Ayala Center


The Ayala Center is a mixed-use major commercial development operated by Ayala Land located in Barangay San Lorenzo within the Makati Central Business District in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The complex comprises three shopping malls, three department stores, each with its own retail shops, restaurant arcades and cinemas, several hotels, eight residential towers, five office towers, four parking buildings, and leisure amenities such as the Greenbelt Park, Glorietta 3 Park, and the Ayala Museum, showcasing exhibits on Philippine history and art.
The Ayala Center is surrounded by Ayala Avenue, De la Rosa Street, and Legazpi Street to the north, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue to the east, Arnaiz Avenue to the south, and Paseo de Roxas to the west. The Ayala station of MRT Line 3 serves the area.

History

Ayala Center's predecessors were the Makati Commercial Center and Greenbelt, originally an open-space park called Greenbelt Junction in the 1970s.
The Makati Commercial Center, built in 1960, consisted of several small arcades, theaters, freestanding retail outlets, open parks, and hotels. It was later renamed The Center Makati in the 1980s.
On the other hand, Greenbelt evolved from an open-space park known as Greenbelt Junction, which in the 1970s had an aviary and surrounding low-rise structures with dining establishments. Additional developments in the 1980s include the Greenbelt Square, Fair Center, Greenbelt Arcade, a McDonald's branch, and Greenbelt Mall, which were later combined to form Greenbelt.
In the 1990s, the Ayalas redeveloped The Center Makati by merging the existing Makati Commercial Center with the Greenbelt complex into a new development and was renamed Ayala Center in 1991. Its redevelopment has been ongoing in phases since the late 2000s, which includes the renovation and expansion of Glorietta and Greenbelt malls and replacing old buildings and open parking spaces with new office buildings, residential towers, hotels, and the One Ayala complex, respectively.

Facilities and tenants

Shopping malls

  • Glorietta
  • Greenbelt
  • One Ayala

    Department stores

  • Rustan's
  • SM Makati
  • The Landmark
  • Adora
  • Marks & Spencer

    Parking facilities

Aside from the basement parking beneath Glorietta, Greenbelt, and One Ayala, respectively, the following are the carpark buildings located at the complex:
  • 6750 Steel Carpark
  • Park Square
  • Paseo Steel Carpark
  • The Link

    Hotels

  • Ascott Makati
  • Dusit Thani Manila
  • Makati Fairmont Hotel and Raffles Suites and Residences
  • Holiday Inn & Suites Makati
  • New World Renaissance Hotel
  • Makati Shangri-La
  • Canopy by Hilton Makati
Hotel InterContinental Manila was closed in 2015 and demolished shortly thereafter to make way for the redevelopment that is One Ayala.

Office buildings

  • 6750 Ayala Avenue
  • Glorietta 1 Corporate Center
  • Glorietta 2 Corporate Center
  • One Ayala Tower 1
  • One Ayala Tower 2
  • One Ayala South Tower