Jun 12, 2026 · by BalayHub Admin · 10 min read

Best Condos in Makati 2026: Where to Buy by District

A 2026 guide to the best condos in Makati, with a district-by-district price ladder and a building-by-building shortlist from Rockwell Center to the Chino Roces fringe. Restate prices as ranges and verify with a licensed professional.

Best Condos in Makati 2026: Where to Buy by District

Makati is the address everyone knows and the one where the yield math works hardest against you. It is the country's premier business district, the most prestigious condo market, and, for prime stock, among the lowest-yielding, because buyers pay for location, prestige and corporate-tenant security rather than rental income. Understanding Makati means understanding its price ladder: where you buy on it decides both your entry cost and your return.

This guide breaks down where to buy a condo in Makati in 2026, district by district, with prices, yields and who each suits.

The Makati price ladder

DistrictPrice per sqm (2026)Gross yield
Rockwell Center₱280,000 to ₱380,000+~5.1% to 6.9%
Salcedo & Legazpi Villages₱200,000 to ₱280,000~4.5% to 6%
Poblacion / Bel-Air / San Lorenzo₱120,000 to ₱160,000~6.5% to 8%

Notice the inversion: the cheapest district yields the most. Prime cores look attractive on gross but compress to roughly 2.3% to 4.5% net after high purchase prices, HOA dues, parking, vacancy and taxes, a 2 to 3 point haircut. The fringe yields more because rents there haven't been outrun by capital values.

Rockwell Center, the prestige peak

Rockwell Land's Rockwell Center is the most expensive and most self-contained address in Makati, a gated estate around Power Plant Mall, with towers like The Proscenium and One Rockwell. At ₱280,000 to ₱380,000+/sqm it's bought for lifestyle and longer-stay corporate tenants; a 57 sqm 1BR rents around ₱55,000/month, an 89 sqm 2BR near ₱95,000. Stable, prestigious, and the lowest-yield play in the city. Best for prestige end-users and families.

Salcedo & Legazpi Villages, walk-to-office prime

The twin Salcedo and Legazpi Villages are the heart of the Makati CBD, walkable to Ayala Avenue offices, with fast corporate leasing (units turn over in roughly a month). At ₱200,000 to ₱280,000/sqm they're prime mid-luxury, with gross yields of ~4.5% to 6% (net ~3% to 4.5%). Best for professionals who want to walk to work and for steady, blue-chip corporate leasing.

Poblacion, Bel-Air & San Lorenzo, the yield fringe

The fringe corridor is where the income is. Poblacion in particular, Makati's nightlife and dining quarter, reaches 6.5% to 8% gross on lower entry prices (₱120,000 to ₱160,000/sqm) plus short-term and expat demand. Century City on Kalayaan Avenue (Century Properties' Century Spire and the Gramercy cluster) sits alongside. Best for yield- and nightlife-driven investors and younger expats, with the usual short-term-rental caveats on occupancy and regulation.

Developers and transport

The tiers map cleanly to developers: Ayala Land Premier dominates the CBD luxury core (Roxas Triangle, Park Terraces, Garden Towers), Rockwell Land controls Rockwell Center, and Century Properties anchors Century City. The transit anchor is MRT-3 Ayala Station on Ayala Avenue plus the One Ayala intermodal hub, proximity is a value driver, though the line is badly overcrowded at peaks. The Metro Manila Subway is a forward catalyst for the Kalayaan/Century City side (Kalayaan station broke ground in early 2026), but with partial operations pushed toward 2028 to 2029 it is a medium-term, not a 2026, upside.

Who should buy in Makati?

  • Prestige end-users and families: Rockwell or Salcedo/Legazpi.
  • Walk-to-office professionals / blue-chip leasing: Salcedo or Legazpi.
  • Yield and short-term rental: Poblacion / Century City.
  • Pure rental yield: look at neighbouring Mandaluyong or Pasig instead, Makati is a prestige and capital-preservation market, not a yield play.

Browse current condos for sale in Makati on BalayHub, and compare it against the rest of the capital in our Metro Manila condo guide. Sanity-check any price with the price per square metre tool. This is factual market research, not investment advice, verify current figures with a licensed professional before transacting.

The Makati building shortlist, district by district

The price ladder above tells you which districts to look at. This part names the towers inside them. Use it as a starting list, not a ranking, and treat any price figure as a range to confirm with a licensed professional before you commit.

Rockwell Center

Rockwell Center sits on a former power-plant site in the Poblacion and Guadalupe Viejo area, a low-density gated estate built around Power Plant Mall. It draws families and executives who want a self-contained, walkable address a short drive from the CBD, and it sits at the upper end of the price ladder.

Rockwell Land developed almost everything here. The newest cluster is The Proscenium at Rockwell, a multi-tower development on Estrella Street whose individual towers each carry their own page: Kirov Tower runs to 58 floors with 203 units, Lincoln Tower and Sakura Tower each hold 492 units across 47 and 47 floors, and Lorraine Tower is the smaller sibling at 45 floors and 331 units. Outside the Proscenium block, Edades Tower climbs 50 floors, and The Manansala anchors the East Block as one of the estate's earlier addresses. These are prestige and end-user buys first.

Century City

Century City runs along Kalayaan Avenue in Poblacion, a compact mixed-use cluster Century Properties built around Century City Mall. It is close to the Poblacion bar-and-restaurant scene and to the CBD, which makes it a magnet for younger professionals and investors chasing compact units.

The headline towers are all Century Properties Group: Century Spire, the 71-floor The Gramercy Residences, the 60-floor The Knightsbridge Residences, the design-led The Milano Residences, and the branded Trump Tower at Century City. Nearby, Vion Tower adds 57 floors on the same Kalayaan corridor. This is also the side of Makati that the planned Metro Manila Subway Kalayaan station may eventually serve, a medium-term factor rather than a 2026 one.

Circuit Makati

Circuit Makati is Alveo Land's estate on the old Sta. Ana racetrack along A.P. Reyes Avenue, built around the Circuit lifestyle mall and a performing-arts theater. It is newer and masterplanned, which suits buyers who want fresh stock with retail and entertainment at the doorstep.

Everything here carries the Alveo Land name. The towers include Kroma Tower in Barangay Carmona, Solstice and its companion listing Solstice at Circuit Makati, Astela at Circuit Makati with 409 units, and Callisto at Circuit Makati. If you want the most recently delivered Makati stock with a built-in lifestyle hub, start your search here.

Ayala Center, Greenbelt and the Ayala Triangle

These towers sit inside Ayala Center, the retail heart of Makati anchored by Greenbelt, Glorietta and the Ayala Triangle Gardens, with Ayala MRT-3 station close by. It is the premium end of the ladder and rewards buyers who value walking to malls, offices and dining.

Ayala Land Premier dominates the new builds: Garden Towers rises 50 floors with 340 units near the Triangle Gardens, Park Terraces and the boutique Park Villas at 45 units sit inside Ayala Center, and the three-tower Greenbelt set on Arnaiz Avenue covers The Residences at Greenbelt, Laguna Tower and Manila Tower at 48 floors each, plus the taller San Lorenzo Tower at 57. Two older Greenbelt-area addresses, Greenbelt Hamilton at 31 floors and Greenbelt Radisson, round out the resale pool.

Roxas Triangle and the Ayala Avenue core

Roxas Triangle sits where Paseo de Roxas meets Makati Avenue at the core of the CBD, steps from the Ayala Avenue office towers. This is some of the most established prime residential land in the city, a long-term prestige play rather than a yield one.

Ayala Land Premier built the trophy addresses: One Roxas Triangle at 51 floors, the newer Two Roxas Triangle at 52 floors and 182 units (with Hongkong Land and BPI), and Park Central Towers with 270 units at the Paseo de Roxas and Makati Avenue corner. Also in the core are Laurean Residences, another Ayala Land Premier address in the CBD, and Alveo Land's The Columns Ayala Avenue at 31 floors, which tends to sit a notch below the trophy tier on entry cost.

Salcedo Village

Salcedo Village is the business-residential grid east of Ayala Avenue, known for the Saturday Salcedo weekend market, Jaime Velasquez Park and a dense mix of offices, condos and restaurants. It is walkable to the CBD and popular with professionals and expats who want to live near work.

The tallest here is Shang Properties' Shang Salcedo Place at 67 floors and 749 units. Megaworld's One Central hits 50 floors across from RCBC Plaza, and the same developer's Salcedo SkySuites runs 32 floors with 253 units. Alveo Land's Escala Salcedo reaches 36 floors, Vista Residences' Salcedo Square holds 30, and Robinsons Land's Signa Designer Residences adds 29. For lighter entry points and rental-led demand look at SMDC's Jazz Residences on Jupiter Street with its large 5,367-unit count, Shang's The Rise Makati, and Federal Land's Oriental Garden Makati.

Legazpi Village

Legazpi Village is Salcedo's quieter twin on the west side of the CBD, centered on Legazpi Active Park and the Sunday Legazpi market. It keeps a calmer street feel while staying inside the business district. The residential stock here is thinner, with Alveo Land's Parkford Suites Legazpi and Megaworld's Paseo Heights two of the names to know.

San Antonio and San Lorenzo Villages

This band of streets around Malugay, Yakal, Kamagong and Chino Roces, just south of the CBD and along Ayala Avenue Extension, carries the deepest run of mid-market towers in Makati. It suits first-time buyers, investors and renters who want CBD access at gentler price points.

SMDC is well represented: Air Residences is a 59-floor, 3,642-unit tower on Ayala Avenue Extension, and Lush Residences adds 22 floors and 674 units off Kamagong. Avida Land clusters here too, with Avida Towers Asten at 31 floors on Malugay, Avida Towers Makati West at 26 floors and 861 units, Avida Towers San Lorenzo at 29 floors on Chino Roces, and Avida Towers Makati Southpoint at 32. Filinvest's Aspire line brings The Linear at 24 floors. Megaworld adds San Antonio Residence at 40 floors and 848 units, the 50-floor Three Central with 672 units, The Ellis, and The Manhattan Square. Rounding out the area are Federal Land's The Estate Makati at 54 floors and 188 units and The Grand Midori Makati.

Chino Roces and the Bangkal-Magallanes fringe

The Chino Roces Avenue (Pasong Tamo) corridor and Barangay Bangkal sit on Makati's southern edge toward Magallanes, a former warehouse strip now filling with residential towers. This is the value end, for buyers and investors who want lower entry costs with reasonable CBD and EDSA access.

Filinvest's Aspire line has 100 West Makati, a 38-floor, 898-unit tower on Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue. SMDC runs three high-density Bangkal projects: Jade Residences at 34 floors and 1,998 units, Mint Residences at 34 floors and 1,966 units, and Red Residences at 31 floors and 1,106 units. DMCI Homes' Fortis Residences sits on the same corridor, Alveo Land's The Lerato holds 112 units in the Pasong Tamo area, and Vista Residences' Laureano di Trevi Towers adds to the supply on Don Chino Roces Avenue.

Guadalupe and the eastern fringe

Guadalupe Viejo lines Makati's eastern edge near J.P. Rizal Avenue and the Pasig River, close to the EDSA-Guadalupe transit point. It holds some of the more affordable Makati addresses and suits commuters who prioritize transport links. The standout here is DMCI Homes' Brio Tower, a 30-floor, 746-unit building.

Where to go next

Pick a district, then shortlist two or three towers and pull current listings. Browse what is live now among condos for sale in Makati, widen the net across the capital on the full buy search, and read how Makati stacks up against the rest of the region in our Metro Manila condo guide. Run any asking price through the price per square metre tool before you make an offer, and confirm every figure with a licensed professional. This is market research, not investment advice.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a condo cost in Makati in 2026?

Makati has a clear price ladder: Rockwell Center is the most expensive at ₱280,000-₱380,000+/sqm, Salcedo and Legazpi Villages are prime mid-luxury at ₱200,000-₱280,000/sqm, and the fringe corridor of Poblacion, Bel-Air and San Lorenzo offers the cheapest entry at ₱120,000-₱160,000/sqm.

Why are Makati condo yields so low?

Prime Makati is bought for location, prestige and corporate-tenant security rather than rental income, and high purchase prices have outpaced rent growth. Prime cores yield only about 2.3%-4.5% net after dues, parking, vacancy and taxes. The cheaper Poblacion fringe actually yields the most, roughly 6.5%-8% gross, because its rents haven't been outrun by capital values.

Which Makati district is best for rental income?

The fringe corridor, Poblacion especially, offers the highest yields (~6.5%-8% gross) on lower entry prices plus short-term and expat demand, with Century City on Kalayaan alongside. The prime villages (Salcedo, Legazpi) give steady blue-chip corporate leasing but lower returns. For pure yield, neighbouring Mandaluyong or Pasig often beat Makati.

Which Makati district should I buy in?

For prestige and a self-contained estate, Rockwell Center. For walk-to-office convenience and fast corporate leasing, Salcedo or Legazpi Villages. For yield and short-term rentals, Poblacion or Century City. Makati overall is best treated as a prestige and capital-preservation market rather than a yield play.

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