Bonifacio Global City was once part of a multi-hectare portion of Taguig that the United States government acquired in 1902 and operated as a military base. Christened Fort McKinley after US President William McKinley, it was the headquarters of the Philippine Scouts, the Philippine Division of the United States Army.
1902
Fort McKinley Military Base
1949
– Fort McKinley was turned over to the Philippine Goverment
1957
Renamed as Fort Bonifacio – the permanent headquarters of the Philippine Army
1990s
BCDA managed 240 hectares of the land for productive civilian use
2003
Ayala Land and Evergreen Holdings entered a partnership with BCDA to develop Fort Bonifacio to what is now called Bonifacio Global City
