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Lopez Center

mixed-use in Rockwell Center, Makati

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ6676174 ↗
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The Lopez Center is a proposed building that will rise at a one-hectare area at JP Rizal, Rockwell Center, Makati, Philippines. It was launched in 2008 as a mixed-use building that has 50 floors. It would be the future headquarters of several companies owned by the Lopez family. The tower is named after Manolo Lopez, the owner and developer of the Rockwell Center. It is expected to be the tallest building in the Philippines once completed. It is designed after the new One World Trade Center in New York City. One of its earlier designs included a crown on top but it was later changed to a new and better design. It was supposed to begin construction in 2007 but was delayed. The office space is planned to be operational in 2011.

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The public source identifies “Lopez Center” as mixed-use in Rockwell Center, Makati. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lopez, Center and mixed-use.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2007, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lopez, Center and mixed-use providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lopez Center” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.