Smart Tower

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|name = Smart Tower

|image = Smart Tower 2022.jpg

|image_size = 250px

|caption = The Smart Tower in 2022 as seen from Ayala Avenue.

|location = 6799 Ayala Avenue, Makati, Philippines

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|building_type = Office

|status = Complete

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|antenna_spire = {{convert|134.64|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}

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|top_floor =

|floor_count = 36

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|architectural_style = Modernism

|cost =

|floor_area = 38,000 ^m2

|architect = Pimentel Rodriguez Simbulan & Partners

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|owner = PLDT (until 2020)
DMC Urban Property Developers Inc.
(2020–present)

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|references = Emporis Buildings [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=/106212 Smart Tower, Makati]{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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Smart Tower (previously PLDT Tower) is a 36-storey skyscraper in 6799 Ayala Avenue, Makati.{{Cite web|last=Savills|first=K. M. C.|title=Smart Tower|url=https://kmcmaggroup.com/building/Smart-Tower|access-date=2021-04-03|website=kmcmaggroup.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026094558/https://kmcmaggroup.com/building/Smart-Tower/|url-status=live}}

The building was originally an unfinished 10-storey structure which was bought and developed by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company for their corporate headquarters. Completed in 2009, the new 34-storey tower was known as the PLDT Tower, and is designed by Pimentel Rodriguez Simbulan & Partners.{{cite web |title=PLDT Tower |url=http://www.prsparchitects.com/ProjectOfc.html |website=PRSP Architects |access-date=24 June 2022}} It was eventually renamed to "Smart Tower" following the transfer of Smart Communications, one of their subsidiaries, to the site, becoming their headquarters.{{cite web |title=Smart Tower |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/106212/smart-tower-makati-philippines |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109184839/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/106212/smart-tower-makati-philippines |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |website=Emporis |access-date=24 June 2022}}

In 2020, PLDT sold the building to DMC Urban Property Developers Inc. of the Consunji family for $128 million.{{Cite web|last=Austria|first=Jenniffer B.|url=https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/341810|title=Consunji's real estate unit buys PLDT's Smart Tower for $128 million|work=Manila Standard|date=December 11, 2020|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}

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Category:Skyscrapers in Makati

Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Metro Manila