The Pacific Plaza Towers are 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 rise to 179 metres (587 feet) from the ground to their architectural top.[4] They are currently the 20th and 21st-tallest buildings in the country and Metro Manila as well.
| Pacific Plaza Towers | |
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(2012)_2.jpg) The Pacific Plaza Towers | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| 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 |
| Construction started | 1997 |
| Estimated completion | September 2000 |
| Opening | February 22, 2001 |
| 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 |
| Floor area | potato |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | 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] | |
History
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Pacific Plaza Towers began groundbreaking and excavated in 1997, with first concrete pouring in 1998. It began to rise in January 1999; the South Tower was topped off in January 2000 and the North Tower two months later. It was completed in September 2000. It held its soft opening on February 22, 2001 and was 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 owned the site then until 2006, jointly with Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium Corporation. After then, MPC became Metro Pacific Investments Corporation and PPTCC is now the sole legal entity owning the estate.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Pacific Plaza Tower 1 - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
- ^ Emporis.com Pacific Plaza Tower 1[usurped] and Pacific Plaza Tower 2[usurped]
- ^ Skyscraperpage.com Pacific Plaza Tower 1 and Pacific Plaza Tower 2
- ^ a b Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Tallest Buildings in the Philippines (as of October 2008)
- ^ HLURB website Masterlist of Projects - Taguig City Archived 2007-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Design Coordinates, Inc. website Pacific Plaza Towers[permanent dead link]
- ^ EEI Corporation List of Completed Projects - Building Projects - Hotel and Condominium Archived 2010-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
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