Fort Bonifacio

The Global City is now home to upscale residential condominiums such as Bellagio, 8 Forbestown Road, Forbeswood Parklane, Forbeswood Heights and office buildings such as Net One, Net2, Net3, Net4 and Bonifacio Technology Center.

The prestigious British School Manila, Manila Japanese School and the International School Manila constructed and occupied new campuses in the Global City in its incipient stages. Other educational institutions in the area include the Global City Innovative College, Summit School, Victory Leadership Institute and MGC-New Life Christian Academy.

Most trendy restaurants, bars, clubs, and retail outlets are located in Bonifacio High Street, Serendra, The Fort Square and Fort Strip. Meanwhile, Bonifacio Stop-over and the Car Plaza cater to motorists. Global City is anchored by a major shopping center, Market! Market!

Many corporations have acquired properties and some have committed to relocate their regional or national headquarters, among them are The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Deutsche Bank, Lawson Software, Fujitsu Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson and TetraPak.

St. Luke’s Medical Center and the Taguig Coliseum and Convention Center are among the Global City’s anticipated developments. St. Luke’s will be comprised of a 16-storey hospital building with 600 patient beds and an 11-storey medical arts building with 366 doctor’s offices. The hospital intends to offer the most advanced medical technology administered by a highly trained staff. Taguig Coliseum and Convention Center, to be built by Northshore Holdings, Inc. and the current Taguig City administration, will be located on a 35,000 square metre site adjacent to Market! Market!. The center will include a hotel, office building, serviced apartments, a shopping center and a food court.

FPD Asia[1] and FPD Global[2], the top property management groups in the Philippines, has its nest at 5F Net One Center.

The Shangri-La Hotel Group has recently undertaken the groundbreaking of Shangri-La at the Fort. Scheduled to open in 2012, Shangri-La at the Fort will be a 60-storey tower with 500 guestrooms and 234 apartments. It is situated along Fifth Avenue, and will be sharing the prime block with the new headquarters of the Philippine Stock Exchange which is expected to be completed in 2010.

The Embassy of the Republic of Singapore has acquired a property near the Global City’s center and will move permanently by 2008.

The masterplan of Fort Bonifacio was recently updated to allow efficient traffic management and circulation.