Ayala Tower One

Not to be confused with One Ayala Tower 1, an office building part of One Ayala.

Tower One & Exchange Plaza
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General information
StatusCompleted
Typeoffice
Location6767 Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas, Makati, Philippines
Coordinates14°33′23.27″N 121°1′20.44″E / 14.5564639°N 121.0223444°E / 14.5564639; 121.0223444
Construction started1993
Completed1996
Opening1996
OwnerAyala Corporation
ManagementAyala Property Management Corporation
Height
Roof160 m (524.93 ft)
Technical details
Floor count35 above ground
Lifts/elevators15
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP
DeveloperAyala Land, Inc.
Structural engineerAromin & Sy + Associates, Inc.
Main contractorD.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI), Local Architect of Record: Leandro V. Locsin & Partners
References
[1][2][3]

Tower One & Exchange Plaza is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the Philippines. It is located in the Makati Central Business District and has a height of 160 meters (520 ft). The building has 35 floors above ground level,[4] and is originally planned to be the first of three towers for the Ayala Triangle. Plans for the construction of the two additional buildings did not materialize until 2021, due to the completion of the Ayala Triangle North complex. The area adjacent to the tower composes of 3 buildings, the Ayala Tower One, The Makati Stock Exchange (MkSE) and the former trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange.

Tower One & Exchange Plaza was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP. Leandro V. Locsin & Partners was the local architect of record.[2][3] The building is owned by Ayala Land, a subsidiary of the Ayala Corporation, which is headquartered in the building. Other institutions that headquartered at Ayala Tower One include the primary trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange (Until February 2018) and Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BDO). The tower also served as the headquarters of the Ayala Corporation, the company that built the Makati Central Business District, from its opening in 1996 to 2021, as the company moved its headquarters to the Ayala Triangle Gardens Tower 2, which is also located close within the vicinity of the Ayala Triangle complex.

Location

The building is located at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas, on one of the three ends of the Ayala Triangle Gardens. Tower One & Exchange Plaza is located near two other famous buildings, the headquarters of Bank of the Philippine Islands, an Ayala Corporation company, and the former main office of Insular Life.

History

Ayala Tower One during daytime.

This building was built solely as a response to the Philippine Stock Exchange relocating from Makati to the Tektite Towers - West Tower in Ortigas Center. Ayala Land was hoping that the Philippine Stock Exchange would reconsider its plan. It did not completely succeed with its attempt to keep the stock exchange exclusively in Makati since the Philippine Stock Exchange ultimately decided to have two trading floors: one each in Makati and Ortigas Center.[5]

Ownership

The building is strata title having multiple unit owners.

References

  1. ^ "List of Makati Projects" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
  2. ^ a b D.M. Consunji, Inc. Signature Projects - Ayala Triangle
  3. ^ a b Aromin & Sy + Associates, Inc. Projects - Ayala Tower Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Savills, K. M. C. "Ayala Tower One and Exchange Plaza". kmcmaggroup.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  5. ^ Emporis.com Tower One & Exchange Plaza[usurped]