Prime Tower (Zurich)

Prime Tower
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View in August 2011
General information
Type Office building
Location Zurich, Switzerland
Coordinates
Construction started November 19, 2008[1]
Completed December 2011
Opening 6 December 2011[2]
Cost CHF 380 million[3] (USD 417 million)
Height
Roof 126 meters (413 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 36[1]
Floor area 39,500 m2 (425,000 sq ft)[1]
Design and construction
Owner Swiss Prime Site AG
Main contractor Losinger (Bouygues)[4]
Architect Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer
Developer Swiss Prime Site AG[5]

The Prime Tower, also named "Maag-Tower" in an earlier stage of planning, is a skyscraper in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the highest skyscraper in Switzerland at a height of 126 meters (413 ft).

The building is located near the Hardbrücke railway station. One seldom-used freight railway line is situated a few meters away from the building. The tower replaces an industrial facility that has been demolished. According to its developers, the tower's construction, which took 15 years to plan and execute, was a financial success, with its valuation based on lease rates exceeding the construction cost by CHF 110 million.[3]

The tower and its two companion buildings, Cubus and Diagonal, are used primarily as office buildings. As of its opening in December 2011, the tower hosts the "Clouds" restaurant on its top floor, a conference center, the Hotel Rivington & Sons on the ground floor, as well as the offices of Deutsche Bank Schweiz, Homburger AG, Swiss & Global Asset Management AG, Transammonia, Korn/Ferry International, Citibank Switzerland, Infosys, Repower AG, Ernst & Young, Zürcher Kantonalbank and consulting companies.

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