# Ayala Center

The Ayala Center is a 50-hectare (120-acre) 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, Dela Rosa Street, and Legazpi Street to the north, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA/C-4) 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 (Maranaw Arcade, Makati Arcade, Angela Arcade, Lising's Commercial, Mayfair Center, Bricktown, Anson's), theaters (Rizal Theater and The Quad), freestanding retail outlets (including Makati Supermart, Sulo Restaurant, Automat Restaurant, Rustan's, Shoe Mart and Mercury Drug), open parks, and hotels (including Manila Garden Hotel and InterContinental Hotel Manila). 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 50-hectare (120-acre) 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
* Debenhams (closed as of May 2021)
* Glorietta
* Greenbelt
* SM Makati
* The Landmark
* Ayala Malls One Ayala
* Makati Avenue

### Parking facilities

Aside from the basement parking beneath Glorietta (interconnected with Park Terraces and Terraces Square), 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
* The Link
* Park Square

### Hotels

* InterContinental Manila (closed in 2015)
* Dusit Thani Manila
* Holiday Inn & Suites Makati
* Makati Fairmont Hotel and Raffles Suites and Residences
* New World Renaissance Hotel
* Peninsula Manila
* Makati Shangri-La
* Ascott Makati (formerly Oakwood Premier)
* Seda One Ayala (under construction)
* Dusit Thani Manila
* Makati Fairmont Hotel
* Makati Shangri-La, Manila
* InterContinental Manila
* Raffles Makati
* Holiday Inn Manila (foreground) with Park Terraces, Makati Fairmont Hotel, and Raffles Makati on the background. Also shown is the Glorietta 1 Corporate Center (right).

### Office buildings

* 6750 Ayala Avenue
* Glorietta 1 Corporate Center
* Glorietta 2 Corporate Center
* One Ayala Tower 1 (One Ayala East Tower)
* One Ayala Tower 2 (One Ayala West Tower)
* One Ayala South Tower

## Incidents
### 2000 bombing

On May 17, 2000, at 5:02 p.m. PHT, 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 SM Megamall bombing and the December 30, 2000 Rizal Day bombings.

### 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 liquefied petroleum gas tank in a Chinese restaurant.