page_title: Tagaytay Highlands
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tagaytay Highlands / History
caption_attribution_description: construction of new apartment-type buildings at Tagaytay Highlands, Philippines
context_page_description: Tagaytay Highlands is a mountain resort and mixed-use development situated in Tagaytay, Cavite, Philippines.
context_section_description: Willy Ocier of Belle Corporation was behind the concept of Tagaytay Highlands and patterned it after the life he wished for himself and his family, which he deemed acceptable to the growing population of young professionals of his time. He conceptualized the development as a place for people in the city, particularly in Metro Manila to escape the busy city life. Henry Sy of the SM Group influenced Ocier to enter the property development industry.
  Ocier, who was looking for a business partner for Tagaytay Highlands approached Sy, who declined. Sy was skeptical due to Tagaytay's rugged terrain. However Sy's prediction of Tagaytay becoming the next recreation center for Metro Manila residents in the 1980s led Ocier to invest in Tagaytay. Ocier decided to push through with his father, Benito Tan Guat's support. Roberto Ongpin was a partner of Ocier in the project.
  Tagaytay Highlands would later be established in April 1994.
  Tagaytay Highlands, including its golf course, are among the establishments affected by ash fall caused by 2020 Taal Volcano eruption.
caption: Construction of condominiums in the Tagaytay Highlands, 2008.
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