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Gran Torre Santiago is part of the Costanera Center complex, which includes the largest shopping mall in Latin America, [9] two hotels and two additional office towers. Gran Torre Santiago is 300 metres (980 ft) tall and 64 stories high plus 6 basement floors, with a floor pitch of 4.1 metres (13 ft) and 107.125 m 2 (1,153.08 sq ft) in area.
The Costanera Center is a commercial and business complex located in the commune of Providencia, Santiago, Chile. Owned by Cencosud , the complex consists of four skyscrapers, including the Gran Torre Santiago , two high-end hotels, an office building, and a six-floor shopping mall.
Rank Name Image Height m Floors Year City Notes 1: Gran Torre Santiago: 300 (984) 62: 2013: Santiago: Tallest building in South America [1]: 2: Titanium La Portada: 195 (639) 52: 2010: Santiago
The Costanera Center was completed in 2009, and includes housing, shopping, and entertainment venues. The project, with a total area of 600,000 square meters, includes the 300-meter high Gran Torre Santiago (South America's tallest building) and other commercial buildings. The four office towers are served by highway and subway connections.
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Between the completion of the west tower in 1979 and the completion of Gran Torre Costanera in Santiago (topped out in 2012), the 59-storey skyscrapers were the tallest in South America. The east tower was completed in 1983, four years later.
South America's sole supertall building is Gran Torre Costanera in Santiago, Chile. Similarly, Africa has only one supertall building, the Iconic Tower, located in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. Tour F, a supertall building in construction in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, will be the first such building in West Africa.
Located in the capital's high-end financial district of El Golf, it is the second tallest skyscraper in the country. Construction began in January 2007, and was completed in January 2010. It was surpassed in height by the then unfinished Gran Torre Santiago in November 2010. [2] It was officially inaugurated on May 3, 2010. [3]