Nicholas Tower
| Nicholas Tower | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Construction started | 2002 |
| Completed | 2003 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 88 metres (289 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Bynoe Rowe Wiltshire Partnership |
Nicholas Tower, North Face
Nicholas Tower
Port of Spain, viewed from the harbour, December 2002. The Nicholas Tower, then under construction, is to the right of the image.
Nicholas Tower, situated on Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is the fifth tallest building in Trinidad and Tobago.[1] It has an elliptical floor plate and stands 21[2] floors tall and 88 Meters high. Construction was completed in 2003 and each floor, 8,000 square feet (700 m2) of space, was rented out at a cost of $96,000 a month[3] (as of 2005). It is a blue glass tower.
The building was constructed on the site of the Trinidad Union Club, a 136-year-old private club.,[4] which occupied the penthouse suite of the Nicholas Tower until 2015.[4] Currently major tenants of Nicholas Tower include:
- The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, a former tenant of the old Union Club building[5]
- Caribbean Airlines (The national airline of Trinidad and Tobago)[1]
- American Airlines[6]
- Continental Airlines
- Ministry of Trade and Industry[7]
- Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts[8]
- Office of the Prime Minister
- InvesTT[9]
- Economic Diversification Board (EDB) of the Ministry of Planning
References
- 1 2 http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings/country/100169/trinidad-tobago
- ↑ Chouti, Sandra, Changing the face of PoS, Trinidad Guardian, February 9, 2006.
- ↑ Javeed, Asha, Mobile provider wants to stay downtown, Trinidad Guardian, August 25, 2005
- 1 2 Javeed, Asha, Union Club enters new eraTrinidad Guardian, July 27, 2006
- ↑ https://www.stockex.co.tt/controller.php?action=contact_us
- ↑ https://www.aa.com/i18n/aboutUs/whereWeFly/internationalTickets/trinidad.jsp
- ↑ http://tradeind.gov.tt/Contact-Us
- ↑ http://community.gov.tt/home/content/contact-us
- ↑ http://www.investt.co.tt/connect/contact-us
Coordinates: 10°38′57″N 61°30′39″W / 10.6492°N 61.5108°W
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