The Metrobank Center is a mixed-use

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, located in

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Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...

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. It has been the tallest building in the Philippines since its completion in 2016.

Background

The Metrobank Center is part of Federal Land's Grand Central Park mixed-used complex. The Metrobank Center is connected through a common podium with the Grand Hyatt Residences, a 45-storey condominium skyscraper. The complex has a second residential tower, the Grand Hyatt Residence South Tower which stands 50-storeys high. The building's

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is while its height up to its roof is . The Grand Hyatt Manila is a major tenant of the building. The hotel has 461 guest rooms and occupies the top 25 floors of the building. It also hosts three major restaurants namely The Grand Kitchen, No. 8 China House, and The Peak. It also has meeting and events rooms covering .

Architecture and design

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, as well as Casas Architects were the architectural firms behind the Metrobank Center.

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was responsible for the wind, structural, and seismic engineering of the building. Arup devised its damp outrigger system to make the building resistant to seismic shock and wind. Concrete outrigger walls were installed in the Metrobank Center's two mechanical floors.

History

In September 2008, Taguig Mayor

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announced that Federal Land will be building a 66-storey skyscraper that would surpass the

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in height which was then the tallest building in the country. The construction of the building then dubbed as the "Federal Land Tower" was scheduled to commence within 2009. The project would be formally unveiled by Federal Land in March 2011 with the groundbreaking ceremony taking place on March 24, 2011. Initially it was projected to be completed in 2014. While the building was under construction in August 2017 there was a fire incident in it though no injuries were reported. The marker at the hotel's lobby was unveiled in September 2017 by

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of Federal Land and President

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. The hotel opened on January 23, 2018.

References

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