The Pacific Plaza Towers are residential condominium

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located across

One McKinley Place The One McKinley Place is a high-end residential condominium located across Pacific Plaza Towers in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines. The 43-storey building was completed in 2004 and rises to 149 metres (489 feet) from the ground to its archite ...

in Bonifacio Global City,

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. The twin 53-storey buildings, the North Tower and South Tower, were completed in 2001 and rise to 179 metres (587 feet) from the ground to their architectural top. They are currently the 20th and 21st-tallest buildings in the country and Metro Manila as well.

History

Pacific Plaza Towers began groundbreaking and excavated in 1997, with first concrete pouring in 1998. It began to rise in January 1999; the South Tower was topped off in January 2000 and the North Tower two months later. It was completed in September 2000. It held its soft opening on February 22, 2001 and was inaugurated on March 9, 2001. Notable guests like Former President Corazon Aquino, then-BCDA chairman

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, then-Alaska Milk Corporation head Wilfred Uytengsu Sr. with his son Wilfred Jr. and his wife Kerri were 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, also known as The St. Francis Towers 1 & 2 are twin-tower residential condominium skyscrapers in Mandaluyong, Philippines. The towers are the List of tallest buildings in Metro Manila, 6th and 7th-tallest buildin ...

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

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and PPTCC is now the sole ownership.

Popular culture

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's Taralets Music Video as a background alongside One McKinley Place

Gallery

File:Pacific Plaza in 1999.jpg, The Pacific Plaza towers under construction in February 1999

References

External links

Pacific Plaza Tower at Condo Specialist
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