Ocean Towers

Ocean Mall and Tower
General information
Type Shopping Mall, Corporate Offices
Location Karachi, Pakistan
Coordinates 24°49′26″N 67°02′08″E / 24.82389°N 67.03556°E / 24.82389; 67.03556Coordinates: 24°49′26″N 67°02′08″E / 24.82389°N 67.03556°E / 24.82389; 67.03556
Construction started 2007
Completed 2014
Opening 2014
Cost PKR 7  billion
Height
Roof 120 m (390 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 30 [1]
Design and construction
Architect Arcop Associates
Structural engineer Mushtaq & Bilal Consulting Engineers

Ocean Tower, formerly known as Sofitel Hotel Plaza or The Mall, is a building in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[2]

Structural Information

Ocean Tower is a 120-metre-high (393 ft) skyscraper in Karachi. It is Pakistan's tallest completed building, and is planned to house a shopping mall,a food court, corporate offices, a business club, car-parking area and 4 cinema screens. The 30-floor skyscraper surpassed the 116-metre-high (381 ft) MCB Tower as 2nd the tallest building in Pakistan. The project has its own 5-megawatt powerhouse, as compared with the 2 MW- and 1.2 MW-capacity powerhouses of MCB Tower and the Arif Habib Building respectively, and it does not rely on KESC for power. The tower uses state-of-the-art technology for monitoring heat and smoke. It has nine passenger lifts and five cargo lifts.[3]

See also

Official Website Electrical Contractor National Engineering Co.

References

  1. "Karachi Skyscraper Diagram".
  2. Google maps. "Address of Ocean Towers". Google maps. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. "Country’s tallest building inaugurated". PakistanToday. 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
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