Warsaw Financial Center

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Warsaw Financial Center

Warsaw Financial Center is a skyscraper in Warsaw with a height of 165 metres (541 ft) topped with an antenna mast which is nearly 21 metres (69 ft).

The name tenant is Bank of Austria Credit Anstalt.

It is recognised as one of the most modern buildings in Warsaw. The building incorporates its own generator that makes electricity for the whole of the building, and its own water tanks (with a capacity of about 600,000 litres (160,000 US gal)) for the production of safe drinking water.

The building has six floors and parking lots for 337 cars; a bar, a fitness club and a florist. There are floors dedicated to office space that are air-conditioned and equipped with satellite connection and internet. The building incorporates 16 elevators and is fully handicapped-accessible.

The Warsaw Financial Center was designed by the American skyscraper design studio of A. Epstein & Sons International and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, in cooperation with Polish architects. The main contractor for the tower was ROP International AG, who have also built the Warsaw Sheraton and the Stock Exchange building.

Construction lasted from 1997 to 1998.

Coordinates: 52°14′00″N 21°00′06″E / 52.2333°N 21.0017°E / 52.2333; 21.0017

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