Bonifacio Global City (also known as BGC, Global City, or The Fort) is a financial district in

Taguig City, Metro Manila,Philippines. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) south-east of the center
of Manila in an area disputed between the cities of Makati andTaguig[2][3] as well as the municipality
of Pateros. The area is currently under jurisdiction of the city of Taguig. In recent years, the district
has experienced robust commercial growth through the sale of military land by the Bases
Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). The entire district used to be the part of the
main Philippine Army camp.
In 1995, Bonifacio Land Development Corporation (BLDC) started planning a major urban
developmentBonifacio Global City. BLDC made a successful bid to become BCDA's partner in the
development of the district. The Ayala Corporation through Ayala Land, Inc., and Evergreen
Holdings, Inc. of the Campos Group purchased a controlling stake in BLDC from Metro Pacific in
2003. BCDA and the two companies now control Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation, which
oversees the master planning of Bonifacio Global City.

Fort Bonifacio
Fort Bonifacio is the national headquarters of the Philippine Army (AFP), Southern Police District and
the marine base ofPhilippine Navy and Philippine Marine Corps located in this district. It is close
to Col. Jesus A. Villamor Airbase, the national headquarters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). The
camp is named after Andres Bonifacio, the revolutionary leader ofKatipunan during the Philippine
revolution against Spain.

Philippine Scouts at Fort McKinley (called today Fort Bonifacio) firing a 37-mm antitank gun in training

During the American colonial period, the US government acquired a 25.78 square kilometre property
within what was then disputed area between Makati, Taguig and Pateros for military purposes. This
area (TCT dated 1902) was turned into a camp then known as Fort William McKinley after the 25th
US president, William McKinley. After the Philippines gained its political independence from the
United States on July 4, 1946, the US bestowed to the Republic of the Philippines all rights of
possession, jurisdiction, supervision and control over the Philippine territory except the use of their
military bases. On May 14, 1949, Fort McKinley was turned over to the Philippine government by
virtue of US Embassy Note No. 0570.[citation needed]

Under the AFP leadership of Gen. Alfonso Arellano, Fort McKinley was made the permanent
headquarters of the Philippine Army in 1957 and was subsequently renamed Fort Andres Bonifacio,
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after the Father of the Philippine Revolution against Spain, Andres Bonifacio, whose father,

Santiago Bonifacio, was a native of Taguig, Rizal. Fort Bonifacio, during the Spanish Era, Taguig was
founded in the year 1587, while San Pedro de Macati in 1670 in what was part of Sta. Ana Manila
and Pateros in 1770, a bario and part of Pasig during the Spanish era. [citation needed]
On December 9, 1937 the Deed of Absolute sale executed by the owner, Don Anacleto Madrigal
Acopiado in favor of the American Government covering the area of 100 hectares, portion of Bicutan,
Taguig, annotated at the back of TCT No. 408. During the American Commonwealth, it was
converted to a Military base, named Fort McKinley. It was during the presidency of the late President
Ferdinand E. Marcos' administration when Fort Mckinley was renamed Fort Bonifacio and
transferred to Makati. Taguig got the jurisdiction over Fort Bonifacio after winning the case against
Makati in filed in the Pasig Regional Trial Court in 1993. Makati appealed the ruling, but the Pasig
RTC in 2011 still sided with Taguig, saying that Fort Bonifacio including the -EMBO Baranggays are
all part of Taguig. Makati then asked the Court of Appeals to review the case. The Court of Appeals
overturned the Pasig Regional Trial Court's decision and reverted jurisdiction of the BGC in favor of
Makati. As of date, Taguig has filed a Motion of Reconsideration at the Court of Appeals seeking to
revert the decision. Status quo (meaning the latest ruling) remains with Makati. Taguig currently has
de facto control over the area
In 1995, Bonifacio Land Development Corporation, a consortium led by Metro Pacific, made a
successful bid to become BCDA's partner in the development of Bonifacio Global City (BGC), the
Home of Passionate Minds. Ayala Land, Inc. and Evergreen Holdings, Inc. of the Campos Group
purchased a controlling stake in BLDC from Metro Pacific in 2003. BCDA and the two companies
control Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation, which oversees the master planning of Bonifacio
Global City. The Bonifacio Global City is a rich district with a high number of skyscrapers, even as
the city is still rising. Many skyscrapers are under construction and will be built in future. [citation needed]
Bonifacio Global City is between EDSA and C-5 Road. There are seven major access points: access
from the North and West through Kalayaan Avenue which connects it to the North Gate and the
Kalayaan Flyover, access from Taguig in the West via EDSA through McKinley Road and to the
McKinley Gate; the three main entrances (Upper East Gate, Sampaguita Gate, and Lower East
Gate) from C-5 highway in the East; and from the airport through the Villamor Airbase to the South
Gate by Fifth Avenue and Lawton Avenue.[citation needed]
BGC is home to upscale residential condominiums such as Essensa, Serendra, Pacific Plaza
Towers, One McKinley Place, The Luxe Residences, Bonifacio Ridge Twin Towers, and Regent
Parkway and corporate office buildings such as Net One and Bonifacio Technology Center. Most

trendy restaurants, bars, clubs, and retail outlets are on Bonifacio's High Street, The Shops
at Serendra (a.k.a. Piazza or Serendra Plaza), The Fort Square, and The Fort Strip. The Bonifacio
Stop-over and the Car Plaza cater to motorists. BGC is currently anchored by major shopping
centres, Ayala Land's Market! Market!, SM Aura and Bonifacio High Street. Many Filipino and
multinational corporations have acquired properties and have committed to relocate their global,
regional or national headquarters in the business district.[citation needed]
Opened in late 2009, St. Luke's Medical Center consists of a 16-storey hospital building with 600
patient beds and an 11-storey medical arts building with 374 doctor's clinics and 10 institutes. A
coliseum and convention center which is to be built by Northshore Holdings, Inc. and the taguig city
administration, will be on a 35,000 square metre site adjacent to Market! Market!. The Bonifacio
Civic Center will include a hotel, office building, serviced apartments, a shopping center, and a food
court.[citation needed]
The Shangri-La Hotel Group in 2008 undertook the groundbreaking of Shangri-La at the Fort.
Opened in 2016, Shangri-La at the Fort is a 60-storey mixed-used landmark with 577 hotel
guestrooms, 97 hotel residences and 96 luxury condominiums. It is situated along Fifth Avenue and
will be sharing the prime block with the new headquarters building and the unified bourse of
the Philippine Stock Exchangewhich is expected to be completed in 2016. Many foreign embassies
moved from Ayala Avenue in Fort Bonifacio to its permanent location now near the Global City's
center in 2008. The masterplan of Fort Bonifacio was recently updated to allow efficient traffic
management and circulation.

The History Of BGC

Bonifacio Global City was once part of a multi-hectare portion of Taguig that the United
States government acquired in 1902 and operated as a military base. Christened Fort
McKinley after US President William McKinley, it was the headquarters of the Philippine
Scouts, the Philippine Division of the United States Army.
In 1949, three years after the Philippines gained political independence from the United
States, Fort McKinley was turned over to the Philippine government. In 1957, it was
made the permanent headquarters of the Philippine Army and renamed Fort Bonifacio
after Andres Bonifacio, the Father of the Philippine Revolution against Spain.
In the 1990s approximately 240-hectares of Fort Bonifacio was turned over to the Bases
Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) to facilitate the conversion of former US
military bases and Metro Manila camps into productive civilian use. By 2003, Ayala

Land, Inc. and Evergreen Holdings, Inc. entered into a landmark partnership with BCDA
to help shape and develop Bonifacio Global City - an area once synonymous with war
and aggression into the amiable, nurturing, world-class business and residential center
it is today.