Triangle Park (Quezon City)

Triangle Park
Central Business District

Map of Quezon City showing Triangle Park
Triangle Park

Location of Quezon City Central Business District within Metro Manila

Coordinates: 14°39′26″N 121°1′30″E / 14.65722°N 121.02500°E / 14.65722; 121.02500Coordinates: 14°39′26″N 121°1′30″E / 14.65722°N 121.02500°E / 14.65722; 121.02500
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
City Quezon City
Barangays 20
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
Zip Code 1105
Area code(s) 02

Triangle Park, also known as the Quezon City Central Business District, is a 250 ha (620 acres) mixed-use Central Business District development in Quezon City, Philippines. It is organized around five districts namely: Commons, Downtown Hub, Emporium, Residences at Veterans and Triangle Exchange.

It is one of the three (3) existing main business districts of the city - alongside Eastwood City in Libis and Araneta Center in Cubao. It is also one of two business districts currently being developed or redeveloped, the other being Neopolitan Business Park in Novaliches.

This business district spans from the East and North Triangles to the Quezon Memorial Circle also encompassing the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) property along North Avenue. The World Bank dubbed the project as “the center of gravity of commercial developments in Metro Manila in the coming years.” It is linked to the EDSA frontages and served by the LRT-1, and MRT-3 elevated rail systems. The World Bank contracted the Japanese firm, Almec, to complete the framework plan. Two companies have been given permission to develop the remaining empty lots, Ayala Land in cooperation with the National Housing Authority for the North Triangle[1] and Eton Properties Philippines of the Lucio Tan Group for the East Triangle.[2]

History

The project began as early as May 2002 with the issuance of Executive Order No. 106[3] by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo creating the tripartite body called the North Triangle Development Committee that will oversee the development of the Quezon City Central Business District after a visit in the area on February 19, 2012. The Committee is tasked specifically to study and resolve the problem of security of tenure of the residents in North Triangle – a 37-hectare property of the National Housing Authority (NHA) that is leased to the Robinsons Land Corporation.

By 2007, the covered area expanded to 250 hectares while the name and composition of the body tasked to define and implement the plan was changed by Executive Orders No. 620[4] and 620-A[5] issued May 4 and September 11, respectively. These Executive Orders mandate the “rationalization and speeding up of the development of the East and North Triangles, and the Veterans Memorial Medical Center area of Quezon City, as a well-planned, integrated and environmentally balanced mixed-use development model.” It also transformed the North Triangle Development Committee into the Urban Triangle Development Commission (TriDev Commission) and shrank the composition of said body from five to three members.

On March 2012, The Quezon City council has passed an ordinance[6] classifying 250.6 hectares of the North Triangle, East Triangle and the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) as a Central Business District including a master plan for the orderly organization of the area with distinct regulations and standards not provided for in existing laws.[7]

Barangays

  1. Santo Cristo
  2. Bagong Pag-asa
  3. Project 6
  4. Vasra
  5. Culiat
  6. Pinyahan
  7. Central
  8. Malaya
  9. Sikatuna Village
  10. Botocan
  11. Teachers Village West
  12. Teachers Village East
  13. UP Village
  14. San Vicente
  15. Old Capitol Site
  16. Krus Na Ligas
  17. UP Campus
  18. Pansol
  19. Balara
  20. Loyola Heights

Institutions

Commercial Establishments and Malls

  1. SM City North EDSA
  2. TriNoma
  3. Ayala Malls Vertis North (opened June 9, 2017)
  4. Seda Hotels Vertis North (opened April 23, 2017)
  5. Centris Station inside Eton Centris
  6. Eton Cyberpod Centris 1-5 inside Eton Centris
  7. Elements inside Eton Centris

Recreational Centers

  1. Centris Walk inside Eton Centris
  2. Veterans’ Golf Course
  3. Capitol Hills Golf & Country Club
  4. PAGASA Science Garden
  5. UP Sunken Garden

Hospitals and Other Medical Institutions

  1. Lung Center of the Philippines
  2. National Kidney and Transplant Institute
  3. Occupational Safety and Health Center
  4. Philippine Children's Hospital
  5. Veterans Memorial Medical Center
  6. East Avenue Medical Center
  7. Philippine Heart Center
  8. Urology Center of the Philippines
Triangle Park, Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center.

Local and National Government Offices

  1. Bureau of Internal Revenue
  2. Dangerous Drugs Board
  3. Department of Interior and Local Government
  4. Department of Public Works and Highways Region IV-A
  5. National Irrigation Administration
  6. National Electrification Administration
  7. National Power Corporation
  8. National Printing Office
  9. National Telecommunications Commission
  10. National Water Resources Board
  11. Office of the Ombudsman
  12. Philippine Statistics Authority formerly National Statistics Office
  13. Quezon City Central Post Office

Parks and Forest Reserve

  1. Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center
  2. Quezon Memorial Circle
  3. Balara Filters Park
  4. University of the Philippines Arboretum

Schools

  1. Ateneo de Manila University
  2. Claret School of Quezon City
  3. Flora A. Ylagan High School
  4. Holy Family School of Quezon City, Inc.
  5. Krus na Ligas High School
  6. Manuel L. Quezon University - Diliman Campus (symbolic transfer from Quiapo, Manila on August 19, 2016)
  7. Miriam College
  8. NegoSiete Institute
  9. Philippine Science High School Main Campus
  10. Philippine Women's University - Quezon City Campus
  11. Quezon City Polytechnic University at Sto. Cristo
  12. Quezon City Science High School
  13. San Francisco High School
  14. The Learning Tree
  15. University of the Philippines Diliman

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ayala Land unveils Vertis North". Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Eton Centris". Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Creation of the North Triangle Development Committee" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Executive Order No. 620" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Executive Order No. 620-A" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Amended Quezon City Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ordinance classifies 250-hectare land as central business district". Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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