Brief history of Barangay Ayala Alabang

It was in 1972, when the Madrigal family offered for sale to Ayala Corporation its 420 hectares of land in Alabang. Studies were made in the latter; instead of buying the land offered it expertise in real estate development.
The Madrigal family agreed in principle to Ayala’s proposal in 1975 and actual work on the area started in 1976. Buyers of land started pouring in. Number of buyers exceeded the number of lots for sale and more parcels of land had to be bought from various owners in the adjacent areas.
Drawing on its many years of experience in real estate development, Ayala Corporation developed the village phase by phase. Phase 1 of the Alabang Village was offered for sale to the public in 1977. Regardless of lot size, buyers have to abide strictly to Ayala’s standards and restriction. The first three residents of the village were Mr. & Mrs. Joselito Santos, Mr. & Mrs. Jose Escalante, and Mr. Howard Newhard.
The first to hold the position of barangay chairman was Don Enrique Zobel, who was appointed in 1981. He was followed by Danilo Tolentino and Anthony Abaya who held the post from 1984-1987 and from 1987-1989, respectively. Vicente Chua assumed the post in 1989, together with Oscar W. Antiquera, Alfred Xerez-Burgos, Ramon S. Fernandez, Wilma V. Palafox, Rolando P. Pineda, and Francisco A. Umali as kagawad . Mr. Vic Chua was the first duly elected barangay chairman of Ayala Alabang, being the topnotcher among the Kagawads of the Barangay election held in 1989. He was also elected President of the Association of Barangay Council of Muntinlupa, and a sectoral representative in the Sangguniang Bayan of Muntinlupa from 1989 to 1997.