Benpres Building

The Benpres Building (Tagalog: Gusaling BenPres), originally known as the Chronicle Building, is a six-story Filipino modernist heritage building built in 1969, located in Ortigas Center, Pasig.

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, 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.