Capitol Commons is a
mixed-use development
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in Oranbo,
Pasig
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It is located along the ...
,
Metro Manila
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,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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* hil, Republ ...
. It is a redevelopment of the former Rizal Provincial Capitol complex located in the village of Oranbo adjacent to the
Ortigas Center
Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...
financial district. The site being developed by Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership, the same developer behind Ortigas Center, features Pasig's first high-end shopping center called ''Estancia at Capitol Commons''. Once completed, the P25-billion mixed-use commercial, residential and office development will have of retail space, of office space for
knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) companies, and of residential units.
The development is also home to the Capitol Commons Park, which takes up fifty percent of the development.
Location
Capitol Commons is situated in the southern portion of the
barangay
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of Oranbo in the western part of Pasig just north of the village of Kapitolyo (named after the former provincial capitol). It is an eastern extension of
Ortigas Center
Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...
bounded by
Meralco Avenue
Meralco Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare located in Ortigas Center in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It links Ortigas Avenue in the north and Shaw Boulevard in the south and borders the western edge of Valle Verde in Ugong, Pasig, Ugong. ...
on the west,
Shaw Boulevard
Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard or commonly known as Crossing) is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig in the Philippines. The boulevard is named after William James Shaw, t ...
on the south, Camino Verde Road to the east, and Capt. Henry Javier Street to the north. It is located close to major Pasig landmarks such as the
PhilSports Complex
The Philippine Institute of Sports Complex (also known as the PhilSports Complex) is a national sports complex of the Philippines. It is located in Meralco Avenue in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is where the offices of the Philippine Sp ...
, the
Department of Education
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main offices, Valle Verde Country Club, and the
University of Asia and the Pacific
The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P; Filipino: ''Pamantasan ng Asya at Pasipiko'') is a private university in the Philippines. It traces its beginnings to the Center for Research and Communication (CRC), which was established on August 1 ...
. The development is served by
Shaw Boulevard MRT Station
Shaw Boulevard station (also called Shaw for short) is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after Shaw Boulevard, since the stat ...
which lies approximately to the west.
History
![Rizal Provincial Capitol](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Rizal_Provincial_Capitol.jpg)
The Capitol Commons site formed part of the ''Hacienda de Mandaloyon'' which Ortigas & Co. founder Don Francisco Ortigas y Barcinas purchased from the
Augustinian religious order during the early days of the
American colonial period
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. The estate spanned covering parts of Pasig,
Mandaluyong
Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people.
Loca ...
,
Quezon City
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and
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Places Argentina
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* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
in what was then the province of
Rizal
Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The p ...
. Over the years, Ortigas & Co. developed and sold off most of the former estate as subdivisions or villages such as Valle Verde,
Greenhills, Wack-Wack and Greenmeadows. In 1950, the provincial capitol was moved from its former location on the
Mariquina River
The Marikina River ( tl, Ilog Marikina) is a river in eastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest tributary of the Pasig River, with headwaters located in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Rodriguez, Rizal province.
The Marikina River ...
in Pasig to this new site donated by Ortigas & Co. The Rizal capitol stood on this site for close to 60 years even after Pasig was separated from the province and annexed to
Metropolitan Manila
Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...
since November 7, 1975. In 2008, the Rizal provincial government finally moved its capital to
Antipolo
Antipolo, officially known as the City of Antipolo ( fil, Lungsod ng Antipolo), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 887,399 people. It is the mo ...
with its new capitol located near the
Ynares Center
The Ynares Center is an indoor sporting arena located along the Circumferential Road in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines. The facility, which has a seating capacity of 7,400, is managed by the Provincial Government of Rizal. Aside from hosting bask ...
. Ownership of the old capitol site was then transferred back to the Ortigas company for redevelopment as a commercial center in 2011.
Estancia Mall and Office Complex
![Estancia Mall](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Estancia_Mall.jpg)
Estancia is the upscale retail anchor for the Capitol Commons development. It has of leasable space in three levels and is anchored by international furniture retailers West Elm and
Pottery Barn
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The company is headq ...
. The
lifestyle center
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also carries other international brands such as
Aéropostale,
Old Navy
Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its ...
,
Cortefiel
Tendam (formerly The Cortefiel Group) is a Spanish fashion retailer. Tendam is present in 79 countries with 1,462 directly operated stores and 594 franchises, a total of 2,056 points of sale.
History
Tendam started out in 1880 as a family-r ...
,
Debenhams
Debenhams plc was a British department store chain operating in the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1778 as a single store in London and grew to 178 locations across those countries, also owning the Danish ...
,
Kurt Geiger
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,
Diesel
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* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
and
Isaac Mizrahi
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. It is also home to several restaurant chains such as
Coco Ichiban and
TWG Tea
TWG Tea is a Singaporean luxury teahouse chain and a namesake brand of artisanal tea. The brand was established in 2008 as a subsidiary of the Singaporean lifestyle company, The Wellness Group - from which the acronym, TWG, was derived. In 2014, ...
. A major component of the Estancia mixed-use complex is the North and South Wings which house of
business process outsourcing
Outsourcing is an agreement in which one company hires another company to be responsible for a planned or existing activity which otherwise is or could be carried out internally, i.e. in-house, and sometimes involves transferring employees and ...
(BPO) office space accredited by the
Philippine Economic Zone Authority
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is a government agency in the Philippines attached to the Department of Trade and Industry created to help promote investments in the export-oriented manufacturing industry into the country by assisting ...
(PEZA). The mall was completed in 2014.
Estancia Mall Expansion
Ortigas & Company have allotted in key developments within the Capitol Commons property. This includes a large expansion to Estancia Mall, initially called The Paragon and Entertainment Hub in previous marketing materials, called the East Wing. Estancia Mall's expanded section will have a gross floor area of It will house a branch of The SM Store, 6 cinemas, more lifestyle shops, and office spaces at the top floors.
The mall's new section opened on November 29, 2019, and it hosts the first-ever Ortigas Cinemas with four digital cinemas and two luxurious Screening Room Cinemas. It is also co-managed by SM Cinema.
Other projects
;Residential Condominiums
* The Imperium
* The Royalton
* Maven
* The Empress
;Retail
* Unimart Supermarket
* Gastro
* Paragon Mall
;Leisure
* Capitol Commons Park
References
{{Ortigas Center
Mixed-use developments in Metro Manila
Buildings and structures in Pasig
Planned communities in the Philippines