Pacific Plaza Towers
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The Pacific Plaza Towers are high-end residential condominium skyscrapers located in Taguig City
, Philippines
. The twin 53-storey buildings, the North Tower and South Tower, were completed in 2001 and rises to 179 metres (587 feet) from the ground to its architectural top. It is currently the tallest complete building in Taguig City
, tallest residential twin towers until the completion of The St. Francis Shangri-La Place
in 2009 and is the 15th-tallest building in Metro Manila and in the Philippines as well.
is 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 owns the site until its joint ownership with Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium Corporation until 2006 when it became Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
and PPTCC is now the sole ownership.
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Taguig City
Taguig is a city in Metro Manila in the Philippines. From a thriving fishing community along the shores of Laguna de Bay, it is now an important residential, commercial and industrial center...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The twin 53-storey buildings, the North Tower and South Tower, were completed in 2001 and rises to 179 metres (587 feet) from the ground to its architectural top. It is currently the tallest complete building in Taguig City
Taguig City
Taguig is a city in Metro Manila in the Philippines. From a thriving fishing community along the shores of Laguna de Bay, it is now an important residential, commercial and industrial center...
, tallest residential twin towers until the completion of The St. Francis Shangri-La Place
The St. Francis Shangri-La Place
The St. Francis Shangri-La Place, also known as The St. Francis Towers 1 & 2 are twin-tower residential condominium skyscrapers in Mandaluyong City, Philippines...
in 2009 and is the 15th-tallest building in Metro Manila and in the Philippines as well.
History
Pacific Plaza Towers began groundbreaking and excavated in 1997, with first concrete pouring in 1998. It began to rise on January 1999 it topped off For South Tower in January 2000. followed by North Tower two months later, It was completed on September 2000. It held its soft opening on February 22, 2001 and Inaugurated on March 9, 2001 Notable guests like Former President Corazon AquinoCorazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...
is 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
The St. Francis Shangri-La Place
The St. Francis Shangri-La Place, also known as The St. Francis Towers 1 & 2 are twin-tower residential condominium skyscrapers in Mandaluyong City, Philippines...
was completed. From 1997-2001, Metro Pacific Corporation owns the site until its joint ownership with Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium Corporation until 2006 when it became Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation is a Philippine-based unit investment corporation of the First Pacific Company Limited with interests in real estate development and infrastructure development and management.-External links:* ' - Official website...
and PPTCC is now the sole ownership.
Popular Culture
- In 2006, it is featured on ImagoImago (band)Imago is a Filipino pop rock band composed of Aia De Leon, Myrene "Maps" Academia , Tim Cacho and Zach Lucero known for songs such as Akap, Anino, Ewan, Taralets and Sundo.-History:...
's Taralets Music Video as a background alongside One McKinley Place
External links
- Pacific Plaza Tower 1 at Emporis
- Pacific Plaza Tower 2 at Emporis
- Pacific Plaza Towers at Skyscrapercity Forums
- 2nd Pacific Plaza Towers thread at Skyscrapercity Forums
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