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Bay City, Metro Manila
Bay City, also known as the Manila Bay Freeport Zone and Manila Bay Area, is the name for the reclamation area on Manila Bay located west of Roxas Boulevard and the Manila–Cavite Expressway in Metro Manila, Philippines. The area is split between the cities of Manila and Pasay on the north side and Parañaque on the south.
Bay City is administratively divided between the villages of Barangay 719 of Malate, Manila and Barangay 76 of Pasay in the northern Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex-Financial Center Area (CCP-FCA) section, and the villages of Barangay 76 of Pasay and Baclaran, Tambo and Don Galo of Parañaque in the southern Central Business Park and Asiaworld section.
The area is most well known for being home of the SM Mall of Asia, the largest mall in the Philippines, Aseana City, an integrated mixed use central business district serving the Bay Area, 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) Entertainment City with Las Vegas-style casinos, amusement parks, theaters, office building, hotels, residential buildings and resorts. The last is under the purview of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), a government-owned and controlled corporation of the Philippine government, purported to be Asia's newest[citation needed] gaming and entertainment complex. It lies on the western side of Roxas Boulevard in Parañaque and south of the SM Mall of Asia Complex. Investments to the project could reach up to $15 billion, which was scaled down from the more recent $20 billion budget announcement that had been previously announced in 2007. The first integrated resort complex to open in Entertainment City was Bloomberry-owned Solaire Resort & Casino on March 16, 2013. It was followed by City of Dreams Manila (soft opening December 14, 2014), Okada Manila (opened December 2016). Although the PEA advertised Bay City as the "new business capital" of Manila, development is proceeding slowly.
The main road in this area is Macapagal Boulevard, which runs north–south through the center of Bay City. It is directly accessible from Ninoy Aquino International Airport via the NAIA Expressway, and from the Makati CBD, Ortigas Center and Bonifacio Global City via EDSA.
Around 1945, there was a plan to build a central national airport on reclaimed land in Manila Bay, particularly in northeastern Pasay. However, this was not realized.
In 1974, a plan to reclaim land in Manila Bay was revived, this time with an area of 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres). The project, formerly known as Boulevard 2000, was initiated by First Lady Imelda Marcos in 1977, with the creation of the Public Estates Authority (now Philippine Reclamation Authority) to manage the project. By the end of Marcos rule in early 1986, 660 hectares (1,600 acres) had been reclaimed, including the 77-hectare (190-acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex. In 2017, the project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority renamed to Manila Bay Freeport Zone, which was envisioned by President Rodrigo Duterte.
The 77-hectare (190-acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex covers the northernmost portion of Bay City and is under the jurisdiction of two cities, Manila (where it is part of the district of Malate) and Pasay. It is bounded by Manila Bay to the north and west, the Philippine Navy headquarters to the northeast, Roxas Boulevard to the east, and Jose W. Diokno Boulevard to the south. It is divided into two zones: the Art Zone, and the Commercial and Entertainment Zone. It features several brutalist structures designed in the 1960s and 1970s by Leandro Locsin, such as the Tanghalang Pambansa, the Philippine International Convention Center, and the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila. Other locators in the complex include the Manila Broadcasting Company, Coconut Palace, the Manila Film Center and Star City amusement park.
The 77-hectare (190-acre) Financial Center Area covers the southern half of the CCP-FCA island. It is the first land to be reclaimed under the Boulevard 2000 project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority. It is bounded by Gil Puyat Avenue Extension to the north, and the Libertad Channel to the south. The area includes the Philippine National Bank complex which used to house the Philippine Airlines headquarters, some Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-linked entities such as the World Trade Center Metro Manila, Philippine Trade Training Center, and the Government Service Insurance System complex which currently hosts the Senate of the Philippines.
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Bay City, Metro Manila
Bay City, also known as the Manila Bay Freeport Zone and Manila Bay Area, is the name for the reclamation area on Manila Bay located west of Roxas Boulevard and the Manila–Cavite Expressway in Metro Manila, Philippines. The area is split between the cities of Manila and Pasay on the north side and Parañaque on the south.
Bay City is administratively divided between the villages of Barangay 719 of Malate, Manila and Barangay 76 of Pasay in the northern Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex-Financial Center Area (CCP-FCA) section, and the villages of Barangay 76 of Pasay and Baclaran, Tambo and Don Galo of Parañaque in the southern Central Business Park and Asiaworld section.
The area is most well known for being home of the SM Mall of Asia, the largest mall in the Philippines, Aseana City, an integrated mixed use central business district serving the Bay Area, 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) Entertainment City with Las Vegas-style casinos, amusement parks, theaters, office building, hotels, residential buildings and resorts. The last is under the purview of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), a government-owned and controlled corporation of the Philippine government, purported to be Asia's newest[citation needed] gaming and entertainment complex. It lies on the western side of Roxas Boulevard in Parañaque and south of the SM Mall of Asia Complex. Investments to the project could reach up to $15 billion, which was scaled down from the more recent $20 billion budget announcement that had been previously announced in 2007. The first integrated resort complex to open in Entertainment City was Bloomberry-owned Solaire Resort & Casino on March 16, 2013. It was followed by City of Dreams Manila (soft opening December 14, 2014), Okada Manila (opened December 2016). Although the PEA advertised Bay City as the "new business capital" of Manila, development is proceeding slowly.
The main road in this area is Macapagal Boulevard, which runs north–south through the center of Bay City. It is directly accessible from Ninoy Aquino International Airport via the NAIA Expressway, and from the Makati CBD, Ortigas Center and Bonifacio Global City via EDSA.
Around 1945, there was a plan to build a central national airport on reclaimed land in Manila Bay, particularly in northeastern Pasay. However, this was not realized.
In 1974, a plan to reclaim land in Manila Bay was revived, this time with an area of 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres). The project, formerly known as Boulevard 2000, was initiated by First Lady Imelda Marcos in 1977, with the creation of the Public Estates Authority (now Philippine Reclamation Authority) to manage the project. By the end of Marcos rule in early 1986, 660 hectares (1,600 acres) had been reclaimed, including the 77-hectare (190-acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex. In 2017, the project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority renamed to Manila Bay Freeport Zone, which was envisioned by President Rodrigo Duterte.
The 77-hectare (190-acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex covers the northernmost portion of Bay City and is under the jurisdiction of two cities, Manila (where it is part of the district of Malate) and Pasay. It is bounded by Manila Bay to the north and west, the Philippine Navy headquarters to the northeast, Roxas Boulevard to the east, and Jose W. Diokno Boulevard to the south. It is divided into two zones: the Art Zone, and the Commercial and Entertainment Zone. It features several brutalist structures designed in the 1960s and 1970s by Leandro Locsin, such as the Tanghalang Pambansa, the Philippine International Convention Center, and the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila. Other locators in the complex include the Manila Broadcasting Company, Coconut Palace, the Manila Film Center and Star City amusement park.
The 77-hectare (190-acre) Financial Center Area covers the southern half of the CCP-FCA island. It is the first land to be reclaimed under the Boulevard 2000 project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority. It is bounded by Gil Puyat Avenue Extension to the north, and the Libertad Channel to the south. The area includes the Philippine National Bank complex which used to house the Philippine Airlines headquarters, some Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-linked entities such as the World Trade Center Metro Manila, Philippine Trade Training Center, and the Government Service Insurance System complex which currently hosts the Senate of the Philippines.