A Boutique Residence to Neighbor Akbatı

Setting out to road with Akmerkez, Akiş Gayrimenkul is now handling three prestigious projects. Statements by Gökşin Durusoy suggests that a boutique residence will be neighboring Akbatı in Esenyurt, Bahçeşehir soon. Akiş Gayrimenkul is a well-known name for its prestigious construction projects realized in both sides of Istanbul. Keeping up its Akbatı Residences project in Esenyurt, Bahçeşehir, as well as itüs Akasya project in Acıbadem, Kadıköy, Anatolian side, together with Akkoza, in which it has a 25% stake, plans to give a start to apartment handover process in December, 2011. At Akbatı Residences & Akbatı Shopping and Life Center Project owned up by Akiş itself, 85% of the sales are now done. New projects are in the pipeline. Gökşin Durusoy, Member of Board of Directors and General Manager of Akiş Gayrimenkul Yatırımı A. Ş., says that they are realizing distinctive, value-creating, innovative and prestigious projects designed to add value to their locations since 1993, the year in which they started to build Akmerkez, adds about what to do from now on: “We will keep up developing projects which offer a high investment value. We are attracted to a mass of people who’d like to have a different life style rather than merely a house and who are open to change and innovation and who are not making sacrifices on their desire to lead a good life with expectations for quality, comfort and service. Our new housing concept to neighbor our Akbatı project will be realized with this concept on mind. This will be a butique residence.”

A GREEN BUILDING
He attributes the success in getting such a high level of sales, being 85 percent, at Akbatı with this essential concept to which they are loyal and adds: “Confidence in our company is, as a matter of fact, the essence of things. Among other significant reasons for preference are concept of the project, high quality and comfort standards, advanced technology solutions, social areas specific to residence inhabitants only, easy access and residence services offered.” Pointing out that they are aiming to create environmentally friendly living areas, Durusoy adds that Akbatı being an environmentally responsive project has been designed in conformity with ‘green building’ certification criteria within the framework of energy efficiency and optimization and that, when finished, will have been entitled to ‘green building’ certificate, as such.

GLASS FROM CEILING TO FLOOR
Durusoy’s comments about probable reasons for residence-oriented consumers as follows: “Apart from smart home system, living room and all rooms have VRV/VRF system, as well as IPTV data infrastructure. All residence units have a floor height of 3.5 m and ceiling-to-floor glass application and all such features provide the interiors with extra spaciousness. Residence inhabitants to live at Akbatı will find themselves hand in hand with the nature, while walking througn the water-lilly and lavender gardens, apart from enjoying the pleasure of “Vertical Garden”, a first in Turkey, balconies facing the vertical green wall. At Akbatı, 7/24 security, 7/24 emergency ambulance, concierge, technical servicing facilities and management system will be handled by a professional team. Concierge services cover all services which you could get from a hotel, from wake-up call service to optionally private house cleaning.

DESIGN LONE / Lighting by natural lights
He notes that concept design of Akbatı Shopping and Life Center has been made by George Black and Jim Baeck, American DDG architects, and that design of Akbatı Residences, a compenent of the project, consisting of 348 residences in 21-storied Blue Tower and 11-storied Green Tower has been made by KG Mimarlık. Baeck, architect from DDG who underlined the design outlines at Akbatı, says: “During the designing process, we are focused within the larger framework from general to specific aspects with due regard to the project storyline. In the subsequent steps, we channel our energy towards details, colors, textures, scale and form. And our contribution during the construction step is to help our customer solve problems facing them in a coherent way. In this project, we gave priority to creation of a reinforced natural environment, through spaces lit by natural light.