Ortigas Center

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Ortigas Center skyline at night

Ortigas Center is a financial and central business district located at the boundaries of Pasig City, Mandaluyong City, and Quezon City in the Philippines. With an area of more than 100 hectares (250 acres), it is Metro Manila's second most important business district after Makati City[citation needed]. It is governed by Ortigas Center Association, Inc.

Ortigas Center is home to many shopping malls, office and condominium skyscrapers and other building complexes, and nightlife bars and restaurants. These include the St. Francis Square, the Asian Development Bank compound, the Oakwood Premier serviced apartments and a Shangri-La hotel. It is also the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation, Jollibee Foods Corporation, the Philippine branch of HSBC, and Robinsons Galleria. Also present in the area are Philippine offices of prominent engineering firms such as Parsons Brinckerhoff, Sinclair Knight Merz, and WSP Group. It also home to the Banco de Oro main office owned by mall taipan Henry Sy, Sr. SM Megamall, the third largest mall in the country after SM North EDSA and SM Mall of Asia, is also in the Center along EDSA, as is the The Medical City, one of the three hospitals in the country accredited by the Joint Commission on International Accreditation.[1]

Ortigas Center is surrounded by the streets of EDSA to the west, Ortigas Avenue to the north, Meralco Avenue to the east, and Shaw Boulevard to the south.

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History [edit]

Ortigas Center began as the 4,033-hectare "Hacienda de Mandaloyon", an estate from the Augustinian Order. In the following years, there were several changes of partners. Then, on July 10, 1931, the company was incorporated “Ortigas, Madrigal y cia., S. en C.” as a limited partnership by shares (sociedad comanditaria por acciones). The parties to the partnership were Francisco Ortigas (Don Paco), Vicente Madrigal, B.C.M. Johnston, Fulgencio Borromeo, Clyde A. Dewitt and Manuel L. Quezon.

When Ortigas & Company acquired the estate, it was a virtual wasteland. The vision of the management, headed by Atty. Francisco Ortigas, Jr., who was President and Chairman at that time, turned it into a progressive industrial, commercial, and residential urban complex.[2]

Prominent structures in Ortigas Center [edit]

Ortigas Skyline sunset shot from Antipolo City.
Ortigas Center skyline

Buildings [edit]

  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines Building
  • Parc Royale Condominium
  • Tektite Building
  • The Taipan Place
  • One San Miguel Bldg.
  • Pacific Center Bldg.
  • UnionBank Plaza
  • Orient Square Building
  • St. Francis Shangri-La Place
  • EDSA Shangrila Hotel
  • Philippine Stock Exchange Towers (Tektite)
  • Hanston Square Bldg.
  • OMM-Citra Building
  • Raffles Corporate Center
  • Wynsum Corporate Tower
  • Prestige Tower Building
  • Tycoon Center
  • Jollibee Plaza
  • Cityland Plaza
  • Strata 100
  • Strata 2000
  • Robinsons Equitable PCI Bank Tower
  • One Corporate Centre
  • Amberland Plaza
  • 8137 Plaza
  • Antel Global Corporate Center
  • Discovery Suites
  • OCAI Building
  • JMT Corporate Condominium
  • Benpres Building
  • Medical Plaza Ortigas Building
  • East of Galleria
  • Goldland Millenia Tower

Malls [edit]

Offices [edit]

Churches [edit]

Schools [edit]

Hospitals [edit]

BPOs [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Accredited-Organizations/#Philippines
  2. ^ http://www.ortigas.com.ph/about.html

External links [edit]
Administrative Divisions
Geography
History
Economy
Public Utilities and Services
Education
Culture
Transportation

Coordinates: 14°35′00″N 121°03′40″E / 14.58333°N 121.06111°E / 14.58333; 121.06111

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