Ortigas Center is the second most important commercial and business district (after Makati) in Metro Manila, Philippines. With an area of at least 100 hectares, the district is located at the boundary of Pasig City, Mandaluyong City, and Quezon City.
It is governed by Ortigas Center Association, Inc. It is home to many shopping malls, skyscrapers, and nightlife bars and restaurants. Ortigas Center is home to the Asian Development Bank, a Shangri-La hotel and is also the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation and the Philippine branch of HSBC. It also homes the Banco de Oro main office owned by mall taipan Henry Sy, Sr. Ortigas Center is also the location SM Megamall, which was the largest mall in the country prior to the completion of the SM Mall of Asia.
Ortigas Center is also home to three of Metro Manila's largest churches, Greenhills Christian Fellowship, Christ's Commission Fellowship, and Victory Christian Fellowship.
Ortigas Center is surrounded by the streets of EDSA to the west, Ortigas Avenue to the north, Meralco Avenue to the east, and Shaw Boulevard to the south.
Ortigas Center is a business and commercial district of Metropolitan Manila located at the boundaries of three vibrant cities - Pasig City, Mandaluyong City and Quezon City. Ortigas Center is commonly acknowledged as the Philippines ' secondary business nerve center.
Ortigas Center real estate scene is dominated by more than 50 high-rise residential, hotel and office towers that directly contribute to its decidedly modern cosmopolitan feel. Punctuating these high rises are cavernous medium-rise structures that house Ortigas Center collection of malls, shopping centers and dining complexes.
Ortigas Center has wide streets, ample sidewalks, well-lit avenues, and pockets of greenery and foliage. There are new elevated pedestrian walkways and mini-parks. The major intersections and center-island dividers are undergoing redevelopment and improvement that are seen to further enhance Ortigas Center standing as modern business community.
Ortigas Center strategic location at the crossroads of burgeoning Metro Manila will ensure its attractiveness in the medium to long-term. As such, investments in real estate in this area promises to deliver stellar returns and will keep investors at the forefront of progress and development in the Metropolis as a whole.
Pasig City is a primarily residential-industrial town but it is increasingly becoming a commercial area. Along its western border is the eastern (and arguably more significant) half of the Ortigas Center, one of the top business districts in the metropolis (the western half is in Mandaluyong City). Found here are numerous high-rise office buildings, residential condominiums, and schools. The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), one of the most expensive universities in the country, is located here, as well as the head office of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
Northwest of Ortigas Center is the Meralco Compound, home of the head offices of Meralco (Manila Electric Company), which is the largest electrical distribution company in the Philippines. The headquarters of the Philippine Stock Exchange, which is also home to one of its trading floors, is located here. Due to this, the barangay of San Antonio has one of the largest incomes for a local government unit in the country, larger than most small towns.
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Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Metro Manila 1605 Philippines Cebu Branch: Lobby, Waterfront Airport Hotel 1 Airport Road, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines Tel: (6332) 341-2035 Fax: (6332) 341-2036
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