Ortigas Center is Metro Manila

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

's second most important Philippine financial district

Financial District

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-cum-central business district

Central business district

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 after the Makati

Makati City

The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...

 Financial and Central Business District in Makati City. With an area of at least 100 hectares, the district

District

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 is located at the boundaries

Border

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 of Pasig City

Pasig City

The City of Pasig is one of the city municipalities of Metro Manila in the Philippines and was the former capital of the province of Rizal prior to the formation of this grouping of cities designated as the National Capital Region...

, Mandaluyong City

Mandaluyong City

The City of Mandaluyong is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the west by the country's capital, Manila, to the north by San Juan City, to the east by Quezon City and Pasig City, and by Makati City to the south...

, and Quezon City

Quezon City

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. It is governed by Ortigas Center Association, Inc.

Ortigas Center is home to many shopping mall

Shopping mall

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s, office and condominium skyscraper

Skyscraper

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s and other building complexes, and nightlife bars and restaurant

Restaurant

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s. These include the St. Francis Square

St. Francis Square

The St. Francis Square is a complex of three buildings in Ortigas Center. The most notable buildings in the complex are the BSA Twin Towers, which is designed by R. Villarosa Architects using tube-frame structural design. The twin towers are both counting 55-storey and it rests on a reinforced...

, the Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

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 compound, the Oakwood Premier serviced apartments and a Shangri-La

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

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 hotel. It is also the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation

Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....

, Jollibee Foods Corporation

Jollibee

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, the Philippine branch of HSBC

HSBC

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, and Robinsons Galleria

Robinsons Galleria

Robinsons Galleria is a large shopping mall located at EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue, Quezon City just near SM Megamall. It is Robinsons' flagship mall. The mall is owned by John Gokongwei, founder of JG Summit Holdings and Robinsons Land Corp. It was built in 1990 with a total gross floor area of...

. It also home to the Banco de Oro main office owned by mall taipan Henry Sy, Sr. SM Megamall

SM Megamall

SM Megamall is a huge shopping mall located in the Ortigas business district of Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the 3rd SM Supermall developed and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines owned by Henry Sy Sr. The mall has two buildings interconnected with a bridge...

, the largest mall in the country prior to the completion of the SM Mall of Asia

SM Mall of Asia

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, is also in the Center along EDSA, as is the The Medical City

The Medical City

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, one of the three hospitals in the country accredited by the Joint Commission on International Accreditation.

Ortigas Center is surrounded by the street

Street

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s of EDSA

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue

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 to the west, Ortigas Avenue to the north, Meralco Avenue to the east, and Shaw Boulevard to the south.

History

Ortigas Center began as the 4,033-hectare "Hacienda de Mandaloyon", an estate from the Augustinian Order

Augustinians

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. In the following years, there were several changes of partners. Then, on July 10, 1931, the company was incorporated “Ortigas, Madrigal y cia., S. en C.” as a limited partnership by shares (sociedad comanditaria por acciones). The parties to the partnership were Francisco Ortigas (Don Paco), Vicente Madrigal, B.C.M. Johnston, Fulgencio Borromeo, Clyde A. Dewitt and Manuel L. Quezon.

When Ortigas & Company acquired the estate, it was a virtual wasteland. The vision of the management, headed by Atty. Francisco Ortigas, Jr., who was President and Chairman at that time, turned it into a progressive industrial, commercial, and residential urban complex.

Prominent structures in Ortigas Center

Buildings

• The Taipan Place
• One San Miguel Blg.
• Pacific Center Bldg.
• UnionBank
• Orient Square
• St. Francis Shangri-La Place
• SoHo Central
• Philippine Stock Exchange Towers (Tektite)
• Raffles Corporate Center
• Wynsum Corporate Tower
• Prestige Tower
• Tycoon Center
• Jollibee Plaza
• Cityland
• Strata 1000
• Strata 2000
• Robinsons Equitable Tower

Malls

• SM Megamall
  SM Megamall
  SM Megamall is a huge shopping mall located in the Ortigas business district of Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the 3rd SM Supermall developed and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines owned by Henry Sy Sr. The mall has two buildings interconnected with a bridge...
  
  
• Shangri-La Plaza
• Star Mall
• St. Francis Square Mall
  St. Francis Square Mall
  St. Francis Square Mall is a mall located in the heart of Ortigas Center. The mall is a direct competitor of nearby SM Megamall. It is also a modern low-rise building, holding a 3,000 capacity auditorium and houses over 1,000 stalls and stores....
  
  
• Robinsons Galleria
  Robinsons Galleria
  Robinsons Galleria is a large shopping mall located at EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue, Quezon City just near SM Megamall. It is Robinsons' flagship mall. The mall is owned by John Gokongwei, founder of JG Summit Holdings and Robinsons Land Corp. It was built in 1990 with a total gross floor area of...
  
  
• The Podium
  The Podium
  The Podium is an upscale shopping mall located along ADB Avenue in the Ortigas Center, a major business and commercial district in Pasig City, Philippines...
  
  

Offices

• Monroe Multinational Group, Inc.
• Times Core International Inc.
• Startek International Ltd.
• Asian Development Bank
  Asian Development Bank
  The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
  
  
• SEAOIL Philippines, Inc.
• Oakwood Premier Joy~Nostalg Center
• San Miguel Corporation
  San Miguel Corporation
  Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....
  
  
• Jollibee Foods Corporation
• HSBC
  HSBC
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• Fujitsu Ten Solutions Philippines, Inc.
• Hewlett-Packard Philippines
• dotPH
• Chikka Asia, Inc.
• Ideal Minds Corporation
• Union Bank
  Union Bank
  Union Bank was established in 1991 and had its headquarters in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Prior to the merger with Standard Chartered Bank , it was Pakistan's eighth largest bank and had 65 branches in some 22 cities, about US$2 billion in assets, and about 400,000 customers.In 2006, Standard...
  
  
• Energy Regulatory Commission
• Grupo Sorbetero
• Mega Publishing
• Summit Media
  Summit Media
  Summit Media is the leading consumer magazine publisher in the Philippines. The first issue was on June 1995, for the magazine Preview. It was a successful publication launch which brought about the rise of other magazines titles for the different Filipino lifestyles...
  
  
• Viva Entertainment
  VIVA Entertainment
  VIVA Entertainment, Inc., also known as Viva Entertainment Group is a Philippine entertainment company. Its history started in 1981 when Vicente "Vic" del Rosario, Jr. founded Viva Films.-Divisions:*Viva Productions, Inc...
  
  
• Software Ventures International
• Pacific Internet, Philippines
• Star TV
  STAR TV (Asia)
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• Sonshine Media Network International
• ZOE Broadcasting Network
  ZOE Broadcasting Network
  ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. is a Philippine television network of Jesus is Lord Movement leader Eddie Villanueva. ZOE is currently an affiliate of GMA Network. This stations studios and offices are located at 22/F Strata 2000 Bldg, F. Ortigas Jr. Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City. With...
  
  

Churches

• Our Lady of Peace-EDSA Shrine
• St. Francis of Assisi Church
• Our Lady of Lourdes Church
  Our Lady of Lourdes Church
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• Greenhills Christian Fellowship
  Greenhills Christian Fellowship
  Greenhills Christian Fellowship is a Baptist megachurch founded by David and Patty Jo Yount of Conservative Baptist Association of America, Its third senior pastor is Rev. Larry Pabiona. Its headquarters is located at Ruby Rd. cor Garnet Rd., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines...
  
  
• Christ's Commission Fellowship
  Christ's Commission Fellowship
  Christ's Commission Fellowship is an Evangelical megachurch founded by Rev. Peter Tan-chi, based in the Philippines. Its current worship center and headquarters is located in St. Francis Square, in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. As of 2009, its membership approaching up to 25,000 people...
  
  
• Victory Christian Fellowship
  Victory Christian Fellowship
  Victory Metro Manila is a non-denominational Evangelical church based in the Philippines and a founding member of the Every Nation Churches and Ministries, a worldwide movement of churches...
  
  
• Mu Gyung (Korean) Baptist Church
• Sumbogum Manila (Korean) Full Gospel Church
• Bread from Heaven Community Church
• Hope Christian Fellowship (BGC)
• River of God Church

Schools

• Ateneo de Manila University - School of Medicine and Public Health
  Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
  The Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health or ASMPH is the medical school of Ateneo de Manila University, a private, Roman Catholic university of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines....
  
  
• St. Paul College, Pasig
• University of Asia and the Pacific
  University of Asia and the Pacific
  The University of Asia and the Pacific is a private research university in the Philippines. It traces its beginnings to the Center for Research and Communication , which was established in 1967 as a private think-tank that conducted economic and social research and offered graduate courses in...
  
  
• Enderun Colleges
• Saint Pedro Poveda College
  Saint Pedro Poveda College
  The Saint Pedro Poveda College is a private preparatory school for girls run by the Teresian Association of Lay Missionaries which was founded in Spain. It is located in the heart of Metro Manila's Ortigas Business District...
  
  
• Lourdes School of Mandaluyong
  Lourdes School of Mandaluyong
  Lourdes School of Mandaluyongis a private, Catholic educational institution owned and founded by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. The school was established in 1959 by the Capuchins in the Philippines. The school is also known by the acronym LSM, which differentiates it from its sister school,...
  
  
• MFI Foundation Inc.
  MFI Foundation Inc.
  MFI Foundation Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit science foundation that has provided training and education in the Philippines for more than 30 years....
  
  
• AMA Computer College Pasig Campus

BPOs

• TRG Philippines
• Sitel
  Sitel
  Sitel is a telemarketing and outsourcing business headquartered in Nashville, TN. It maintains over 140 call centers in 27 countries.Prior to its acquisition by ClientLogic, described below, it had 70 call centers in 25 countries and over 30,000 employees...
  
  
• Telus
  TELUS
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• Trec Pacific
• Teleperformance
  Teleperformance
  Teleperformance is a French customer service, technical support, call center and debt collection company with headquarters in Paris, France.The company operates in around 50 countries, including UK, Brazil, Chile, India, Philippines, China , Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Norway, Italy, USA, Costa...
  
  
• Transcom Worldwide
  Transcom WorldWide
  Transcom WorldWide S.A. a global outsourced service provider entirely focused on customers, the service they experience and the revenue they generate. Transcom's customer management and credit management services are designed to strengthen clients’ customer relationships and secure their revenue...
  
  
• Havenlink
• Sykes Enterprises
  Sykes Enterprises
  Sykes Enterprises provides business process outsourcing services, such as technical support and customer service. Sykes has over 51,000 employees at 80+ locations in 25 countries operating in 30 languages.-History:...
  
  
• Branders.com
  Branders.com
  Branders.com, Inc. is an American multinational Internet company that manages Branders.com, an online promotional products distributor. The company is based in San Mateo, California with a regional operating headquarters in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines...
  
  
• Convergys
  Convergys
  Convergys Corporation is a corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio that provides solutions in customer management and information management. Customer management solutions include agent assisted, self-service and proactive care solutions tailored to the communications, financial services,...
  
  
• BlastAsia
• Sterling Global Call Center
• Alorica Philippines, Inc.
• Pacific Hub

External links

• Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership - Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership Corporate Website