St. Francis Square | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Location | Ortigas Center, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Coordinates | 14°35′9.76″N121°3′29.66″E / 14.5860444°N 121.0582389°E |
Construction started | 1998 |
Completed | 2000 |
Cost | ₱550,000,000 (1998) [1] |
Owner | St. Francis Square Group of Companies |
Management | CE Construction |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 221 m (725 ft) [2] [3] |
Roof | 197.0 m (646.3 ft) |
Top floor | 196.80 m (645.7 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | BSA Twin Towers: 55 floors St. Francis Square Mall: 4 floors |
Floor area | 78,600 m2 (846,000 sq ft) (BSA Twin Towers) 23,100 m2 (249,000 sq ft) (St. Francis Square Mall) |
Lifts/elevators | 10 [4] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | R. Villarosa Architects |
Developer | St. Francis Square Group of Companies |
Structural engineer | D.M. Consunji, Inc. [5] |
Main contractor | D.M. Consunji, Inc. [5] |
St. Francis Square is a 1.30-hectare (3.2-acre) mixed-use commercial complex located in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Philippines. Groundbreaking and construction of the complex began in 1998 and was completed in 2000. Due to some controversies regarding the St. Francis Square Group of Companies, construction and the finishing of interiors were halted. Construction resumed in 2009 and the building was finished in 2011.
The complex has three buildings, but the main two towers are the most notable properties of the complex. Each tower stands 221 metres (725 ft) high, occupying a land area of 3,037.32 square metres (32,693 sq ft) of the site's land. [4] The towers were topped off on 2000, yet was initially completed in 2011, wherein the two towers became the fourth-tallest buildings in the country. During the planning phase of the tower, the two towers were supposedly to feature a rooftop observation deck or a sky garden on their pyramid roofs, yet the plan was removed years later. The towers currently serve as a 3-star hotel and also serve as a radio transmitter and was also secondary studio facility of the FM radio stations 90.7 Love Radio, 101.1 Yes The Best and 96.3 Easy Rock, as well as temporary studios of AM radio station DZRH and community-formatted national FM station Radyo Natin, all owned by Manila Broadcasting Company. [6] At night, the towers are illuminated with a neon light display from the central part of the towers to the tower's pyramid-style roofs, with logos of the St Francis Group of Companies, AUX Aircon, and HKTV (HongKong TV) attached on the roof's exteriors.
The towers feature a lap pool, a lagoon pool, a restaurant, a children's playground, an outdoor jogging path, and a gym. [7]
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In June 2019, the Super Tiangge area, the second and third levels of the mall, was vacated and closed for conversion as commercial and office space for business process outsourcing and other local companies. [9]
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