History
Glorietta was originally a park surrounded by establishments, and was used as a location by Viva Films for its youth-oriented movie Hotshots. In the early 1990s the Zobel De Ayala family decided to renovate Glorietta, the Quad mall, Greenbelt and the rest of the Makati commercial center into a whole new development named the Ayala Center.
The plan was to convert Glorietta into an indoor facility and integrate it with existing nearby buildings as well as newly-constructed ones such as the QUAD cinemas.
The Glorietta mall was opened in 1991 with a gross leasable area of 250,000 m², envisioned as one of the largest malls in the Philippines. By the mid- and late 1990s, Glorietta gained popularity as a premier mall. It has an air-conditioned atrium with water features, an indoor children's playground, and an activity center that hosts concerts and shows.
Other new buildings were also constructed between 1999 and 2005, making Glorietta bigger than its original construction plan.
In 2010, Glorietta 1 and 2 were demolished for redevelopment with a new mall, hotel (Holiday Inn and Fairmont Suites) BPO offices and condos (Park Terraces and Garden Terraces). Glorietta 1 was opened in November 5 with a new activity center, as Glorietta 2 opened in December 8. Glorietta 3 will also be demolished around 2013 to finalize a redeveloped Glorietta mall complex. There are no plans to redevelop other existing buildings around Ayala Center, but Ayala assures that the Ayala Center will keep on growing over the years to come.
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