City Centre Bangladesh

City Centre
Record height
Tallest in Bangladesh since 2012[I]
Preceded by Bangladesh Bank Building
General information
Status Complete
Address Motijheel
Town or city Dhaka
Country Bangladesh
Coordinates 23°43′46″N 90°25′3″E / 23.72944°N 90.41750°E / 23.72944; 90.41750Coordinates: 23°43′46″N 90°25′3″E / 23.72944°N 90.41750°E / 23.72944; 90.41750
Construction started 21 September 2004
Completed 31 December 2012
Opened 14 April 2013
Height
Architectural 171 m (561 ft)[1]
Tip 171 m (561 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 37 (10 for parking)
Floor area 482,413 sq ft (44,817.6 m2)
Design and construction
Developer Orion Group

City Centre is the tallest building ever built in Bangladesh.[2] It is at the heart of Motijheel, in the commercial centre of Dhaka and is in close proximity to the city's kilometre zero. Completed, this office complex is expected to serve as a "city within a city" and will offer several features, more than any other building in Dhaka.[3]

Facilities

City Centre Bangladesh is the first building in Bangladesh to offer multistory car parking. Considering the acute shortage of parking space in the city, the building will offer ten floors exclusively for parking. It is earthquake resistant and fully equipped with fire fighting equipment. It is the first building in Bangladesh to have considered natural disasters as an issue in construction.

Other features of City Centre include room for a small indoor convention centre and recreational area, as well as a wide atrium filled with greenery. The building is constructed for commercial use but is open to the public. It is made with the public in mind. For example, City Centre features 'Glasshouse', a premier restaurant open to the city.

City Centre Bangladesh has 37 floors with ten devoted to parking.

Location

City Centre has been placed at a spot where it is easy for financial institutions to access banking services. Bangladesh Bank is the most significant financial institution in the country, and its proximity to City Centre highlights the convenience for the everyday office worker.[4]

See also

References

  1. "City Centre". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. "Time to go vertical as land shrinks". The Daily Star. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. City Centre Bangladesh
  4. "City Centre". Orion Group. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.

External links

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