JAKA Tower

Coordinates: 14°33′32″N 121°1′0″E / 14.55889°N 121.01667°E / 14.55889; 121.01667

JAKA Tower
The unfinished JAKA Tower in 2015
General information
Status	On hold
Type	Office
Location	1226 Ayala Avenue, Makati, Philippines
Construction started	1996
Completed	2019 (estimated)
Owner	JAKA Group of Companies (1990s–?) Enrile family (until 2014) Ayala Land Inc. (2014–)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (under JAKA)
Developer	JAKA Property Group (until 2014) Ayala Land Inc. (2014–)
References
^[1]^[2]

The JAKA Tower was a planned office skyscraper in Makati, Philippines. It was designed by the architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, and was to be the first highrise project of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile's JAKA Property Group.^[2]^[3] Construction started in 1996, and was scheduled for completion by 1999.^[4]

It was originally designed to rise 49 stories high, with a height of 185.9 metres (609.91 feet) to its roof. Its design was to have cladded finishing on its podium, and external curtain glass walls on the rest of the building. When finished, it was supposed to be one of Philippines' tallest building at that time.^[2]^[4]

Construction

Halt

Construction was already in its 21st floor when it was halted, due to the negative financial effects brought upon by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.^[3] The JAKA Group was forced to surrender its property to lenders.^[5]It was planned for works to resume in 2005 or 2006, but it did not push through. The only activity in the past 10 years was the application of protective coating on the exposed structural reinforcement bars of the building.

Acquisition by Ayala Land

In December 2012, Jack Enrile announces that his father, Juan Ponce Enrile has decided to sell the property due to lack of time and resources to finish the building. This is after Enrile's family bought back the property.^[5]

In September 2014, developer Ayala Land Inc. acquired the JAKA Tower, previously owned by Juan Ponce Enrile's family and plans to integrate the property in its City Gate development project. Ayala said that it would not demolish the existing building which is still structurally sound even after almost 15 years of abandonment.^[3] Ayala Land Inc. plans to commence the buildings redevelopment sometime in 2015 and estimates the building's completion within three or four years. The company intends the JAKA Tower to be an office building. However, it also disclosed that the building may not be built to its originally intended height.^[4]

Resumption of construction

In September 2015, Ayala Land through its unit Alveo Land, has recently launched this project as Alveo Financial Tower. It will be the flagship office project of Alveo and serves as the major anchor of City Gate, a mixed-used office and commercial project by Ayala Land.

References

↑ Emporis Buildings JAKA Tower, Makati
1 2 3 Skyscraperpage.com Jaka Tower
1 2 3 Austria, Jenniffer (28 September 2014). "Ayala seals Jaka Tower buyout". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
1 2 3 Mercurio, Richmond (14 January 2015). "ALI to relaunch JAKA Tower redev't". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
1 2 Cabacungan, Gil C. (2012-12-05). "Enrile gives up monument to self, now an eyesore on Ayala Avenue". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2013-04-30.

Skyscrapers and towers in Metro Manila

Completed

Over 250 m	PBCom Tower (259 m, 2000) The Gramercy Residences (250 m, 2013) Discovery Primea (250 m, 2013) Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila (250 m, 2016)

200–249 m	Grand Riviera Suites (230 m, 2014) One Shangri-La Place Towers (227 m, 2014) Alphaland Makati Place (220 m, 2016) G.T. International Tower (217 m, 2001) BSA Twin Towers (215 m, 2000) The St. Francis Shangri-La Place Towers (213 m, 2009) The Knightsbridge Residences (210 m, 2013) One Rockwell West Tower (210 m, 2010) Petron Megaplaza (210 m, 1998) BDO Corporate Center (210 m, 2015) UnionBank Plaza (206 m, 2004) Greenbelt San Lorenzo Tower (205 m, 2009) Edades Tower (205 m, 2014) Golden Empire Tower (203 m, 2002) One Corporate Centre (202 m, 2009) Philamlife Tower (200 m, 2000) Summit One Tower (200 m, 1998)

150–199 m	One Central Makati (195 m, 2013) 8 Forbestown Road (194 m, 2013) Anchor Skysuites (193 m, 2013) RCBC Plaza Towers (192 m, 2001) The Infinity Fort Bonifacio (190 m, 2011) Tower 6789 (185 m, 2013) One San Miguel Avenue (183 m, 2001) LKG Tower (180 m, 2000) Marco Polo Ortigas Manila (180 m, 2014) The Shang Grand Tower (180 m, 2005) Pacific Plaza Towers (179 m, 2001) Atlanta Centre (179 m, 1998) Birch Tower (178 m, 2012) Aspire Tower (175 m, 2012) Robinsons Equitable Tower (175 m, 1997) One Roxas Triangle (174 m, 2000) Robinsons Summit Center (174 m, 2001) Paragon Plaza (174 m, 1998) The Enterprise Center Tower 1 (172 m, 1999) Greenbelt Laguna Tower (171 m, 2008) Greenbelt Manila Tower (171 m, 2010) The Beaufort (170 m, 2013) The Beacon Arnaiz Tower (170 m, 2012) Pearl of the Orient Tower (168 m, 2004) Discovery Suites (167 m, 1999) GA Towers (165 m, 2005) One Rockwell East Tower (165 m, 2011) Rufino Pacific Tower (161 m, 1994) Ayala Tower One (160 m, 1996) The Orient Square (160 m, 1999) Lancaster Suites One (158 m, 2007) Bellagio Golfview (156 m, 2010) Exportbank Plaza (155 m, 1998) The Rizal Tower (155 m, 2000) Wharton Parksuites (154 m, 2012) BSA Grand Tower (154 m, 1998) The World Centre (152 m, 1996) Salcedo Park Twin Towers (151 m, 1996) Pacific Plaza Condominium (150 m, 1992) Wynsum Corporate Plaza (150 m, 2000) One Legazpi Park (150 m, 2006) Joy-Nostalg Center (150 m, 2009) Forbes Tower West (150 m, 2011) One McKinley Place (150 m, 2004) Zuellig Building (150 m, 2012) The Columns (150 m, 2009)

Under
construction

The Stratford Residences (312 m, 2017)
Federal Land Tower (282 m, 2016)
Trump Tower Manila (250 m, 2016)
Century Spire (245 m, 2018)
The Skysuites Tower (220 m, ?)
Net Park (205 m, 2016)
UNTV Broadcast Center (200 m, 2017)
Torre de Manila (165 m, 2018)
JAKA Tower (?, 2018)

Proposed

Unbuilt

Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
Commons

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