Main Tower
Skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany
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Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included.
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 Interactive map of the Main Tower area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | Neue Mainzer Straße 52-58 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°06′44″N 8°40′19″E |
| Construction started | 18 October 1996 |
| Completed | March 1999 |
| Opening | 28 January 2000 |
| Cost | 700 million Deutsche Mark |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 240 m (787 ft) |
| Roof | 200 m (656 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 56 5 below ground |
| Floor area | 101,705 m2 (1,094,700 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 27 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Schweger + Partner |
| Structural engineer | Burggraf, Weichinger + Partner Förster + Sennewald Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH |
| Main contractor | Hochtief AG Philipp Holzmann AG |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access |         Taunusanlage (10 min) |
| References | |
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The tower has five underground floors and two public viewing platforms. It is the only skyscraper in Frankfurt with a public viewing observatory. As of 2023, it is the fourth-tallest building in Frankfurt and the fourth-tallest in Germany, tied with Tower 185.
The foyer of the building has two art pieces accessible to the public: the video installation by Bill Viola "The World of Appearances" and the wall mosaic by Stephan Huber "Frankfurter Treppe / XX. Jahrhundert" ("Frankfurt's Steps/20th century").
The tower's design features what appears to be two connected towers. The smaller of the two is of a cuboid shape and a design common to 1970s architecture. The second and taller of the two towers is circular with a blue glass exterior which features the transmission tower on top.
History
The structure was built between 1996 and 1999, and serves as headquarters for Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba). Other tenants are the German Offices of Merrill Lynch and Standard & Poor's and a television studio of the Hessischer Rundfunk. Prominent US law firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are also residents of the Main Tower. The first tenants moved in on 5 November 1999, and the official inauguration was 28 January 2000. During weather reports by the television station, the weather reporter stands on the top of the building.[5]
In June 2015, NorthStar Realty Finance of New York entered into an agreement to acquire Main Tower for about €540 million.[6][7]
