Antwerp Tower

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Antwerp Tower
Antwerp Tower
Basic data
Place: Antwerp
Opening: 1974
Status : Built
Architectural style : International style
Architect : Conix Architecten cvba, Vincent van Duysen Architects
Use / legal
Usage : Offices, hotels, restaurants
Technical specifications
Height : 87.0 m
Height to the top: 87.0 m
Height to the roof: 87.0 m
Rank (height) : 43 . 3rd place (Belgium),
3rd place (Antwerp)
Floors : 24
Building material : Steel , glass , concrete
address
Address: 5 De Keyserlei
Post Code: 2018 Antwerp

The Antwerp Tower is an office building in the Belgian city ​​of Antwerp , the capital of the province of the same name . The building is located on De Keyserlei and is about 300 meters from Antwerp Central Station. The Meir , Antwerp's main shopping street, is also in the immediate vicinity. The Opera pre-metro station is right in front of the Antwerp Tower .

history

The Antwerp Tower opened on May 9, 1974. There is a shopping center, bank and several restaurants on the ground floor of the building. The upper floors (floors 1 to 24) are offices. On the side of the Van Ertbornstraat , the tower houses a hotel. The entrance to the private parking garage is also located there (-1 to -3). There are apartments on the Frankrijklei side , right next to the Flemish Opera .

The tower is 87 meters high and has 25 floors, making it the third tallest building in the city of Antwerp after the Cathedral of Our Lady and Boerentoren . It is also one of the tallest buildings in the country . Since 2017 the tower has been completely gutted except for the shell and rebuilt.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 5.7 ″  N , 4 ° 24 ′ 59.5 ″  E