The Ayala Center is a major commercial development operated by Ayala Land located in the Makati Central Business District in

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About the Center

The Ayala Center is a recreational, shopping, dining, and entertainment development located in the heart of

. It is bounded by

Ayala Avenue Ayala Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Makati, Philippines. It is one of the busiest roads in Metro Manila, crossing through the heart of the Makati Central Business District. Because of the many businesses located along the avenue, Ayala Avenu ...

to the east,

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, ...

(EDSA) to the south, Arnaiz Avenue to the west, and to the north by Legazpi Street and

Paseo de Roxas Paseo de Roxas is a prime commercial artery in the Makati Central Business District of Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a two- to six-lane avenue that cuts through the middle of the business district connecting San Lorenzo Village in the west to ...

. The

Ayala station Ayala station (also known as Ayala Center station) is an underground Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. It is one of two underground stations that can be found on the line, the other being Buendia. The station is locat ...

of MRT Line 3 serves the area.Route Map

Metro Rail Transit Corporation The Metro Rail Transit Corporation (MRTC), is a private consortium organized in June 1995. The consortium is composed of seven (7) Filipino-owned companies: Fil-Estate Management Inc (now Metro Global Holdings Corporation), Ayala Land Inc, Ramc ...

Passenger Information, retrieved July 7, 2006 The development originally started in 1988 and 1991 with a number of separate shopping arcades and Greenbelt Park before expanding to cover over 50 hectares of facilities. Today the complex includes several malls, each with its own shopping and restaurant arcades and cinemas; three department stores, a number of hotels; and the

Ayala Museum The Ayala Museum is a museum in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run privately by the Ayala Foundation and houses archaeological, ethnographic, historical, fine arts, numismatics, and ecclesiastical exhibits. Since its establishment in ...

, showcasing exhibits on Philippine history and art.

Shopping malls

Glorietta Glorietta is a shopping mall complex in the Ayala Center, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The mall is owned by Ayala Land and operated through its subsidiary, the Ayala Malls. The mall is divided into five sections (named Glorietta 1–5) and ...

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*The Link *

One Ayala One Ayala is an under construction mixed-use development developed by Ayala Land Inc. located at Ayala Center in Makati, across the Glorietta mall and occupying the former InterContinental Manila and EDSA Carpark sites. This development combines ...

(under construction)

Department stores

* Rustan's * SM Makati * The Landmark *Adora *

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* Debenhams

Parking facilities

Aside from interconnected basement parking beneath Glorietta and Greenbelt malls, the following are the carpark buildings located at the complex: *6750 Steel Carpark *Park Square *Paseo Steel Carpark *The Link

Hotels

* InterContinental Manila (closed in 2015) * Dusit Thani * Holiday Inn & Suites Makati * Makati Fairmont Hotel and Raffles Suites and Residences *New World Renaissance Hotel * Makati Shangri-La (closed in 2021) *Ascott Hotel (formerly the Oakwood Premier) *Seda Hotel (under construction)

Office buildings

*6750 Ayala Avenue *Glorietta 1 Corporate Center *Glorietta 2 Corporate Center *One Ayala Towers 1 & 2

Incidents

2000 bombing

On May 17, 2000, at 5:02 p.m., Glorietta was bombed, injuring 12 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video arcade. This bombing was said to be a precursor to the May 21, 2000

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bombing and the December 30, 2000

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2007 explosion

The 2007 Glorietta explosion ripped through the Glorietta 2 section of the Glorietta shopping complex at Ayala Center in Makati on October 19, 2007, killing 11 people and injuring 120. Despite conflicting reports, it was concluded that the explosion was caused by a faulty

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tank located in a Chinese restaurant.

References

External links

Ayala Malls, Official Website Inquirer.net, List of dead and injured in Glorietta blast Inquirer.net, View interactive map and photos of Glorietta blast GMA NEWS.TV, Partial list of casualties in Glorietta blast
{{Manila attractions Buildings and structures completed in 1991 1991 establishments in the Philippines Skyscrapers in Makati Makati Central Business District Districts in Metro Manila Mixed-use developments in Metro Manila Shopping districts and streets in Metro Manila