Benpres Building

The Benpres Building (Tagalog: Gusaling Benpres), originally known as the Chronicle Building,[1] was a six-story Filipino modernist heritage building built in 1969 and inaugurated in 1971, located in Ortigas Center, Pasig.[2][3]

The building was originally commissioned by Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and built in 1969 to serve as the headquarters of the Manila Chronicle. However, President Ferdinand Marcos' declaration of Martial Law less than two years later saw the closure of the Chronicle,[4] and the newspaper did not return to the building even after Marcos was deposed. After the People Power Revolution of 1986, the building was returned to the Lopez family and was renamed the Benpres Building after Eugenio Lopez, Sr.'s parents—former Iloilo governor Benito López, and Presentación Hofileña López.[5]

In 2016, the Lopez group of companies announced its intentions to redevelop the property on which the Benpres building stands, with two buildings planned to rise on the property.[6][7] Demolition began and completed in 2019.[5]

References
  1. "A tale of two buildings: The historic properties of First Philippine Realty Corporation". lopezlink.ph. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  2. "The nerve center of the Lopez Group". lopezlink.ph. 2011-03-31. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. Alcazaren, Paulo. "Aerials from the '60s & '70s". philstar.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. lopezmuseumweb (2016-03-15). "Newsroom Shutdown". Lopez Museum & Library. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. Sioson San Juan, Thelma (2019-02-10). "Benpres: How does one say goodbye to a building?". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  6. News, ABS-CBN. "Lopez group to spend P6-B to redevelop Benpres building". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  7. "Lopez redeveloping Benpres lot". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2017-08-11.

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