Greenbelt (Ayala Center)

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Greenbelt (Ayala Center)
Location Ayala Center, San Lorenzo, Makati, Philippines
Coordinates 14°33′06.6″N121°01′19.9″E / 14.551833°N 121.022194°E / 14.551833; 121.022194
Opening date1988;36 years ago (1988)
Developer Ayala Land
Management Ayala Malls
ArchitectGreenbelt Square (old Greenbelt 1): Leandro Locsin
Old Greenbelt 1: Leandro V. Locsin Partners
Center Mall (old Greenbelt 1): WV Coscolluela & Associates
Greenbelt 2 to 4: Callison, GF & Partners (associate), and Edward D. Stone & Associates (landscape)
New Greenbelt 1: Gensler
No. of stores and services300+
Total retail floor area 250,000 m2 (2,700,000 sq ft)
No. of floorsMall: 5 (maximum) [lower-alpha 1]
Greenbelt Townhomes: 3 (maximum)
Basement Parking: 1
Parking2000+ cars
Website Greenbelt Website

Greenbelt is a shopping mall located at Ayala Center, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, near Glorietta. It is owned by Ayala Malls, a real-estate subsidiary of Ayala Land, which is an affiliate of Ayala Corporation. It opened in 1988 after merging existing structures and is one of the Ayala Corporation's flagship projects. The mall offers a mix of high-end retail shops, restaurants, amenities, leisure and entertainment. Currently, the mall has five sections: two enclosed areas, two buildings with open-air shopping areas, and Greenbelt 5, which was opened in 2007. [1]

Contents

History

The old Greenbelt 1, captured from Gamboa Street, featuring the component Brutalist structure formerly known as Greenbelt Square. 9964Makati Central Business District Ayala Greenbelt Landmarks 20.jpg
The old Greenbelt 1, captured from Gamboa Street, featuring the component Brutalist structure formerly known as Greenbelt Square.

Origin

The origin of Greenbelt could be traced to the 1970s as an open-space park also known as Greenbelt Junction, which had an aviary and was surrounded by low-rise structures featuring various dining establishments. [2] [3] The park underwent renovations, followed by the inauguration of the Santo Niño de Paz Greenbelt Chapel on the park in 1983 and the decommissioning of the aviary later that decade.

In 1982, Greenbelt Square, a three-story Brutalist building containing cinemas and retail spaces, was inaugurated. It was designed by Leandro Locsin, who would later be named as a National Artist for Architecture. Structures that were later added are:

As an Ayala Mall

The park, aforementioned buildings, and open parking area collectively formed the retail complex known as Greenbelt, [4] officially opening as such in 1988. [5] Real estate company Ayala Land conceptualized Greenbelt as the Philippines's first lifestyle center with bars, posh boutiques, lush tropical greenery, a world-class museum, and an elegant chapel. [6]

Greenbelt was later enhanced with the construction of the indoor Center Mall from 1989 to 1994 and the renovation in 1994 that added wheelchair ramps. The original wing was subsequently renamed Greenbelt 1 in 2000 as part of the mall's expansion. This expansion involved renovation until 2001, redevelopment of the Ayala Museum from 2001 to 2004, expansion of the park, and the addition of Paseo Steel Parking, Greenbelt 2 and 3 (opened in 2002), Greenbelt 4 (opened in 2004), and Greenbelt 5 (opened in 2007). [7] This also involved the demolition, which lasted until 2006, of United Supermarket, Garden Square Building, Shop & Lift Plaza, [8] Greenbelt Arcade, Greenbelt 1's service driveway, and other surrounding buildings to make way for the newer wings. [4] [9]

The mall underwent major redevelopment, with the ground level of Greenbelt 3 closed in 2019 for renovation. [10] The new area reopened in October 2021, which now hosts luxury labels and a newly renovated Starbucks Reserve cafe. [11] Greenbelt 4 was later renovated from the third quarter of 2022 to its reopening in April 2023. [12]

Future redevelopment

On July 25, 2023, Ayala Land filed a Petition to Remove the Presumption as Important Cultural Property designation from Greenbelt 1 before the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. This was made due to the alterations made to the original structure as a result of renovations over the past decades, as well as its impending demolition for future redevelopment. [4]

Greenbelt 1 and 2 are undergoing a major redevelopment, costing 13 billion, since the first quarter of 2024. Greenbelt 2's ground level was closed in January 2024, ahead of its renovation scheduled for completion in 2026. [13] [14] [15] Greenbelt 1 was later closed on April 1, 2024, ahead of its demolition. [16] [17] [18] [19] Alongside Paseo Steel Parking and McDonald's, it will be replaced by a newer complex that will include a hotel, office spaces, a larger cinema complex, a four-level shopping mall with four parking levels beneath, and possibly a new park expected to open in 2028. [13] [20] Ayala Malls has tapped San Francisco-based architectural firm Gensler for the redesign of Greenbelt. [21]

Features

Greenbelt, located in Ayala Center, has a gross leasable area (GLA) of 250,000 m2 (2,700,000 sq ft), making it the ninth largest shopping mall in the Philippines in terms of GLA, tied with Glorietta. Its lot is bounded by Legazpi Street, Dela Rosa Street, Makati Avenue, Esperanza Street, and Paseo de Roxas. It is divided into five sections: Greenbelt 1 to 5. Surrounded by those sections is the Greenbelt Park, which contains the Santo Niño de Paz Greenbelt Chapel and is bisected by Greenbelt Drive. Level 2 pedestrian footbridges connect the mall to Legazpi Village through the De La Rosa Elevated Walkway, The Landmark, and The Residences at Greenbelt.

Retail shops

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Greenbelt 5

Greenbelt 1, prior to its temporary closure in 2024, featured lifestyle, food, and supply stores, as well as two cinemas and the OnStage Theater, a performing arts theater that hosted Repertory Philippines from 2002 to 2024. It was also the location of a branch of The Marketplace supermarket and Automatic Centre. [22]

Greenbelt 2 features the Greenbelt Townhomes, a two- to three-story condominium on top, and, until 2024, high-end al fresco restaurants. [23] The redevelopment will convert it into an indoor space with retail shops.

Greenbelt 3 features a mix of international brands including luxury labels at the ground level, sit-down restaurants, and entertainment facilities, as well as five cinemas and MyCinema, a private mini-theater. [24] The largest Philippine branch known as Louis Vuitton was found here. [25] [26] [27] It is also the location of the Philippines's third 4DX cinema, launched in 2016. [28]

Greenbelt 4 features high-end boutiques. [29] Also included are an H&M branch and a Gogoro concept store.

Greenbelt 5 has boutiques of Filipino designers, high-end department store Adora, art galleries, and boutiques.

Restaurants

Restaurants can be found in Greenbelt 2, 3, and 5, featuring sit-down restaurants. Greenbelt 1 concentrated more on fast food until its closure in 2024.

The complex is also home to a colony of well-fed cats who lounge around walkways and in unoccupied al fresco cafe seats.

Parking

Greenbelt is served by an interconnected basement parking built beneath it, as well as the above-ground carpark inside Greenbelt 2 and the Paseo Steel Parking, which is located at the corner of Paseo de Roxas and Esperanza Street. The steel parking and Greenbelt 2 parking are interconnected to each other. [30]

Santo Niño de Paz Greenbelt Chapel

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Santo Niño de Paz Greenbelt Chapel

Santo Niño de Paz Greenbelt Chapel is a Roman Catholic place of worship in Greenbelt Park at the complex's center. It is under the mission station of the same name of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. Built as an open-air, concrete dome in the middle of a pond, the chapel holds masses and other religious services every day. It celebrates its titular feast day every third Sunday of January. It was inaugurated on July 28, 1983 and designed by architects William Fernandez and Jess Dizon. [31] Additionally, glass sculptor Ramon Orlina contributed to the design by creating the tabernacle altar, ceiling art, the cross at one of the entrances, among others. [32]

Point-to-point (P2P) bus stops are also located on Legazpi Street, just beside Greenbelt 5 and, formerly, Greenbelt 1, respectively. [33] Additionally, a jeepney terminal is located at The Landmark, adjacent to Greenbelt across Makati Avenue.

Incidents

On October 18, 2009, between 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. PHT, heavily armed thieves overpowered the mall's security guards and broke into a Rolex watch shop in Greenbelt 5. The thieves, dressed in bomb squad uniforms, hammered the glass cases containing Rolex watches. A suspected robber was killed by two police escorts of Taguig Mayor Sigfrido Tiñga who, incidentally, happened to be present upon the heist while the other gun-men escaped with an undetermined value of expensive watches. [34] [35]

Fire incidents

See also

Notes

  1. The mall consists of Levels 1 to 4 and Lower Ground Level.

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