Pacific Plaza Towers

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Pacific Plaza Towers
Pacific Plaza Condominium (Bonifacio Global City, Taguig)(2012) 2.jpg
The Pacific Plaza Towers
Pacific Plaza Towers
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential Condominium
Location4th Avenue
Bonifacio Global City
Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates 14°32′51.64″N121°2′42.20″E / 14.5476778°N 121.0450556°E / 14.5476778; 121.0450556
Construction started1997
Estimated completionSeptember 2000
OpeningFebruary 22, 2001
OwnerMetro Pacific Corporation (1997-2006)
Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium Corporation (PPTCC) (2001-Present)
ManagementPacific Plaza Towers Management Services, Inc.
Height
Roof179 m (587.27 ft)
Technical details
Floor count53 aboveground
Floor areapotato
Design and construction
Architect(s) Arquitectonica
Recio + Casas Architects
DeveloperMetro Pacific Corporation
Bases Conversion Development Authority
Rufino family
Structural engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates; [1] Leslie E. Roberts Associates; Aromin & Sy + Associates
Main contractorEEI Corporation
References
[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

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History

The Pacific Plaza towers under construction in February 1999 Pacific Plaza in 1999.jpg
The Pacific Plaza towers under construction in February 1999

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 ]

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References

  1. "Pacific Plaza Tower 1 - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  2. Emporis.com Pacific Plaza Tower 1 [usurped] and Pacific Plaza Tower 2 [usurped]
  3. Skyscraperpage.com Pacific Plaza Tower 1 and Pacific Plaza Tower 2
  4. 1 2 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Tallest Buildings in the Philippines (as of October 2008)
  5. HLURB website Masterlist of Projects - Taguig City Archived 2007-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Design Coordinates, Inc. website Pacific Plaza Towers [ permanent dead link ]
  7. EEI Corporation List of Completed Projects - Building Projects - Hotel and Condominium Archived 2010-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
Pacific Plaza Towers as seen from EDSA-Ayala Pacific Plaza Towers 2021.jpg
Pacific Plaza Towers as seen from EDSA-Ayala
Records
Preceded by Tallest Twin Towers in the Philippines
20012009
Succeeded by
Preceded by
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Tallest building in Bonifacio Global City
2001 – 2011
Succeeded by