luxury village with lots ranging from 700 sqm to 1,100 sqm.
In addition to Muntinlupa, SM Prime has identified sites in Makati, Manila, Pasay, Parañaque, Pasig, Taguig, Cavite, Tagaytay, Batangas, and Cebu within its landbank as potential locations for future Signature communities.
Pricing follows a deliberate hierarchy spanning premium, upscale, luxury, and ultra-luxury segments.
Entry prices start in the mid-teens millions for select products, rise to the eight-figure range for Susana Heights Village, and increase further for the planned flagship village within the estate. This strategy positions the Signature Series as an ecosystem of high-value addresses rather than a single flagship project.
A standard that endures
When the village matures into a neighborhood where families stay, children return, and addresses gain a more prestigious weight over time, the brand will have done more than launch a new line. It will have set a standard that other premium developments in the South will need to answer.
