Tower One & Exchange Plaza is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the

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. It is located in the

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and has a height of . The building has 35 floors above ground level, and is originally planned to be the first of three towers for the Ayala Triangle. Plans for the construction of the two additional buildings did not materialize though. The area composes of 3 buildings, Ayala Tower One, The Makati Stock Exchange (MkSE) and the former trading floor of the

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, along with 2 buildings under construction. Tower One & Exchange Plaza was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP. Leandro V. Locsin & Partners was the local architect of record. The building is owned by

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, a subsidiary of the

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, which is headquartered in the building (see Ownership). Other institutions headquartered at Ayala Tower One include the primary trading floor of the

(Until February 2018) and Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BDO). It is the headquarters of the Ayala Corporation, the company that built the Makati Central Business District.

Location

The building is located at the corner of Ayala Avenue and

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, on one of the three ends of the

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. Tower One & Exchange Plaza is located near two other famous buildings, the headquarters of

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, an Ayala Corporation company, and the former main office of Insular Life.

History

This building was built solely as a response to the

relocating from Makati to the Tektite Towers - West Tower in Ortigas Center. Ayala Land was hoping that the

would reconsider its plan. It did not completely succeed with its attempt to keep the stock exchange exclusively in Makati since the Philippine Stock Exchange ultimately decided to have two trading floors: one each in Makati and Ortigas Center.Emporis.co
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Ownership

The building is

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having multiple unit owners.

References

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Tower One & Exchange PlazaAyala Tower One at Emporis
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