Pacific Plaza Towers

Pacific Plaza Towers
The Pacific Plaza Towers
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Residential Condominium
Location	4th Avenue Bonifacio Global City Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°32′51.64″N 121°2′42.20″E / 14.5476778°N 121.0450556°E / 14.5476778; 121.0450556Coordinates: 14°32′51.64″N 121°2′42.20″E / 14.5476778°N 121.0450556°E / 14.5476778; 121.0450556
Construction started	1997
Estimated completion	September 2000
Opening	February 22, 2001 (soft opening) March 9, 2001 (grand opening)
Owner	Metro Pacific Corporation (1997-2006) Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium Corporation (PPTCC) (2001-Present)
Management	Pacific Plaza Towers Management Services, Inc.
Height
Roof	179 m (587.27 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	53 aboveground
Design and construction
Architect	Arquitectonica Recio + Casas Architects
Developer	Metro Pacific Corporation Bases Conversion Development Authority Rufino family
Structural engineer	Magnusson Klemencic Associates;^[1] Leslie E. Roberts Associates; Aromin & Sy + Associates
Main contractor	EEI Corporation
References
^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

The Pacific Plaza Towers are high-end residential condominium skyscrapers located across One McKinley Place in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines. The twin 53-storey buildings, the North Tower and South Tower, were completed in 2001 and rises to 179 metres (587 feet) from the ground to its architectural top.^[4] They are currently the 20th and 21st-tallest buildings in the country and Metro Manila as well.

History

Pacific Plaza Towers began groundbreaking and excavated in 1997, with first concrete pouring in 1998. It began to rise on January 1999 it topped off For South Tower in January 2000. followed by North Tower two months later, It was completed on September 2000. It held its soft opening on February 22, 2001 and Inaugurated on March 9, 2001. Notable guests like Former President Corazon Aquino, then-BCDA chairman Rogelio Singson, then-Alaska Milk Corporation head Wilfred Uytengsu Sr. with his son Wilfred Jr. and his wife Kerri were invited at the Inauguration. It took the record of being the Tallest twin-towers in Philippines from Salcedo Park Twin Towers from 2001 to 2009, until The St. Francis Shangri-La Place was completed. From 1997-2001, Metro Pacific Corporation owns the site until its joint ownership with Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium Corporation until 2006 when it became Metro Pacific Investments Corporation and PPTCC is now the sole ownership.

Popular Culture

In 2006, it is featured on Imago's Taralets Music Video as a background alongside One McKinley Place

Gallery

The Pacific Plaza towers viewed from northwest
The Pacific Plaza towers viewed from the east
The Pacific Plaza towers under construction in February 1999

References

↑ http://skyscrapercenter.com/taguig-city/pacific-plaza-tower-1/2391/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Emporis.com Pacific Plaza Tower 1 and Pacific Plaza Tower 2
↑ Skyscraperpage.com Pacific Plaza Tower 1 and Pacific Plaza Tower 2
1 2 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Tallest Buildings in the Philippines (as of October 2008)
↑ HLURB website Masterlist of Projects - Taguig City
↑ Design Coordinates, Inc. website Pacific Plaza Towers
↑ EEI Corporation List of Completed Projects - Building Projects - Hotel and Condominium

External links

Records
Preceded by Salcedo Park Twin Towers	Tallest Twin Towers in the Philippines 2001—2009	Succeeded by The St. Francis Shangri-La Place
Preceded by none	Tallest building in Bonifacio Global City 2001 – 2011	Succeeded by The Infinity Fort Bonifacio

Bonifacio Global City

Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila

Towers	ArthaLand Tower BGC Stopover Pavilion Clipp Center EcoTower Federal Land Tower Net Park One McKinley Place One World Place Pacific Plaza Towers Picadilly Star Serendra Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila The Finance Centre The Infinity Fort Bonifacio W Global Center World Plaza

Shopping centers	Bonifacio High Street Market! Market! SM Aura Premier

Other landmarks	Embassy of Israel, Manila Embassy of Singapore, Manila Fort Bonifacio Tunnel Heroes' Cemetery KidZania Manila Manila American Cemetery McKinley Hill Stadium St. Luke's Medical Center The Mind Museum

Education	British School Manila Chinese International School Manila Enderun Colleges International School Manila Korean International School Philippines Leaders International Christian School of Manila Manila Japanese School MGC-New Life Christian Academy

Transportation	Bonifacio Transport Corporation Carlos Garcia Avenue Kalayaan Avenue Lawton Avenue McKinley Road

Italics denote buildings under construction or planned.

Skyscrapers and towers in Metro Manila

Completed

Over 250 m	PBCom Tower (259 m, 2000) The Gramercy Residences (250 m, 2013) Discovery Primea (250 m, 2013) Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila (250 m, 2016)

200–249 m	Grand Riviera Suites (230 m, 2014) One Shangri-La Place Towers (227 m, 2014) Alphaland Makati Place (220 m, 2016) G.T. International Tower (217 m, 2001) BSA Twin Towers (215 m, 2000) The St. Francis Shangri-La Place Towers (213 m, 2009) The Knightsbridge Residences (210 m, 2013) One Rockwell West Tower (210 m, 2010) Petron Megaplaza (210 m, 1998) BDO Corporate Center (210 m, 2015) UnionBank Plaza (206 m, 2004) Greenbelt San Lorenzo Tower (205 m, 2009) Edades Tower (205 m, 2014) Golden Empire Tower (203 m, 2002) One Corporate Centre (202 m, 2009) Philamlife Tower (200 m, 2000) Summit One Tower (200 m, 1998)

150–199 m	One Central Makati (195 m, 2013) 8 Forbestown Road (194 m, 2013) Anchor Skysuites (193 m, 2013) RCBC Plaza Towers (192 m, 2001) The Infinity Fort Bonifacio (190 m, 2011) Tower 6789 (185 m, 2013) One San Miguel Avenue (183 m, 2001) LKG Tower (180 m, 2000) Marco Polo Ortigas Manila (180 m, 2014) The Shang Grand Tower (180 m, 2005) Pacific Plaza Towers (179 m, 2001) Atlanta Centre (179 m, 1998) Birch Tower (178 m, 2012) Aspire Tower (175 m, 2012) Robinsons Equitable Tower (175 m, 1997) One Roxas Triangle (174 m, 2000) Robinsons Summit Center (174 m, 2001) Paragon Plaza (174 m, 1998) The Enterprise Center Tower 1 (172 m, 1999) Greenbelt Laguna Tower (171 m, 2008) Greenbelt Manila Tower (171 m, 2010) The Beaufort (170 m, 2013) The Beacon Arnaiz Tower (170 m, 2012) Pearl of the Orient Tower (168 m, 2004) Discovery Suites (167 m, 1999) GA Towers (165 m, 2005) One Rockwell East Tower (165 m, 2011) Rufino Pacific Tower (161 m, 1994) Ayala Tower One (160 m, 1996) The Orient Square (160 m, 1999) Lancaster Suites One (158 m, 2007) Bellagio Golfview (156 m, 2010) Exportbank Plaza (155 m, 1998) The Rizal Tower (155 m, 2000) Wharton Parksuites (154 m, 2012) BSA Grand Tower (154 m, 1998) The World Centre (152 m, 1996) Salcedo Park Twin Towers (151 m, 1996) Pacific Plaza Condominium (150 m, 1992) Wynsum Corporate Plaza (150 m, 2000) One Legazpi Park (150 m, 2006) Joy-Nostalg Center (150 m, 2009) Forbes Tower West (150 m, 2011) One McKinley Place (150 m, 2004) Zuellig Building (150 m, 2012) The Columns (150 m, 2009)

Under
construction

The Stratford Residences (312 m, 2017)
Federal Land Tower (282 m, 2016)
Trump Tower Manila (250 m, 2016)
Century Spire (245 m, 2018)
The Skysuites Tower (220 m, ?)
Net Park (205 m, 2016)
UNTV Broadcast Center (200 m, 2017)
Torre de Manila (165 m, 2018)
JAKA Tower (?, 2018)

Proposed

Unbuilt

Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
Commons

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