Tutuban Center

Tutuban Center
Project
Opening date1993; 31 years ago (1993)
DeveloperTutuban Properties, Inc.
OperatorTutuban Properties, Inc.
OwnerAyala Land Logistics
Location
Coordinates: 14°36′30″N 120°58′21″E / 14.60833°N 120.97250°E / 14.60833; 120.97250
CountryPhilippines
LocationTondo, Manila

Tutuban Center is a shopping complex and public transit hub in Manila, the Philippines that opened in 1993. It encompasses five retail buildings and a parking building in and around Manila's central train station located in the shopping precinct of Divisoria in Tondo district. The 20-hectare (49-acre) mixed-use development includes the original two-story brick and iron main terminal building of the Ferrocaril de Manila-Dagupan (later Manila Railroad Company, and now Philippine National Railways or PNR) built in 1887, a declared national historical building by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines since 1934.[1][2] It also includes the Bonifacio Plaza fronting the old terminal building on Recto Avenue where a statue of Andrés Bonifacio was erected in 1971.[3] Its integrated mall complex houses a mix of wholesale and retail bazaars and covers only 8.5 hectares (21 acres) of the total 20-hectare development. The complex will house the interchange station between the proposed North–South Commuter Railway and an extension of the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2 according to the masterplan submitted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in 2015.[2][3] Its redevelopment plan also entails the construction of several mixed-use buildings, including office towers, residential buildings, hotels, a convention center, and a 300-metre (980 ft)-high observation tower to be known as the Tower of Maynila.[2]

  1. ^ Alegre, J.C. (12 November 2016). "Full steam ahead at Tutuban". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Preparatory Survey on Promotion of TOD for Urban Railway in the Republic of the Philippines" (PDF). Japan International Cooperation Agency. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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