ELJ Communications Center

ELJ Communications Center
ELJ Communications Center
	The west wing of the center as viewed from Eugenio Lopez Street.
General information
Status	Completed
Type	PEZA special economic zone, offices, soundstage
Architectural style	Modern
Location	ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Eugenio Lopez Drive, Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°38′22.18″N 121°02′07.79″E / 14.6394944°N 121.0354972°E
Construction started	1995
Opening	January 1, 2000
Renovated	2010
Cost	₱6 billion; (US$148.5 million)
Owner	ABS-CBN Corporation
Technical details
Floor count	15 above ground, 3 below ground
Floor area	101,608.32 m2; (1,093,702.85 sq ft.)
Lifts/elevators	13
Grounds	10,000 m2; (107,639.10 sq ft.)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Gensler; GF & Partners, Architects, Co.
Other designers	Leandro V. Locsin Partners (interior design)
Main contractor	Datem, Inc.

The Eugenio Lopez Jr. Communications Center (also called 9501, ELJ Communications Center, or simply ELJ Center) is the newer and larger studio and office building of ABS-CBN located within ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.^[1] The building occupies ten thousand (10,000) square meters of land area within the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center and houses the network's offices, a studios, a three-level basement parking, a roof deck helipad, a film archive, a studio gallery, an exclusive executive dining restaurant, and garden. The building has a gross floor area of 101,608.32 square meters; almost seventy thousand (70,000) square meters of office space and over thirty thousand (30,000) square meters of parking space. The construction of the building, which costed 6 billion pesos, began in 1995, but was delayed due to the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. It was opened in 2000, and was occupied gradually by the network in the following years, expanding the area of its business operations. It is a PEZA Special Economic Zone, designated as an IT center.^[3] It is named in honor of the late Eugenio Lopez Jr., the chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN. The dedication of the building was held on November 4, 2010, in a ceremony that was attended by the then-Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.^[4] ABS-CBN's Horizon PEZA IT Park, its soundstages, post-production and production facility of ABS-CBN is located at San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.^[5]

^ ^a ^b "ABS-CBN 17-A 2011 | PDF | Television Network | Risk Management | Report". Scribd. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
^ Dela Pena, Zinnia (July 8, 2003). "ABS-CBN building gets IT zone status". Philippine Star.
^ "Philippine Inquirer: Inside the Kapamilya film vaults". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
^ "PNoy leads ABS-CBN dedication ceremony of ELJCC building". Philippine Entertainment Portal. November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
^ Corporation, ABS-CBN. "ABS-CBN unveils sound stages as part of 65th year of television celebrations | ABS-CBN Corporate". ABS-CBN. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

[17-A-2011-1] "ABS-CBN 17-A 2011 | PDF | Television Network | Risk Management | Report". Scribd. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

[2] Dela Pena, Zinnia (July 8, 2003). "ABS-CBN building gets IT zone status". Philippine Star.

[3] "Philippine Inquirer: Inside the Kapamilya film vaults". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.

[4] "PNoy leads ABS-CBN dedication ceremony of ELJCC building". Philippine Entertainment Portal. November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2016.

[5] Corporation, ABS-CBN. "ABS-CBN unveils sound stages as part of 65th year of television celebrations | ABS-CBN Corporate". ABS-CBN. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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