McKinley Exchange Corporate Center is a 5-story commercial building, part of a mixed-use complex developed by

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Inc. as part of the redevelopment and rebranding of the city of

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. It is located along McKinley Road corner

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in Barangay Dasmariñas and was slated to become the new transport hub of Makati. It is also one of the newest upcoming PEZA-accredited zones, soon to be at par with other 39 Makati zones such as

Zuellig Building The Zuellig Building is an office skyscraper located in the Makati Central Business District in Metro Manila, Philippines, and is one of buildings taller than 150 m in the area. It is owned by the Zuellig Group and developed by its real estate a ...

, RCBC Plaza, and

Makati Stock Exchange Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

. Unlike typical commercial offices in the

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, tenants or locators of the McKinley Exchange Corporate Center are required to regularly update the Makati government with a list of their labor requirements, so they can hire and prioritize qualified city residents. Tenants are also required to provide a list of training schools or centers that can teach disqualified candidates so they can be reconsidered for employment.

Building specifications

McKinley Exchange Corporate Center is a Grade A building that has a floor plate to accommodate BPO and multinational company space requirements. It is also certified by the

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(PEZA). It has five floors and a

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of . It currently houses a branch of Telus International Philippines.

Transportation

Bonifacio Transport Corporation has established a terminal at this building for its bus service (called the ''

BGC Bus The Bonifacio Transport Corporation, or more commonly known as BGC Bus or formerly The Fort Bus, is an intercity bus company in Metro Manila, the Philippines, serving routes that connect Makati, Bonifacio Global City, and Taguig. The company is ...

'') along McKinley Road to provide access to different points in Bonifacio Global City and in

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. A few meters from the McKinley Exchange Corporate Center lie the Ayala MRT station, where passengers can take the MRT-3, and

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, located across EDSA at the Glorietta complex. Passengers may also board the

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and other buses at the curbside, particularly beside the building for northbound and at One Ayala for southbound. Passengers can also board a jeepney bound for Washington Street in Barangay Pio del Pilar via Ayala Avenue behind the building. Jeepneys bound for

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can also be found at its terminal across McKinley Road. Taxis and shuttles also load and unload passengers at the building's driveway.

References

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