Metrowalk

{{Short description|Business district in Pasig, Philippines}} {{For|other places with similar names|Metro Walk (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}} [[File:Ortigas Ave and Meralco Ave as seen from Meralco Bldg - Flickr.jpg|thumb|Metrowalk as seen from Meralco Theater]] '''Metrowalk''' is a commercial hub in Pasig in the Philippines. It is located on a {{convert|5,000|sqm|sp=us}} parcel of land at the junction of Ortigas and Meralco Avenues in the Ortigas Center central business district of the metro.<ref name="MST20060421">{{cite news | last =Vasquez | first =Dinna Chan | title =Strolling along Metrowalk | work =Life & Entertainment | publisher =Manila Standard Today | date = April 21, 2006 | url =http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife01_april21_2006 | accessdate = August 5, 2007 }}</ref> Shops, restaurants, nightlife bars, and pirated media markets were present in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peñalosa |first=Gelene |date=2024-08-08 |title=Social media users bid farewell to Metrowalk Ortigas by sharing their core memories of it |url=https://pop.inquirer.net/366239/social-media-users-bid-farewell-to-metrowalk-ortigas-by-sharing-their-core-memories-of-it |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=POP! |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://iipa.org/files/uploads/2018/01/IIPA-PHILIPPINES-OCR-Letter-FINAL-120205-_3_.pdf |title=Updates to IIPA 2005 Special 301 Report: Piracy and Enforcement |date=December 2, 2005 |publisher=International Intellectual Property Alliance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mangahas |first=Maria F. |date=2014 |title=DVD Piracy as Alternative Media: The Scandal of Piracy, and the Piracy of “Scandal” in the Philippines, 2005–2009 |url=https://anthro.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/4572-11943-1-PB.pdf |journal=Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies |volume=29 |issue=1}}</ref>

It occupies a large part of the {{Convert|18|ha|sqm|adj=on|sp=us}} Payanig sa Pasig property that is claimed by numerous parties as a result of its 1986 sequestration by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) as part of the Ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family.<ref name="hrclaimpayanig"/> <!-- https://anthro.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/4572-11943-1-PB.pdf https://iipa.org/files/uploads/2018/01/IIPA-PHILIPPINES-OCR-Letter-FINAL-120205-_3_.pdf Probably "Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam"

A market for pirated media existed in Metrowalk -->

== Payanig sa Pasig land dispute == {{main|Ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family}}

Metrowalk occupies a large part of the {{Convert|18|ha|sqm|adj=on|sp=us}} Payanig sa Pasig property that is claimed by numerous parties as a result of its 1986 sequestration by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) as part of the Ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family.<ref name="hrclaimpayanig">{{Cite news |last=Araneta |first=Sandy |title=HR victims file claim for Payanig property |work=The Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/12/05/31513/hr-victims-file-claim-payanig-property |url-status=live |access-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204163054/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/12/05/31513/hr-victims-file-claim-payanig-property |archive-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> Ortigas & Company, Ltd. Partnership (OCLP) has disputed the PCGG's sequestration, claiming that then-president Ferdinand Marcos had forced them to sell the property against their will in 1968.<ref name="hrclaimpayanig"/> On June 19, 2007,<ref name="abscbnpayanigblock">{{Cite news |date=January 13, 2009 |title=Gov't blocks Marcos appeal in Payanig property dispute |work=ABS CBN News and Public Affairs |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/01/12/09/gov%E2%80%99t-blocks-marcos-appeal-payanig-property-dispute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204165619/https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/01/12/09/gov%E2%80%99t-blocks-marcos-appeal-payanig-property-dispute |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> Ilocos Norte governor Bongbong Marcos filed a motion to intervene in the OCLP v. PCGG case (Civil Case Number 0093) at the Sandiganbayan, the Philippines’ anti-graft court.<ref name="hrclaimpayanig"/> Meanwhile, human rights victims from the period of Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos have filed a suit noting that properties of the Marcoses should be made part of court-ordered reparations for the Marcos dictatorship's human rights victims.<ref name="hrclaimpayanig"/> The PCGG considers the Payanig sa Pasig property the "crown jewel" among the properties sequestered from the Marcoses' ill-gotten wealth, estimating its minimum value to be about {{Philippine peso|16.5 billion|link=yes}} in March 2015.<ref name="PCGGSellPayanig2015">{{Cite news |last=Yee |first=Jovic |date=March 26, 2015 |title=PCGG to sell P16.5B 'Payanig sa Pasig' land soon |language=en |newspaper=The Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/681684/pcgg-to-sell-p16-5b-payanig-sa-pasig-land-soon |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref>

== Other notable news coverage ==

=== 2006 Leonardo Umale murder === The area made national news when its ownership was noted as a possible motive for the murder of a businessman, Leonardo Umale in 2006.<ref name="MST20060428">{{cite news | last =Solmerin| first =Florante S. | title =Metrowalk now open to bidding | work =Life & Entertainment | publisher =Manila Standard Today | date = April 21, 2006 | url =http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=police03_april28_2006 | accessdate = August 5, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="MT20060509">{{cite news|last=Andrade |first=Jeannette I. |title=Metrowalk, other motives stump police |work=Top Stories: Unsolved Crimes |publisher=The Manila Times |date=May 9, 2006 |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/may/09/yehey/top_stories/20060509top7.html |accessdate=August 5, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011104420/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/may/09/yehey/top_stories/20060509top7.html |archivedate=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== 2007 illegal casino allegations === In January 2007, the leisure hub was subject to media scrutiny when an alleged illegal casino was said to be operating within the area limits. This was then denied by former Pasig mayor Vicente Eusebio. However, ''The Manila Times'' noted that the mayor's comment was an official statement.<ref name="MT20070108">{{cite news|last=Cueto |first=Francis Earl A. |title=No casino in Metrowalk, says Pasig City mayor |work=Metro |publisher=The Manila Times |date=January 8, 2007 |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/jan/08/yehey/metro/20070108met12.html |accessdate=August 5, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012140519/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/jan/08/yehey/metro/20070108met12.html |archivedate=October 12, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Redevelopment == [[File:Metrowalk - Ortigas station construction Metro Manila Subway 10Dec2025 02.jpg|thumb|Metrowalk as a construction site for Metro Manila Subway's Ortigas station in 2025]] In 2022, President Bongbong Marcos led the groundbreaking of the Ortigas and Shaw Boulevard stations of the Metro Manila Subway, of which the former is located within the Metrowalk property.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Montemayor |first=Jocelyn |date=2022-10-03 |title=First 2 subway stations break ground |url=https://malaya.com.ph/news_business/first-2-subway-stations-break-ground/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=malaya.com.ph |language=en-US}}</ref> Demolition of around {{Convert|12,752|m2|acre|sp=us}} of the Metrowalk property began in September 2025 to give way for the construction.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fuentes |first=Arthur |date=October 20, 2025 |title=Metrowalk demolition begins to make way for Ortigas subway station |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/food-travel/2025/10/20/reward-yourself-with-super-meals-in-one-special-plate-1646 |work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dela Cruz |first=Raymond Carl |date=October 23, 2025 |title=Lopez wants construction of Ortigas Subway Station fast-tracked |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1261685 |work=Philippine News Agency}}</ref>

By 2024, Chavit Singson, the owner of the company that owns Metrowalk, is eyeing a total redevelopment of the area with the help of Korean investors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruz |first=Roderick T. dela |date=2024-07-25 |title=Singson plans to develop 'new city' at Pasig's Metrowalk lot |url=https://manilastandard.net/business/314476326/singson-plans-to-develop-new-city-at-pasigs-metrowalk-lot.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Manila Standard |language=en-US}}</ref> Singson also agreed with the Philippine Basketball Association for it to build its proposed own arena at Metrowalk.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terrado |first=Reuben |date=2024-11-16 |title=Chavit Singson green-lights PBA arena in Metrowalk property |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/chavit-says-he-has-agreed-to-construct-pba-arena-in-metrowalk-property-a795-20241116 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Shopping malls in Pasig Category:Ortigas Center