Nicholas Tower
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Nicholas Tower, situated on Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is the tallest building in the English-speaking Caribbean. It has an elliptical floor plate and stands 21[1] floors tall. Construction was completed in 2003 and each floor, 8,000 square feet of space, was rented out at a cost of $96,000 a month[2] (as of 2005).
The building was constructed on the site of the Trinidad Union Club, a 136-year-old private club.[3], which now occupies the penthouse suite of the Nicholas Tower.[3] The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, a former tenant of the Union Club building,[3] also occupies this building.[3][4]
While the Nicholas Tower is currently the tallest building in Port of Spain, the proposed Waterfront International Project is slated to include two 26-storey office towers. (this will be called the Government Campus Plaza)[1]
Also, the waterfront will contain new skyscrapers that will exceed the height of the Nicholas Tower. This will leave Trinidad with a total of 19 skyscrapers. Another building that is under construction has had its height increased from 15 to 26 floors which will make it taller than the government campus plaza (they two 26 story office towers) so it will be the tallest building in the English-speaking caribbean as well as in Trinidad and Tobago.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b c d Javeed, Asha, Union Club enters new eraTrinidad Guardian, July 27, 2006
- ^ Long, Sherwin, TTSE finds new home, Trinidad Guardian, November 10, 2005.
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